Gary F. Loveridge

Of Counsel

Gary F. Loveridge is of counsel in the Business Planning & Transactions practice group of Best Best & Krieger LLP. Prior to joining the firm in 2010, he was of counsel with McDonough Holland & Allen in Sacramento.

Mr. Loveridge’s practice encompasses all aspects of health care law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, nonprofit affiliations, regulatory compliance, and corporate and governance restructuring. He counsels boards, senior management and physician leaders on ways to achieve their goals.

Previously, Mr. Loveridge served as general counsel and senior vice president of Sutter Health, Northern California's premier integrated health care delivery system. During his 17-year tenure with Sutter Health, he provided legal counsel in the areas of nonprofit entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, risk management, regulatory compliance, governance, payer relations, and nonprofit tax exempt matters. He was also a member of the senior management team where he contributed to the development and implementation of Sutter Health’s strategic plans.

Mr. Loveridge has gained valuable experience as an administrative lawyer when arguing for Certificates of Exemption and Certificates of Need or in license revocation hearings; as a medical staff lawyer, presenting disciplinary cases on behalf of medical staffs and acting as a hearing officer in numerous medical staff disciplinary hearings; and as a business lawyer, drafting and negotiating acquisition and affiliation agreements between hospitals and health care systems, joint venture agreements and related contracts. He has also counseled boards of trustees on a wide range of matters, including antitrust, corporate organization and tax-exemption issues. Prior to joining Sutter Health in 1992, he served as McDonough's president and managing shareholder.

Mr. Loveridge earned an undergraduate degree in political science and management at Stanford University. Following graduation, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. Upon completion of his service with the Marine Corps in 1969, he returned to California and began law school at UC Davis.

Mr. Loveridge has been active in many professional associations, including the American Health Lawyers Association and the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys. He is a past president of the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys and the Sacramento County Bar Association. He received an award in 1991 from the Sacramento County Bar Association's Health Care Section recognizing his contributions to the development of health care law. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for health care law and was selected by his peers for inclusion in Sacrament Magazine’s Top Lawyers for Health Care in 2015.

Mr. Loveridge is a Martindale-Hubbell AV peer review rated attorney.

Education

• University of California, Davis, J.D., with Honors (1972)
• Stanford University, A.B. (1965)

Bar Admissions

• California (1972)

Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America®, Health Care law (2016-2017)