United States Public Health Service

Your professional standing matters. We defend medical staff facing peer review actions, ensuring fair treatment and protection against career-threatening claims. Our team navigates the complexities of peer review proceedings, advocating for a balanced process while safeguarding your credentials and professional reputation.

We understand the unique challenges faced by healthcare professionals serving in the Indian Health Service. Our attorneys provide specialized legal representation for IHS cases, including contract disputes, disciplinary actions, and credentialing matters. We work tirelessly to protect the rights of those serving Native American communities.

A challenge to your board certification can have lasting effects on your career. Our firm defends USPHS officers in certification disputes, guiding you through appeal processes and advocating for the preservation of your credentials. We are committed to protecting the hard work and expertise you’ve invested in your professional qualifications.

When your clinical privileges are challenged, our attorneys ensure your rights are fully protected. We offer strategic defense in fair hearings, representing you throughout the process to ensure due process and a just outcome. Our experience in handling privilege disputes helps protect your ability to continue practicing without unwarranted restrictions.

Regulatory challenges can put your career at risk. Our legal team provides expert representation in cases involving DEA investigations and HIPAA compliance issues. Whether facing licensing concerns, investigations, or alleged violations, we work to safeguard your professional standing and ensure your rights are upheld.

Navigating defense contracts requires skilled legal guidance. We offer comprehensive support in contract negotiation, preparation, and litigation for USPHS professionals and healthcare providers working with federal agencies. Our goal is to ensure your interests are protected and your agreements are fair, enforceable, and advantageous.

We provide legal counsel for a wide range of hospital medical staff issues, including disputes over privileges, credentialing, disciplinary actions, and conflicts with hospital administration. Whether you’re involved in an administrative dispute or formal litigation, our attorneys work diligently to protect your professional interests.

Facing a federal court or administrative adverse action can be overwhelming. Our legal team has extensive experience defending USPHS officers in both federal court and administrative proceedings. We provide skilled representation in cases involving adverse personnel actions, ensuring your rights and career are fully defended.

If your professional title or privileges have been revoked, we can help you fight for reinstatement. Our attorneys specialize in advocating for healthcare professionals seeking to restore their professional standing. We work closely with you to challenge unfair actions, present compelling evidence, and restore your ability to practice with the respect and authority you’ve earned.

COER Rebuttals and Appeals

Commissioned Officers Effectiveness Reports (COER) are an essential part of documenting officer’s performance. While these reports are intended to be uniform, a negative evaluation being placed in the officer’s permanent record can cost in career promotions, income, loss of retirement benefits and credits earned. Negative reports can cost the commissioned officer in long-term financial and career losses.

It is the responsibility of the US PHS member to assure COER records are correctly filed and any negative performance reviews are addressed. The rebuttal and appeal process is designed to protect the rights of the member. Often, the process provides additional hardship on the member to defend their service and performance. Hiring qualified legal counsel that understands how these processes work, can legally defend the client’s rebuttal and appeal, and assure legal counsel that defends the member is critical.

David P. Sheldon and his team are successful in handling and remedying COER issues and assuring  accountability is made on behalf of the USPHS member. The Law Offices of David P. Sheldon serve USPHS members that need legal support to navigate these very difficult administrative processes and assure the member’s rights are justly served.

Our firm is extremely sensitive to how difficult it is for the Public Health Service member to file employment complaints.  EEO cases are especially challenging as they put the member in employment relationships where they are being discriminated against or required to work in hostile work environments. These cases require attorneys who are skilled on the law,  grievance processes and protection of USPHS member’s rights.

When considering any filing of grievances or EEO complaint it is imperative to obtain qualified USPHS attorneys that successfully help clients through the legal process of fighting for fair and just working conditions, righting employment wrongs and assuring the member’s employment and career benefits are protected.

The Law Firm of David P. Sheldon  provides legal expertise for clients that face uncertain futures in difficult working conditions.  Our client’s rights are private, and are fully supported with legal representation that works within United States Public Health Services and employment law. These cases are very sensitive and require attorneys that are trusted and know how to support the USPHS member through employment grievances.

