Pacific West Law Group LLP

What Pacific West Law Group LLP does

Pacific West Law Group LLP is a Northern California-based boutique law firm specializing exclusively in health care law. The firm represents health care professionals — physicians, psychologists, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and therapists — before California State licensing boards in matters involving professional licensing, discipline, credentialing, and peer review. It also provides legal counsel to medical staffs, medical groups, and outpatient clinics on operations, bylaws, compliance, and regulatory issues, and serves as an independent hearing officer/arbitrator in physician peer review hearings. The firm has developed a recognized niche representing alternative and integrative medicine practitioners facing Medical Board scrutiny.

The firm is composed of three partners — Brock D. Phillips (founding partner, 35+ years), Sharon B. Kime (24+ years, registered patent attorney with prior Genentech experience), and Karmin Kime — combining for 75 years of experience. All client representation is handled exclusively by partners, a deliberate positioning choice that emphasizes personal service over the associate-staffed model of larger firms. The firm maintains offices in Marin County, the Peninsula, and Monterey County, serving clients throughout California. Pricing is quote-based with no publicly disclosed fee schedules; initial consultations are offered without obligation.

The firm generates revenue through professional services fees across distinct service lines: health care professional licensing and discipline defense, peer review and credentialing, medical staff representation, hearing officer/arbitrator services, practice setup consulting, and annual compliance reviews. Client acquisition is driven by an SEO-optimized website, published client testimonials, attorney biography pages, and word-of-mouth referrals — no paid advertising or institutional sales channels are evident. The firm has no external investors, parent company, or subsidiaries, and is privately held by its partners.

Name

Pacific West Law Group LLP

Legal name

Pacific West Law Group, LLP

Website

https://pacificwestlaw.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pacific West Law Group LLP is a three-partner boutique law firm in Northern California specializing in health care law, representing physicians, nurses, and other professionals before California licensing boards and providing medical staff counsel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Health Care Law Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Provider Network, Credentialing & Contracting Support (BPAAAFAI), Contract Administration Support (PO/Contract Compliance) (BPAAAJAE)

Keywords

• Health care law
• Medical board defense
• Professional licensing discipline
• Peer review credentialing
• Medical staff representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Mill Valley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Licensing and Discipline: The firm provides legal representation in professional licensing and discipline cases for healthcare professionals including physicians, psychologists, nurses, and other health care providers before California State licensing boards.
2. Legal Services - Peer Review and Credentialing: Representation in peer review disciplinary matters, regulatory compliance, medical staff operations, and physician credentialing issues.
3. Legal Services - Medical Staff Representation: Legal services encompassing the function, structure and operations of medical staffs, including investigations, bylaws, compliance, committees, peer review and credentialing.
4. Legal Services - Compliance Counseling: Legal counseling on compliance issues and preventative approaches to professional licensing issues, including policy and procedure reviews.
5. Legal Services - Hearing Officer/Arbitrator: Service as a hearing officer/arbitrator in physician peer review hearings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pacific West Law Group, LLP is a partner-only Northern California law firm that provides specialized legal representation in health care law, focused on professional licensing and discipline defense for physicians, nurses, psychologists and other healthcare providers before California licensing boards; peer review and credentialing matters; and independent representation of hospital medical staffs. Complementary offerings include regulatory compliance counseling, practice set-up consultations, annual compliance reviews, and service as hearing officer or arbitrator in physician peer review hearings, with all engagements handled by experienced attorney partners rather than associates.

Product overview

Pacific West Law Group LLP is a Northern California law firm specializing in health care law, offering legal services through a unified practice focused on health care professional licensing and discipline, peer review and credentialing, and medical staff representation. The firm provides complementary services including hearing officer/arbitrator services for peer review hearings, medical practice setup assistance, and annual compliance reviews. All services are delivered by experienced partner-level attorneys with decades of combined experience before California State licensing boards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Health Care Professional Licensing and Discipline Legal representation for health care professionals facing licensing board investigations, accusations, or seeking to obtain licenses in California, including physicians, pharmacists, nurses, psychologists, and therapists.
• Peer Review and Credentialing Legal services related to physician credentialing and peer review processes, including representation in peer review disciplinary matters.
• Medical Staff Representation Legal counsel and representation to medical staffs encompassing function, structure, and operations including investigations, bylaws, compliance, committees, workflow, and peer review.
• Service as Hearing Officer/Arbitrator in Physician Peer Review Independent hearing officer and arbitrator services for physician peer review hearings.
• Medical or Nurse Practitioner Office Initial Setup Legal guidance for establishing new medical or nurse practitioner practices, including practice setup consultations.
• Annual Compliance Review Annual review of policies and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance and reduce the likelihood of future complaints.
• Regulatory Compliance Counseling Legal counseling on compliance issues and regulatory matters for health care providers and e-health companies.

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Polsinelli: National firm with a sizable healthcare practice serving providers, medical groups, and health systems on licensing, regulatory, and credentialing matters - a broader-portfolio competitor to Pacific West's niche.
• Husch Blackwell: Full-service firm with a recognized healthcare regulatory and provider-defense practice that competes for the same physician and medical-staff representation work Pacific West handles.
• McDermott Will & Emery: Large AmLaw firm with one of the most recognized healthcare practices in the U.S.; competes for the same California licensing and medical staff engagements but as part of a much broader full-service offering.
• Hall Booth Smith: Multi-state firm with a healthcare practice defending professionals in licensing and credentialing actions and representing medical staffs in peer review - serves many of the same provider segments as Pacific West.
• Foley & Lardner: AmLaw firm with a nationally recognized healthcare regulatory and provider defense practice, including significant California medical board defense work comparable to Pacific West's niche.
• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney: National firm with a healthcare section that handles licensing defense, peer review, and medical staff matters for California and other state boards - directly competing for premium healthcare clients.
• Harris Beach: Regional/mid-Atlantic firm with a healthcare practice handling licensing board defense and credentialing/peer review matters; serves professional clients facing regulatory actions similar to Pacific West's California roster.
• Arent Fox: Mid-sized national firm with a healthcare practice spanning licensing, regulatory compliance, and provider-side defense - competes for the same California healthcare clients with broader service breadth.

Direct peers

• Epstein Becker Green: National healthcare-only law firm with deep practice before professional licensing boards and credentials/peer review matters; serves hospitals, medical staffs, and individual practitioners across multiple states including California.
• Hooper Lundy & Bookman: Largest healthcare-only boutique law firm in the western U.S., with a California-heavy practice covering licensing, credentialing, peer review, and medical staff matters - the same core offering as Pacific West at significantly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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