Overview of your career and mission
Nationally Trusted Expert in Healthcare Law, Regulation, and Strategy
A leading voice in healthcare law.
For more than three decades, Harry Nelson has been a leading voice in American healthcare law, a trusted expert at the intersection of legal, clinical, and regulatory decision-making.
30+ Years
in Healthcare
Law
Founder
Founder
Nationally
Recognized Law Firm
Advisor
to Health Systems
& Policymakers
Expert
Witness & Media
Contributor
A career built on trust.
Harry began his legal career representing hospitals, academic medical centers, and long-term care providers in Chicago before moving to California, where he founded Nelson Hardiman, a boutique healthcare and life sciences law firm. Under his leadership, the firm became nationally known for guiding healthcare organizations through the most complex legal, compliance, and policy challenges — from licensing and reimbursement to corporate structuring and data privacy. Today, Harry continues this work as Healthcare Practice Group Leader at Leech Tishman.
Harry is widely recognized for his expertise in areas such as the corporate practice of medicine, fraud and abuse laws, privacy, prescribing regulations, and state and federal healthcare compliance — topics he has helped clarify not only in before government agencies and in courtrooms, but also in legislatures, classrooms, and in the media. He has advised numerous innovative ventures that have transformed telehealth, behavioral health, genomic medicine, and aesthetic and wellness care.
Clarity is what
healthcare demands,
especially
when stakes
are the
highest.
Expertise,
Influence, and
Industry Impact.
Harry has served as an expert witness in high-profile regulatory disputes, advised state and federal lawmakers on legislative reform, and taught compliance to physicians and regulators alike. His career has earned him appointments to government task forces, university faculty roles, and a trusted place in front of cameras when the public needs legal clarity on urgent healthcare issues.
Regulatory &
Compliance
- Corporate practice of medicine
- Fraud and abuse laws
- State and federal compliance
Clinical &
Operational Risk
- Prescribing regulations
- Privacy and data governance
Emerging
Healthcare Models
- Telehealth
- Behavioral health
- Genomic medicine
- Aesthetic and
wellness care
AUTHOR & THOUGHT LEADER
Books that inform.
Ideas that drive change.
He is also the author of From ObamaCare to TrumpCare: Why You Should Care and The United States of Opioids: A Prescription for Liberating a Nation in Pain — both widely read and cited for their clarity, accessibility, and thought leadership.
A MISSION THAT GUIDES EVERYTHING
Clarity. Credibility.
Practical Insight.
Harry’s work is grounded in a singular mission: to bring clarity, credibility, and practical insight to the most pressing legal and ethical questions in healthcare. Whether testifying in court, delivering a keynote, consulting on policy, or explaining a complex regulation to a national audience, Harry’s aim is always the same — to help people understand what’s at stake, what’s legal, and what makes sense.
What’s at stake.
What’s legal.
What makes sense.