United States Public Health Safety members are dedicated, often working in very different employment conditions. Within these conditions members often face a variety of events and situations that may cause adverse reprimands or counseling.  Whether it is a formal complaint or a formal letter, these adverse records need immediate reconciliation.  The long-term implication of adverse documentation in permanent records can cost USPHS members in loss of income or employment, long term loss of earned credits and access to benefits.

Obtaining legal representation to fight for USPHS members is essential for assuring the grievances and counseling do not impede security clearances, the ability to perform work, loss of work resulting in reports of AWOL and any numerous negative career outcomes.

The Law Offices of David P. Sheldon take these matters very seriously on behalf of USPHS members. Righting injustice in records, making sure members records are correct and providing legal representation in appeals and counseling is what the Law Offices of David P. Sheldon provides.  The time to speak to an attorney about reprimands and counseling issues is when the member knows such action is going to be taken. These situations can get very complicated and need legal attention before the documentation is recorded.

MEB  Military Evaluation Boards

United States Public Health Service members are vulnerable for losing career benefits when approaching the MEB process. Legal guidance to assure the appropriate reviews are protecting the members rights are essential. Knowing how to fully represent the member’s interests and protecting both their present career status as well as future promotions, benefits and medical funding is what The Law Offices of David P. Sheldon does for USPHS members.

The MEB process is difficult at best and does not guarantee the member is protected or their interests as a service member are justly served. Helping members navigate the process, assure their rights are being protected with correct information is essential to protecting member’s rights. The Law Offices of David P. Sheldon handles MEBs for USPHS members, providing the highest level of care for their case and assuring they are given the best legal support to protect their case and their long-term career and member benefits. MEBs are a directional shift in the members service and career and needs to be handled with legal advice that represents the USPHS member and their long-term career and benefit interests.

Readiness and Fitness

Readiness is defined as the ability of military forces to meet the demands of assigned missions. In the United States Public Health Services readiness may include attending advanced training to assure members are qualified with the appropriate resources to deploy. Additionally, members may be required to meet standards of fitness, skill levels and assure future skill needs are met to deploy.

When members are reprimanded for not meeting standards of readiness or fitness it creates undue hardship on the United States Public Health Service member’s career. They are at risk of losing career credits, upgrades and promotions and service member benefits. Such allegations are severe and can jeopardize a member’s hard-earned career benefits. Such allegations should never be handled without public health service legal representation. Protecting career credits and benefits is essential for assuring members ability to retain and protect their rights.

The Law Firm of David P. Sheldon successfully helps USPHS Members navigate the difficult challenges of righting injustices in the area of readiness and fitness. Given how difficult it is to defend the client’s right to serve and retain earned career benefits, retaining a qualified attorney that successfully helps clients overcome readiness and fitness challenges is essential.

United States Public Health Safety members have a lot to keep track of over the life of their career. It is not often easy to keep track of every career move, adjustment to rank, change in personnel and deployment.  In the mix is what is owed to the member for their earned service and how these have been accurately accounted and documented in the service.

United States Public Health Safety members may experience situations where they are not being justly served and may see losses in earned benefits. Obtaining legal representation to navigate the process of assuring the correct information is being utilized to manage your career and long-term benefits is paramount when the system is not providing the service member with what has been earned. The Law Firm of David P. Sheldon legally help members receive the appropriate reconciliation of records to assure credits and retirement benefits are restored.

United States Public Health Service members who have incorrect or problematic records can approach the Board of Corrections to right the records. Often this is a time consuming and convoluted process.  The process can get slowed down in a variety of administrative challenges that delay promotions, retirement, benefits and reconciliation of security access.

Obtaining qualified USPHS legal advice is essential for navigating these processes and assuring rights and benefits are restored.  The process is administratively difficult. Working with a professional USPHS legal team provides essential tools to navigate these convoluted and difficult administrative processes.

Issues with service members records are critical to resolve to assure member rights and benefits are restored. Working with a highly qualified and skilled team like the Law Offices of David P. Sheldon is essential to assure USPHS member rights are restored and remedied.