Vinson J. Knight
Mr. Knight obtained his undergraduate degree (B.S.) from Nicholls State University and his law degree (J.D.) from Louisiana State University. He served for two years as a law clerk to the Honorable Walter I. Lanier, Jr. of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals, where he assisted the Court in drafting opinions on a broad base of legal issues.
Mr. Knight joined Sullivan Stolier Kovata Knight LC in 1993. Since joining Sullivan Stolier, Mr. Knight has primarily worked in the areas of healthcare business formation, transactions and finance, physician contracting, commercial real estate transactions and finance, healthcare fraud and abuse, and provider licensure and certification.
Mr. Knight has devoted particular attention to commercial real estate business and healthcare transactions and has handled several multi-million dollar hospital and nursing home sales and acquisitions. Several of those acquisitions involved obtaining the approval of the Louisiana Attorney General for the sale of non-profit hospitals as required under Louisiana law.
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Real Estate Transactions
- Healthcare Business Transactions
- Medicare/Medicaid
- Third Party Reimbursement
- Long-Term
- Rehabilitation & Psychiatric Services
- Compliance & Fraud/Abuse Prevention & Defense
- Governmental. Relations
- Provider Licensing
- Certification & Accreditation
- Healthcare Contracts
- Physician Practice Management
Litigation Percentage
- 10% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1989
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1989
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1989
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1989
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1991
Education
- Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- J.D. - 1989
- Nicholls State University
- B.S. - 1985
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member
- Federal Bar Association, Member
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Member
- New Orleans Bar Association, Member
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Delta Phi
