J. Felicia LeRay is a Partner with Hall Booth Smith in its Health Care practice. She focuses her practice on the defense of long-term care and residential care facilities, post-acute care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, community care retirement facilities, physicians, physician groups, hospitals, and integrated delivery systems.qui tam cases. As such, she is well versed in government investigative techniques.A former prosecutor, Felicia is able to effectively represent and advise health care clients in the areas of business strategy and transactions, fraud and abuse protection, regulatory compliance, and privacy and confidentiality matters. She can assist health care providers and systems with the investigation of potential fraud, waste, or abuse issues, including all facets of the investigation, court proceedings, discovery, appeals, and settlement with whistleblowers, the United States Department of Justice, and the State Attorney General's Office.Before serving as an Assistant Attorney General, Felicia was a creditor's rights attorney who represented mortgage creditors in the default setting. She was also a general practitioner in a solo practice and an associate in the corporate and securities practice group of an Atlanta-based international law firm, where she focused her practice on corporate transactional matters in the substantive areas of technology, real estate, and health care.In addition to her diverse legal expertise, Felicia has considerable experience as a certified trauma nurse specialist, and she spent many years working at Grady Health System, which is Atlanta's busiest Level I Trauma Center. As such, she possesses a unique ability to combine her clinical expertise with her legal skills to provide impeccable service to all of her clients.Felicia lives in Atlanta with her husband and daughters, and in her spare time she enjoys competing in triathlons. Recognition*Top 100, The National Black Lawyers Association, 2019-2020 PresentationsThe Festival for Diversity & Inclusion in InsuranceDive In Festival, 2019 PublicationsCollecting Post-petition Pre-confirmation Attorneys' Fees in Proofs of ClaimEstablishing Standing in an Era of Securitized Mortgage PoolsOctober 18, 2010 In the Press Hall Booth Smith Names Six New Partners November 6, 2020ATLANTA - November 6, 2020 - Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) has named six new partners as the firm elevates leaders and recognizes their outstanding service to clients. Joining the firm's partnership ranks are Abe Varner, J. Felicia LeRay, and Paul Trainor in Atlanta; Hank Pittman and J.D. Dean in Tifton; and Spencer Craig Gill Read Full Article Read moreRead less .show-less-about { max-height: unset !important;; } .hide-content-layer { display:none !important; }