Bio

Paul Mourning is co-chair of Transactions Department of Crowell & Moring and served previously as co-chair of the firm's Health Care Group. With a primary focus on the unique and complex corporate and transactional issues that face tax-exempt health care and nonprofit organizations, his clients include acute care, residential long-term care, home care, and hospice providers, as well as managed care and other health insurance organizations. Paul has served as National Legal Counsel to The Salvation Army for many years. He advises a variety of tax-exempt clients in a number of service areas, including religious organizations, foundations, educational institutions, museums, social service agencies, and trade associations. In particular, he has significant experience in the establishment, financing, restructuring, and transfer of control of health care and nonprofit organizations, as well as in the disposition of assets and structuring and restructuring of joint ventures. Another focus is advising nonprofit organizations on governance matters that are unique to tax-exempt entities under federal and state law. Highly recognized for his expertise in corporate and transactional matters in the health care industry, Chambers USA (Band 1), The Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers consistently recognize his proficiency as a leading health care lawyer. The Best Lawyers named Paul as 2021's "Lawyer of the Year" in the Health Care Space. Additionally, he was named a 2019 New York Law Journal Trailblazer. Before joining the firm, Paul was in a variety of leadership roles at an international law firm, including leading the health care nonprofit group and founding and co-chairing the firmwide health care industry team.