About Kathryn E.
Kathryn E. Hickner built a career at the intersection of law and health care. She grew up studying art history at the University of Michigan, earning a B.A. in History of Art in 1999, then moved into law at Wayne State University Law School, where she received her J.D. in 2003. Those academic choices set a measured, analytical foundation for her later work.
Her legal career took shape after law school and led to leadership roles in private practice. In 2015 she became a partner at The Health Law Partners, P.C. She has also been associated with Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP. Over the years she has maintained memberships in several state and national bar and specialty organizations, a sign of steady engagement with developments in health law and business law.
Hickner is licensed to practice in Michigan, Ohio and New York. She belongs to the American Health Lawyers Association and the New York State Bar Association’s Health Law Section. She is also a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. Her involvement extends to professional development programs for physician practice leaders through the AHLA Physician Practice Group Leadership Development Program. Her memberships in Health Care Law and Business Law sections date back to 2003 and continue to the present.
Her work centers on legal issues that arise in health care delivery and practice operations. She handles regulatory questions and business matters that affect hospitals, physician groups and other health care entities. The combination of health law section memberships and a role in physician practice leadership training signals a practice that regularly deals with the operational and compliance pressures faced by medical practices.
Colleagues describe her approach as practical and detail-oriented. She balances regulatory attention with transactional clarity, helping clients steer through licensing, reimbursement and organizational issues without losing sight of business objectives. That pragmatic orientation has guided her counseling of clients on structuring relationships and addressing the regulatory consequences of those structures.
Her résumé shows sustained participation in professional communities and steady responsibility in private practice. She continues to serve clients across multiple jurisdictions and remains active in bar and specialty groups. She currently concentrates her practice on health care law, physician practice matters and related business issues.
