Mr. William J. Stilling | Attorney

Bill Stilling chairs the firm's Health and Life Sciences Practice Group and is a member of the Litigation Department. His practice emphasizes drug and medical device law, dietary supplements and nutraceuticals, health care and life science regulatory issues, intellectual property, professional licensing, privacy law, health care fraud and abuse (Antikickback & Stark Laws), and other complex commercial litigation. Bill is a registered patent attorney and an associate professor (clinical) in the Department of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy where he teaches a course in drug law and policy and health care ethics. As noted below, Bill continues to make presentations on legal, health care, and privacy issues.

Mr. Stilling graduated from the University of Utah, College of Pharmacy in 1983 and received a master's degree in Pharmacy Administration in 1989 where his master's thesis explored a new model for reimbursement for professional services in a retail pharmacy setting. He graduated from the University of Utah College of Law in 1992, where he was note and comment editor for the Journal of Contemporary Law. After graduation, Bill served as law clerk to the Honorable Gregory K. Orme at the Utah Court of Appeals. Mr. Stilling was a member of the Utah State Bar Legal Medical Committee and served as chair for three years.

Related Activities and Skills:

• American Health Lawyers Association
• American Society for Pharmacy Law, Board of Directors
• Clinical Associate Professor, University of Utah College of Pharmacy 1985-present
• Utah State Bar: Legal-Health Care Committee, Chairman 1994-1997
• Registered Pharmacist, Utah, 1983
• Health Law Section of the American Bar Association
• American Society of Pharmacy Law
• Utah Pharmaceutical Association
• Salt Lake County Bar Association
• United Way, Review Panel 1996-1998
• Past Chair Salt Lake Donated Dental Services (organization providing free dental care to homeless and indigent)

Sample Presentations:

