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Donna L. Foster started her healthcare practice as a Assistant Attorney General with the Virginia Attorney General’s Office in the Mental Health/Health Services Department representing several state agencies that serve the disabled including the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, The Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, The Virginia Industries for the Blind, and Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center. While an Assistant Attorney General Ms. Foster also participated in investigations conducted at Virginia’s mental health hospitals by the Virginia Attorney General’s Office and the Justice Department pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). Ms. Foster also served as substitute counsel for several state licensing Boards including the Board of Psychology, Board of Medicine, Board of Nursing and Board of Dentistry.In 2000, Ms. Foster entered private practice at LeClairRyan, where she became and still remains one of the go to persons for healthcare practitioners that request representation before the various state licensing boards within the Virginia Department of Health Professions including the Board of Social Workers, Board of Psychology, Board of Medicine, Board of Dentistry, Board of Veterinary Medicine, and Board of Funeral Home Directors and Embalmers, and various credentialing committees.Ms. Foster also defends hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, dentists and other healthcare providers in medical malpractice cases. Ms. Foster has won medical malpractice trials in Richmond, Newport News, Henrico, Hampton, Roanoke, Martinsville, and Williamsburg. Ms. Foster has successfully resolved cases in other venues such as Norfolk, Fredericksburg, Nottoway, Chesterfield, Christiansburg, Danville, Charlottesville and Henry County.Ms. Foster also counsels hospitals, physicians, and managed care organizations in patient care issues, medical staff relations, risk management. Ms. Foster frequently lectures on issues regarding medical records, informed consent, duty to warn, and the healthcare regulatory process.Ms. Foster belongs to the Defense Research Institute, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, American Bar Association, and the Virginia State Bar. | 