ADJUNCT LAW FACULTY

Thomas R. Barker is a partner with the firm of Foley Hoag LLP, and is a member of the firm’s Health Care, Life Sciences and Government Strategies practices. He splits his time between the firm’s Boston and Washington, D.C. offices. Prior to joining Foley Hoag, Mr. Barker was the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Washington, D.C. Mr. Barker also served in various other positions at HHS in the Administration of President George W. Bush, serving as a senior legal and policy advisor to the Secretary of HHS, Michael O. Leavitt. Prior to joining the Bush Administration, he was regulatory counsel to the Massachusetts Hospital Association in Boston from 1992-2001. From 1981-1992, Mr. Barker worked on Capitol Hill advising members of Congress on health policy and income tax policy matters. He is also an adjunct professor of health law at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Policy in Washington, D.C., where he teaches an introductory health law course as well as a course on legal issues in Medicare and Medicaid.

Degrees:
BA, Jacksonville University; JD, Suffolk University

Subjects:
Legal Issues in Medicare and Medicaid

C O N T A C T   I N F O

Mr. Thomas R. Barker
Suffolk University Law School
120 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108-4977 e.