Jean C. Hemphill

Business and Finance, Health Care, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, CCRC Financing and Workout, Corporate and Government Investigations and White Collar Defense, Health Care Reform, Higher Education, Mergers and Acquisitions/Private Equity, Nonprofit Organizations

Jean C. Hemphill is a partner in the Business and Finance Department. She is partner-in-charge of the Health Care Group and a member of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Mergers and Acquisitions/Private Equity, CCRC Financing and Workout, Corporate and Government Investigations and White Collar Defense, Nonprofit Organizations, and Higher Education Groups, as well as the Medicare Part D Compliance Team. She concentrates her practice in the areas of general corporate, health care, employee benefits, and nonprofit law, representing academic medical centers, medical schools, health systems, physician practice groups, social service agencies, managed-care organizations, pension and welfare plans, employers, business groups, and other entities involved in health, retirement, and social service issues.

Before joining Ballard Spahr in 1997, Ms. Hemphill was vice president and general counsel of the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the entity administering the pension, medical, disability, and death benefits plans for the ministers and lay employees of the Presbyterian Church. She continues to serve as general counsel for the Board and as legal counsel to numerous other denominational benefits programs.

Ms. Hemphill is a frequent lecturer on health, employee benefits, and nonprofit law, including Medicare Part D compliance, HIPAA privacy and security matters, fraud and abuse, compliance, fiduciary duties of directors and officers, and other governance issues for tax-exempt organizations.

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association, Health Law Subcommittee
American Health Lawyers Association
Church Benefits Association and the Church Alliance, Secretary

Speaking Engagements

"Health Care Reform," Ballard Spahr Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Symposium for New Jersey Employers, October 7, 2009

"Health Care Reform," Public Employers Health Care Consortium, September 27, 2009

"HIPAA Days Are Here Again," Ballard Spahr Seminar and Webinar, September 15, 2009

"Health Care Reform Basics: What Every Employer Needs to Know," Ballard Spahr Webinar, August 13, 2009

"Health Benefits and Defined Benefit Pension Plan Developments," Church Lawyers Working Group, June 29, 2009

"Fees in 401(k) and 403(b) Plan; 2009 Hot Topics for Health and Welfare Plans," December 2-4, 2008

"Prescription Drug Benefit PBM Contracting," American Bar Association's 2008 Health and Welfare Benefits Institute, October 27, 2008

"Arbitration of Health Care Claims: Reducing Malpractice Exposure and Maximizing Your Collections," Ballard Spahr, Forthright, and Amper, Politziner & Mattia seminar, October 16, 2008

"Health and Welfare Plans Hot Topics," Ballard Spahr Health Care System Employee Benefits & Compensation Symposium, September 19, 2008

"How to Comply with the Final 403(b) Regulations," Ballard Spahr Web Seminar, March 19, 2008

"Pill Poppers Beware–Pharmacy Benefits Update," American Bar Association's 2007 Health and Welfare Benefit Plans: Responding To Change, October 15, 2007

"New Retirement Plan Rules: Section 403(b) Regulations," Ballard Spahr Health Care System Employee Benefits & Compensation Symposium, October 4, 2007

"Preemption of State Mandated Benefits and State Health Care Reform Issues," Church Benefits Association Core Lawyer Working Group Summer CLE Meeting, July 23-25, 2007

"HSAs and Defined Contribution Health Care Arrangements," Church Benefits Association Core Lawyer Working Group Summer CLE Meeting, July 23-25, 2007

Community Activities

Chair, Philadelphia's Ninth Ward Democratic Committee

Board Memberships

National Health Law Project (NHLP)
Chestnut Hill Community Fund
Chestnut Hill Healthcare Transition Corporation
Smith Memorial Playhouse and Playground in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D. 1979)

University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1974)

Pennsylvania 1979

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1979