Nossaman Adds Healthcare Lawyer Sasha Martinez to Sacramento Office
Sacramento, CA — We are pleased to announce Sasha Martinez has joined our Healthcare Group in the Sacramento office as Counsel.
Prior to joining Nossaman, Sasha spent 8 years as an attorney for the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), assisting health consumers and regulating health plans for compliance under the Knox-Keene Act. Her experience includes conducting health plan audits, investigating consumer and provider complaints, reviewing health plan contracts, researching complex legal issues, preparing matters for litigation and analyzing proposed legislation. She also previously advised and represented Medi-Cal and Covered California consumers in administrative hearings and provided trainings on newly enacted legislation.
Mike Gawley, chair of Nossaman’s Healthcare Group said, “Sasha’s government experience will add tremendous values for our clients. I’m excited she is joining the Firm and look forward to working with her.”
Nossaman’s Healthcare Group provides the full spectrum of specialized legal services required by peer review bodies. Our preeminence in healthcare law began with the landmark efforts of our senior healthcare lawyers, including former partner and former California State Assemblyman John T. Knox, co-author of the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 and the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act. The Firm’s work in the area has been perennially recognized by Chambers & Partners.
Commenting on joining the Firm, Sasha said, “I’m thrilled to join the Firm and work alongside its premier roster of healthcare lawyers to drive impactful results for our clients.”
Sasha holds a J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law and a B.A. from San Jose State University. She is admitted to practice in California.
