Physician Contracts & Employment Negotiations
Review terms, identify risk, and prepare for informed negotiation.
Hadian Law represents physicians, nurses, residents, fellows, and healthcare professionals facing matters that can affect their work, reputation, license, and future.
Every matter sits inside a larger professional context. Our strategy considers the immediate legal issue and the career around it.
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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.
Listen first. Understand the timeline, the people involved, and what is at risk.
Translate complexity. Explain the process, choices, and consequences without unnecessary legal language.
Protect the full picture. Consider your license, reputation, livelihood, and long-term opportunities.
Select a practice area to reveal more detail.
Review terms, identify risk, and prepare for informed negotiation.
Guidance when credentialing, privileges, or professional standing is at issue.
Representation through high-stakes review and hearing processes.
Strategic counsel for issues affecting the right to practice medicine.
Support when patient advocacy or professional conduct creates workplace conflict.
Advocacy for residents and fellows facing program disputes or discipline.
Insight shaped by direct critical-care experience and clinical standards.
Healthcare-informed expert analysis where medicine and law intersect.
Choose a group to see the kinds of challenges our healthcare-focused perspective is built to address.
Physicians & Intensivists
Counsel shaped around the clinical, institutional, and professional realities physicians face.
Discuss your situation ↗
Every matter is different. The process below creates structure without forcing your situation into a generic template.
Start a Confidential ConversationWe begin with your timeline, documents, professional context, immediate concerns, and desired outcome.
We examine the facts, policies, communications, standards, process, and potential professional consequences.
You receive a clear explanation of available paths so decisions can be made from knowledge rather than fear.
We keep the strategy connected to both the immediate legal matter and your professional future.
The foundation of your ability to practice and continue serving patients.
The professional record and trust built through years of work and sacrifice.
Future positions, privileges, training opportunities, and professional mobility.
The confidence that comes from understanding the process and your options.


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.
“Healthcare professionals should not have to spend the first half of a legal conversation explaining how healthcare works.”Request a consultation ↗
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.
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.
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.
These are useful starting points for healthcare professionals facing a contract, institutional process, or professional dispute.

Review termination, notice, restrictive covenants, compensation, and post-employment obligations before signing.
Ask about a contract review ↗
Early communications, documentation, timelines, and procedural choices can influence what happens next.
Discuss a hospital matter ↗
Workplace concerns should be evaluated with attention to policy, communication, retaliation risk, and professional duties.
Start a confidential conversation ↗Tell us what is happening. A confidential initial conversation can help clarify the issue and identify an appropriate next step.