Julia Hesse

Practice Areas

Julia Hesse is a healthcare attorney in Holland & Knight's Boston office. Ms. Hesse advises physicians, clinicians and healthcare investors in the formation and expansion of management companies across various specialties, with particular emphasis focused on dental practices, women's health, fertility centers, reproductive health, menopause and dermatology.

Ms. Hesse has deep experience and knowledge representing fertility providers in transactional and complex regulatory and investigation matters. She is a leading national authority on the regulation of dentists and dental support organizations (DSOs), and advises on the unique structural and regulatory issues for investors in the dental space.

In addition, Ms. Hesse counsels private equity and venture capital funds, as well as strategic investors, on healthcare diligence and transactional issues. She works with investors to assess risk related to healthcare regulatory and compliance matters, structures transactions to comply with regulatory requirements, and provides advice in connection with government investigations and compliance remediation.

Ms. Hesse works closely with clients in the healthcare industry regarding regulatory matters such as fraud and abuse, self-referral laws, licensing, compliance, insurance, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, and state law privacy and data security concerns, including data breach issues.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Hesse was the co-chair of the healthcare group for a Boston-based law firm.

Professional Memberships

American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)

Boston Bar Association, Member, 2002-Present; Health Law Section, Co-Chair, 2012-2014

Massachusetts Bar Association

American Bar Association

Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Legal Task Force, 2014-2017

Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, Harvard Law School, Advisory Board, 2020-Present

Shore Country Day School, Board of Trustees, 2012-2017

MLPB, formerly Medical-Legal Partnership | Boston, Advisory Board, 2012-2018

Williams College, President, Class of 1995

American Journal of Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania, Managing Editor, 1999-2000, Staff Member, 2000-2001