Healthcare-focused counsel for healthcare professionals.

Physician insight. Legal clarity.

Legal counsel that understands the world of healthcare.

Hadian Law represents physicians, nurses, residents, fellows, and healthcare professionals facing matters that can affect their work, reputation, license, and future.

Healthcare focusedContext-aware legal strategy
Physician + attorneyA rare dual perspective
Confidential counselClear next-step guidance
Professional legal office detail
Mehrnaz M. Hadian, MD, Esq.
Lead Attorney Mehrnaz M. Hadian, MD, Esq.
Your profession understood.Your interests protected.
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Focused representation forHealthcare professionals
01Physicians & Intensivists
02Nurses & Advocates
03Residents & Fellows
04Healthcare Experts
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Healthcare law materials
Focused on healthcareBuilt around professional consequences, not generic legal answers.
About Hadian Law

The legal issue is only one part of the story.

Healthcare disputes can involve clinical judgment, hospital systems, training programs, credentialing, documentation, patient advocacy, and years of professional investment.

Hadian Law approaches each matter with an understanding of both law and medicine. We organize the facts, clarify the options, and build a strategy around the result that matters to you.

01

Listen first. Understand the timeline, the people involved, and what is at risk.

02

Translate complexity. Explain the process, choices, and consequences without unnecessary legal language.

03

Protect the full picture. Consider your license, reputation, livelihood, and long-term opportunities.

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Practice Areas

Focused counsel for complex healthcare matters.

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01

Physician Contracts & Employment Negotiations

Review terms, identify risk, and prepare for informed negotiation.

Support may include compensation terms, restrictive covenants, termination clauses, duties, schedules, and provisions that affect future opportunities.
02

Hospital & Medical Staff Privileges

Guidance when credentialing, privileges, or professional standing is at issue.

We help organize the record, understand the process, evaluate risk, and prepare a response aligned with professional goals.
03

Peer Review Hearings

Representation through high-stakes review and hearing processes.

A careful response considers medical facts, documentation, institutional procedures, potential reporting, and long-term professional impact.
04

Medical Board Licensing Matters

Strategic counsel for issues affecting the right to practice medicine.

Licensing matters demand organized records, careful communication, and a strategy that accounts for immediate and future consequences.
05

Workplace Hostility & Retaliation

Support when patient advocacy or professional conduct creates workplace conflict.

We examine the facts, communications, policies, timeline, workplace dynamics, and available protections before defining a path forward.
06

Graduate Medical Education Advocacy

Advocacy for residents and fellows facing program disputes or discipline.

Training matters can threaten years of work. The strategy should reflect program rules, documentation, evaluation systems, and medical education realities.
07

ICU Standard of Care Advocacy

Insight shaped by direct critical-care experience and clinical standards.

Critical-care matters require attention to clinical context, documentation, decision-making, patient acuity, and the realities of intensive care.
08

Medical & Nursing Expert Witness

Healthcare-informed expert analysis where medicine and law intersect.

Clear expert analysis helps counsel and decision-makers understand records, clinical responsibilities, standards, and professional context.
Who We Serve

Representation designed around healthcare careers.

Choose a group to see the kinds of challenges our healthcare-focused perspective is built to address.

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Physicians & Intensivists
Common matters

Career decisions, privileges, contracts, licensing, and workplace disputes.

Counsel shaped around the clinical, institutional, and professional realities physicians face.

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Our Approach

Calm, clear counsel through high-stakes moments.

Every matter is different. The process below creates structure without forcing your situation into a generic template.

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01
Listen

Understand what happened and what matters most.

We begin with your timeline, documents, professional context, immediate concerns, and desired outcome.

02
Assess

Connect the medical reality to the legal issue.

We examine the facts, policies, communications, standards, process, and potential professional consequences.

03
Strategize

Define the options, risks, and next moves.

You receive a clear explanation of available paths so decisions can be made from knowledge rather than fear.

04
Advocate

Move forward with purpose and preparation.

We keep the strategy connected to both the immediate legal matter and your professional future.

The Full Picture

Thoughtful counsel protects more than the matter in front of you.

01

Your license

The foundation of your ability to practice and continue serving patients.

02

Your reputation

The professional record and trust built through years of work and sacrifice.

03

Your career path

Future positions, privileges, training opportunities, and professional mobility.

04

Your peace of mind

The confidence that comes from understanding the process and your options.

Mehrnaz M. Hadian, MD, Esq.
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Lead AttorneyMehrnaz M. Hadian, MD, Esq.
Physician. Attorney. Advocate.

Firsthand critical-care experience meets legal advocacy.

Dr. Hadian is a practicing ICU physician and attorney, board certified in internal medicine, critical care medicine, neuro-critical care, and hospice and palliative care medicine.

She earned her JD from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, served as president of the Southwestern Law and Medicine Society, and completed the Bioscience Industry Law and Practice certificate program.

01Practicing ICU Physician
02California Attorney
03Healthcare Law Focus
04Medical Education Insight
“Healthcare professionals should not have to spend the first half of a legal conversation explaining how healthcare works.”
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Client Experiences

Trusted through moments that shape careers.

Dr. Hadian was very helpful in reviewing my contracts and explaining the details in a way I could understand. She helped me refine my criteria and develop a negotiation strategy.
A.H., MDPhysician contract client
Her superb judgment, analytical skills, and exceptional knowledge of healthcare law and medical education were extraordinary. She was clear about what I should expect and did not give false hope.
A.H., MDGraduate medical education client
Being an experienced physician and an expert in medical education, she understands hospital politics and the problems a doctor may face at work or in training.
N.B., MD, MSHealthcare law client
Prepare With Clarity

Good decisions begin with the right questions.

These are useful starting points for healthcare professionals facing a contract, institutional process, or professional dispute.

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Contracts

What changes if the relationship ends?

Review termination, notice, restrictive covenants, compensation, and post-employment obligations before signing.

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Privileges & Review

What record is being created right now?

Early communications, documentation, timelines, and procedural choices can influence what happens next.

Discuss a hospital matter ↗
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Advocacy

How do you protect the patient and yourself?

Workplace concerns should be evaluated with attention to policy, communication, retaliation risk, and professional duties.

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Your career deserves a thoughtful legal strategy.

Tell us what is happening. A confidential initial conversation can help clarify the issue and identify an appropriate next step.

213-223-2002 ClientCareTeam@HADIANlaw.com
633 West 5th Street, Suite 2800
Los Angeles, CA 90071
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