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Joseph M.
Taraska graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1969.
He was honored with the distinction of being selected as the
outstanding cadet in law. Following
that, he received his law degree at the University of Pennsylvania.
He was then selected as one of six forensic medical/legal
consultants for the United States Air Force and served in that capacity
until 1976. During that time,
he received postgraduate training at the Armed Forces Institute of
Pathology.
In 1976,
Mr. Taraska began a statewide litigation practice in Florida, specializing
in the representation of healthcare professionals, healthcare
organizations and their insurers. He
was a founding partner of Taraska, Grower, Unger and Ketcham, P.A. in
Orlando, Florida and has since become the division head of the health law
section of the firm of Jacobs & Goodman, P.A.
His areas of practice have included wrongful death, medical
malpractice, nursing home, health law, hospital law, hospital
credentialing, hospital bylaws, hospital risk management, state medical
licensure, and managed care. He
is a member of The Florida Bar, The Pennsylvania Bar, The United States
District Court, Middle District of Florida, The United States Court of
Appeal, Eleventh Circuit and The United States Supreme Court.
Mr.
Taraska has written and spoken extensively.
He is the author of the 1,500-page text, “A Legal Guide for
Physicians” and various chapters including, “Death – Withholding and
Withdrawing Life Support,” “Physician Discipline,” “A Legal Guide
for the Physician’s Office Staff,” “Preventive Medicine for the
Cancer Specialist,” He has
authored over 100 articles for healthcare practitioners.
In addition to his writing, Mr. Taraska has spoken throughout
Florida and the United States on various issues affecting healthcare
practitioners.
Mr.
Taraska’s honors include being selected as The Florida Medical
Association’s medical speaker of the year for 1986 and their best
regular feature writer for that same year.
He has been board certified as a civil trial lawyer by The Florida
Bar since 1984 and is currently a member of The American Board of Trial
Advocates, The Florida Board of Trial Advocates, The Association of Trial
Lawyers of America, The Florida Trial Lawyer’s Association, The National
Health Law Association, and The Florida Bar. He previously served on the Bioethics Committee for Florida
Hospital and was a member of The Florida Defense Lawyer’s Association
and The Defense Research Institute. He
served from 1993 through 1997 as counsel to the Chief Operating Officer of
The Adventist Health Systems/Sunbelt Campuses in Orlando, Florida.
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