Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky

Biography

Danielle Dietrich focuses her practice with Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky in the areas of women and diverse-owned businesses, healthcare, elder law, and litigation throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Her work includes assisting women and diverse-owned businesses with obtaining and maintaining diversity certifications, such as Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) through the U.S. Department of Transportation, Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women Business Enterprise (WBE)

Ms. Dietrich is well known for her work in healthcare law, representing medical providers including skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, personal care homes, and private medical practices. She assists these clients with a variety of issues, including Medical Assistance-Long Term Care advice and appeals, guardianships, disputes with agents under power of attorney, collections, and Orphan’s Court litigation. Ms. Dietrich also assists healthcare clients with drafting policies, Medicare and Medicaid audits and appeals, and HIPAA compliance issues.

Ms. Dietrich functions as “outside general counsel” for businesses not large enough to require their own full-time attorney, but still have a variety of legal needs. She assists with contract matters, intellectual property issues, collections, employment, and corporate governance and growth.

Ms. Dietrich has obtained favorable verdicts for her clients in federal and state bench and jury trials, arbitrations, as well as administrative and regulatory proceedings.

Ms. Dietrich resides in South Fayette with her husband and two daughters and is a college sports fan.

Experience and Representative Matters

Represented a Women-Owned Business in successfully appealing a denial of its application for DBE Certification through the PA-UCP certification program.
Appealed DBE denials to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Representation of several large chains of skilled nursing facilities in recovering millions of dollars owed for care provided to their residents via Medical Assistance-Long Term Care (Medicaid) appeals and private collections.
Represents physicians and medical practices in responding to subpoenas for medical records.
Assists physicians and medical practices with opioid litigation support
Obtained a jury verdict in excess of $1,000,000 for a developer due to a decrease in the value of his development due to actions of the neighboring landowners.
Successfully obtained dismissal of over $400,000 in mechanic's liens on a commercial project.
General liability defense work for several large electric and telecommunications companies including, but not limited to Pennsylvania One-Call Act claims, accidents, construction claims and other tort litigation.
Representation of healthcare providers in defending against Medicare, Medicaid and insurance audits.

Speaking Engagements

April 2020, speaker, Women in Manufacturing, Western Pennsylvania Chapter, "Equipping Small Businesses to Navigate the Effects of COVID-19”
April 2020, speaker, Omicelo Cares, "Equipping Small Businesses to Navigate the Effects of COVID-19”
March 2020, speaker and author, Pennsylvania Health Law Institute, “Investigations and Litigation: How you respond can affect your livelihood, your bank account and your freedom."
September 2019, speaker, PACAH (Pennsylvania Coalition of Affiliated Healthcare and Living Communities), “HR Compliance in an Opioid World.”
March 2018, speaker, PACAH (Pennsylvania Coalition of Affiliated Healthcare and Living Communitie), Legal Issues for Long Term Care Business Office Managers: Everything from Admissions to Discharge and In-Between
September 2017, speaker, PHCA (Pennsylvania Health Care Association), “Handling Substance Abuse and Addiction Issues Within Your Community.”

Professional Affiliations

Allegheny County Bar Association
- Women in Law Division, past Chair
Allegheny County Bar Association Board of Governors
Allegheny County Bar Foundation
Pennsylvania Bar Association

Community Activities

South Hills Interfaith Movement (SHIM) Board of Directors
Pittsburgh Chapter of the Global Association for VR/AR (Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality), Advisory Board
360Access, Corporate Advisory Board

Publications

December 2018, author, Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin, “Opioid Update: New Federal Law and Physician Subpoenas for Records and Depositions.”