Robert Portman is partner with the law firm of Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC, in Washington, DC, and concentrates his practice on counseling organizations in the healthcare industry. Mr. Portman also represents physicians, medical groups, and other health care providers in patient privacy rules, Stark II self-referral rules, antitrust, and numerous other health law issues.  

Mr. Portman previously worked at the Washington, DC, office of Jenner & Block, where he practiced for many years and chaired the firm's health and association law practice groups. Mr. Portman was special assistant to Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich and served as the Secretary's principal representative to the President's Task Force on Health Care Reform during the Clinton Administration.

Mr. Portman received his BA, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and his JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. He also holds a master's degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.