Sun Healthcare Group Inc. operates one of the country’s largest facilities of nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and a medical staffing unit. It has more than 200 facilities and entities across two dozens states. Its SunBridge Healthcare subsidiary runs facilities that treat people recovering from illness or injury or who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. The company, which has more than 29,000 employees, moved its headquarters from New Mexico to Irvine in 2003 after emerging from bankruptcy . Traded on Nasdaq (SUNH), the company has yearly revenue of about $1.5 billion and a recent market value of around $400 million.
LEGAL TEAM AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL
Executive Vice President and General Counsel Michael Newman, 60, leads a legal department of six attorneys and 16 support staff. Most of the attorneys are based in Irvine, but he also has attorneys in Albuquerque and Washington, D.C. His team handles a wide array of legal issues, including state and federal regulatory work, corporate securities matters, commercial transactions, labor matters and litigation. “We handle just about anything that comes in the door, but we are in a highly regulated industry so half of our work involves litigation and regulatory matters,” Newman said.
