DAVID H. JOHNSON represents healthcare providers throughout New Mexico in regulatory, operational, transactional, and fraud and abuse matters. His clients include hospitals, medical groups, community clinics, clinical laboratories, home care and long term care organizations, as well as individual healthcare professionals.
Active in a variety of professional groups, David is a current member and past chair of the American Bar Association Health Law Section and is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is also past chair of the State Bar Health Law Section and is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Board of the New Mexico Monitored Treatment Program, a nonprofit organization offering services to impaired healthcare providers. David is listed in Best Lawyers in America, Top Rated Lawyers in New Mexico, and Southwest Super Lawyers, and is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. In 2015, 2020, and 2022, he was selected as Lawyer of the Year for Health Law – Albuquerque by Best Lawyers in America.
David began his law career as a healthcare lawyer in litigation practice, focusing on medical malpractice defense and complex litigation involving ERISA and healthcare class action lawsuits. He has been a faculty member of the UNM School of Medicine and adjunct faculty at the UNM School of Law, UNM College of Nursing and the Stanford University Primary Care Associate Program.
Before attending law school, David practiced for 11 years as a family nurse practitioner for a community health clinic, a county health department and two academic medical centers in New Mexico. He has published many articles and a book chapter on a variety of health law topics and speaks frequently to attorneys and industry groups on healthcare issues.
Contact info:
- DHJ@sutinfirm.com
- Phone: (505) 883-3343