Competency Double Play: Depression and Substance Abuse

Houman Eshan holds a JD, MD, and an MBA, a combination that allows him to focus his practice on the nexus of medicine, business, and the law. As an attorney–physician, he provides clients with legal and factual analysis of complex medical and scientific issues arising from products liability and healthcare litigation defense, healthcare due diligence, and healthcare financial arrangements. He has extensive experience working with expert witnesses in both products liability and general healthcare litigation settings. Within O’Melveny, Houman himself is recognized as an in-house expert, called on to translate the intricacies of the healthcare and life-sciences industries into practical advice for fellow litigators. He counsels clients ranging from biopharmaceutical, to managed health care, to technology companies through deposition and litigation strategies.

Joseph Milowic III serves as Director of Well-Being and Of Counsel at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP and is a Co-Founder and Treasurer of the Lawyers Depression Project, a nonprofit providing an online peer support community for legal professionals at www.lawyersdepressionproject.org