• November 15, 2009, American Society for Pharmacy Law's annual seminar in Naples, Florida, discussed lawsuits, court decisions and settlements from the past year that affect pharmacies, pharmacists and others involved in pharmacy law.
• November 8, 2008, Age Management Medicine Group National Conference in Las Vegas, NV, Clinical Applications for Age Management Medicine: Preventive Medicine and Early Interventions for Optimal Health
• Speaker at The American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition on March 16, 2008 in San Diego. Presented a discussion of cases involving pharmacy or the pharmaceutical industry that had been decided in the previous 12 months, and how to understand trends in pharmacy case law development.
• May 3, 2007, Parsons Behle & Latimer 19th Annual Employment Law Seminar, Workplace Privacy: Rules for I Spy and Show and Tell
• March 22, 2007, Governor's Utah Economic Summit,
• November 10, 2006, Age Management Medicine Group National Conference in Las Vegas, NV, Legal Aspects of Building an Age Management Practice
• November 2, 2006, Annual Nevada Employment Law Seminar, Trends in Employee Drug Benefits
• November 11, 2006, Age Management Medicine Group National Conference in Las Vegas, NV, Legal Issues in the Use of Growth Hormone
• October 21, 2006, University of Utah College of Pharmacy Infectious Disease and Legal Update,Top Ten Legal Issues in 2006 Cases, Laws, and Regulations Affecting Pharmacists.
• July 15, 2005, Utah State Bar Annual Meeting in Sun Valley Idaho, HIPAA--It's Not Just for Health Care Entities: An Overview of Everyday Legal Issues Impacted by HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations
• June 17, 2005, Annual Nevada Employment Law Seminar, Private Parts: HIPAA Essentials for Employers.
• Update on Drug and Pharmacy Laws, University Learning Systems, Las Vegas, NV, December 10, 2004.
• Federal and State Health Care Legislation and Reform, Utah State Bar meeting, March 11, 1994.
• New HIPAA Security Rules & Managed Care Litigation, Utah Pharmacy Association, Mesquite NV, April 29, 2005
• May 15, 2005, Primary Care Summit at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy
  April 27, 1995, Panel Participant for "Legal Changes Facing the Health Care Industry" published in the Intermountain Commercial Record/Salt Lake Times
• "Sex, Drugs and E-mail: Hot Topics in Privacy," Parsons Behle & Latimer 17th Annual Employment Law Seminar, April 13, 2005
• "HIPAA: What Employers Really Need to Know," Parsons Behle & Latimer 16th Annual Employment Law Seminar, April 7, 2004
• "Using HIPAA Security Standards--Essentials for Safeguarding Personal Health Information Using HIPAA Security Standards," NBI Seminar, December 16, 2003
• "Avoiding Your Day in Court: A Primer of Legal Responsibilities for Pharmacists," University Learning Systems, Las Vegas, NV, December 12, 2003
• "Private Parts: An Overview of Privacy Issues in Light of HIPAA," Parsons Behle & Latimer 15th Annual Employment Law Seminar, April 17, 2003
• "Legal Update for Pharmacy Practitioners," Utah Pharmaceutical Association, St. George, UT, April 29, 2000
• Led panel discussion for Utah Medical Ethics Meeting. "Tales from the Worldwide Web: Internet Prescribing without Prescriptions" January 18, 2000
• "Law Update - New Federal Privacy Requirements & Case Law Update," 109th Annual Utah Pharmaceutical Association, April, 2001, St. George, Washington
• "Medical Malpractice From Start to Finish for Paralegals, Institute for Paralegal Education," June 5,2001, Hilton Salt Lake City Center, Salt Lake City
• "Legal Implications for Marketing Pharmaceutical Care," Statewide EDNET presentation for University of Utah College of Pharmacy, April 13, 1997
• "Contemporary Issues in Pharmacy Law," University Learning Systems, San Francisco, California, August 10, 1996
• "Confidentiality of AIDS and HIV Records," Medical Record Confidentiality Seminar presented by Medical Education Services, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 14, 1996
• "Pharmacy Law Update," University of Utah College of Pharmacy Alumni Continuing Education Program, October 28, 1995
• "Legal and Ethical Implications of Impaired Pharmacist Programs," Northwest Pharmacist Recovery Network, Seattle, Washington, September 17, 1995
• "Legal Implications of OBRA '90: New Ramifications for Practice," University of Utah College of Pharmacy, December 12, 1993
• "Hospital Pharmacy and Evolving Law: A Review of Contemporary Court Cases Affecting Hospital Practice," Mid-year meeting of the Utah Society of Hospital Pharmacists, April 24, 1993
• "Third Party Programs in Pharmacy: Past, Present and Future Trends," Regional Meeting of Pharmacists for Thrifty Corporation, March 13, 1988 in Sacramento, California and July 24, 1988 in Las Vegas, Nevada
• "Third Party Programs: Blessing or Bane?," Intermountain Regional Meeting of pharmacists for Thrifty Pharmacies, October 11, 1987
• "New Federal Policies on Drug Reimbursement," Moderator of Round Table Discussion for Education Network, Broadcast on Channel 7 and 9, October 26, 1987
• "The Law and Science of Prescribing," presented at the Continuing Education Conference for Physicians' Assistants and Nurse Practitioners, August 10, 1987, Snowbird, Utah

Published Works:

• Do Exclusive Agreements Between Nursing Homes and Pharmacies Violate Patients' Rights,Utah Pharmacy Digest, April 1997
• Arbitration Clauses in Third Party Contracts - What Do They Mean?,Utah Pharmacy Digest, January 1997
• When Is There Duty To Warn?,Utah Pharmacy Digest, October 1996
• Pharmacy Practice Acts: A Decade of Progress, The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 33:920, September, 1999
• Pharmacy Practice Acts: A Five-Year Follow-Up, The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 27:560, May, 1993
• Who's in Charge, the Dollar or the Doctor--Relative Liability of Physicians and Third Party Payors After Wickline and Wilson, Journal of Contemporary Law, 18(2):285, 1992
• Enright v. Eli Lilly & Co.: Recognizing DES Granddaughter's Preconception Strict Product Liability Claim, Journal of Contemporary Law, 17(1):175, 1991
• Toward a Model for Reimbursing Professional Services in Community Pharmacy Practice, Masters Thesis, 1989
• Roots of Professionalism as a Basis for a Future Agenda, Utah Society of Hospital Pharmacists Newsletter, Fall, 1989
• Ethics and Economics, Utah Pharmacy Digest, February, 1987
• Patent Term Extensions and Restoration under the Hatch-Waxman Act, November 20, 2002 by William J. Stilling
• Legal Prophylaxis, Healthy Aging, May/June 2008