Smith, Douglas H.

David J. Hyman represents clients in healthcare throughout Oklahoma, including physicians, hospitals, clinics and specialty service providers, in matters including contracts, business organization, professional and facility regulation and licensure, reimbursement, physician-hospital relations, and fraud and abuse.  David is included in The Best Lawyers in America and Oklahoma Superlawyers, both for healthcare law.   He is also an arbitrator and mediator for the American Health Lawyers Association ADR Service.

David has served as the Chair of the Oklahoma Bar Association Healthcare Law Section, and as a Vice-Chair of the American Health Lawyers Association Physician Practice Group.  He has been a member of the adjunct faculty of the University of Tulsa College of Law, teaching healthcare finance and organization law.  David is a contributor to the American Health Lawyers Association’s publication Representing Physicians Handbook published in 2006 and 2009, authoring chapters on physician employment agreements, practice organization entities, and non-physician practitioners. 

He received his B.A. degree in 1974 from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. degree in 1981 from the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University where he was articles editor of the American Journal of Trial Advocacy.