Micaela focuses her practice on corporate healthcare transactional matters and regulatory compliance.
Micaela obtained her law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. While at Loyola, Micaela served as editor-in-chief for the Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences journal, a Beazley Health Law Fellow, president of Health Law Society, an associate editor for the Journal for Regulatory Compliance, a representative for the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, and a member of the Billings, Exum, and Frye National Moot Court Competition team. Additionally, Micaela earned the Health Law Certificate, two CALI Excellence for the Future Awards for earning the highest grade in a class, and the Leadership, Service, & Public Interest Award. Further, Micaela was the board fellow for the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys as a third-year law student.
Prior to law school, Micaela was employed by a private water utility where she worked to ensure safe drinking water for nine systems in California.
Micaela earned her undergraduate degree from University of Colorado, Boulder where she studied Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and minored in Spanish language and literature.
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Loyola University Chicago School of LawJD
Dean’s List
2023 -
University of Colorado BoulderBAEcology & Evolutionary Biology, Minor in Spanish Language and Literature
cum laude, Dean’s List
2017
- Vice Chair, Health Law Committee, Chicago Bar Association, 2023-2024
- Early Career Representative, Physician Issues Interest Group, American Bar Association, 2023-2024
- Membership Committee, Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys, 2020-2023
- Member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys, 2021-2023
- Board Fellow, Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys, 2022-2023
- Member, American Health Law Association 2020-2023
- Co-author, The Effects of AI on Healthcare Delivery, Chicago Medicine, November 2024
- Author, OIG Recommends Increased RPM Oversight, The FCA Insider, November 14, 2024
- Author, CMS Again Settles Record Stark Self-Disclosures in 2023, The FCA Insider, April 4, 2024
- Author, The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Healthcare Delivery, ABA Health eSource - February 2024 Vol. 20 No. 6, February 2024
- Author, California’s Prop 12 Fully in Effect, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, March 6, 2024
- Author, FDA Releases Its Scientific Support for Rescheduling Marijuana to Schedule III, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, January 18, 2024
- Author, FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Providing Health Care Providers With Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical Products, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, December 21, 2023
- Co-author, "$12M default judgment results from purchasing prescriptions," Westlaw Today, December 14, 2023
- Author, $12M Default Judgment Results from Purchasing Prescriptions, The FCA Insider, November 29, 2023
- Author, HHS Rescheduling, SAFER Banking Act May Change the Marijuana Landscape, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, November 14, 2023
- Author, FDA Proposes Brominated Vegetable Oil Ban, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, November 6, 2023
- Author, CMS Settles Record Number of Stark Self-Disclosures, The FCA Insider, September 18, 2023