Federal Grants Law
Health Law
Family Law
Non Profit & Corporate
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Julia Zoë Beckerman
zbeckerman@feldesmantucker.com
Phone:  (202) 466-8960
Fax: (202) 293-8103

Professional Information:

J. Zoë Beckerman practices in the areas of government grants, corporate and business law, and health care law, with a special emphasis on federally funded programs.  She has extensive policy experience in Head Start and helps the Head Start community strategize about grants issues, compliance, and legislative affairs.  She joined Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP in September 2005 and became a partner in January of 2010 when she assumed the role of Managing Principal of FT Solutions, LLC, the firm’s consulting arm.

Prior to her legal career, Ms. Beckerman worked for the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation as a Senior Policy Analyst in women’s health policy where she specialized in low-income women’s health insurance coverage and access to care.  She was also a Presidential Management Intern at the National Institutes of Health and worked on science policy issues.  As a part of her PMI, Ms. Beckerman worked for the Senate HELP Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety on women’s health, genetic anti-discrimination, and HIV policy.

In addition to regularly leading trainings for grantee audiences across the country and publishing, Ms. Beckerman recently cycled off the George Washington University’s Board of Trustees and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Griffith Leadership Center at the University of Michigan.

Current Employment Position:

Partner, FTLF
Managing Principal, FT Solutions

Year Joined Organization:

2005

Areas of Practice:

Federal Grants Law
Health Law
Corporate & Business Law
Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations

Bar Admissions:

Virginia
District of Columbia

Education:

The George Washington University Law School, Washington, District of Columbia, 2005 J.D., With Honors

The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, District of Columbia, 2005 Hirsh Certificate in Health Law & Policy

University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1997 M.P.H. in Health Management and Policy

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1993 B.A. with Honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Topics Include:  Conducting Internal Investigations; Common Audit Findings and Cost Disallowances; Head Start Governance; Head Start Reauthorization Issues; Head Start Monitoring; Re-competition of Head Start Grants; Advocacy; Grants Management; Non-Federal Share Issues; Crisis Management.

Representative Published Works:

A Delicate Balance: Behavioral Health, Patient Privacy, and the Need to Know (Co-Author), California Healthcare Foundation, 2008.

Health Information Privacy, Patient Safety, and Health Care Quality: Issues and Challenges in the Context of Treatment for Mental Health and Substance Use (Co-Author), Bureau of National Affairs Health Care Policy Report, Vol. 16, No. 2, 01/14/2008.

Clinical Research Compliance Manual (Co-Author), Chapter 6 "Administration of NIH-Supported Clinical Research", Aspen Publishers, 2006.

Clinical Research Compliance Manual (Co-Author), Chapter 5 "Overview of Federal Grants Administration", Aspen Publishers, 2006.

Women's Access to Care: A State Level Analysis of Key Health Policies (Co-Author), The National Women's Law Center & The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2003.

"Access, Utilization and Quality of Health Care," The Women's Health Data Book (Co-Author), Jacobs Institute of Women's Health & The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Dec., 2001.

Honors and Awards:

Alumni Outstanding Service Award, The George Washington University, 2010

Award for Excellence in the Study of Health Law, American Bar Association, Health Law Section & the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 2005

Helen C. White Prize, Awarded to Two Undergraduate Women for Academic Excellence, Leadership, and Commitment to Community, 1993

Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships:

George Washington University Alumni Association, President’s Advisory Council (2010)

Griffith Leadership Center, Health Management and Policy, Advisory Board (2009 - 2012)

George Washington University Board of Trustees, Recent Alumni Trustee (2006 - 2010)

DC Bar Association, Health Law Section, Member

Virginia State Bar, Member

Past Employment Positions:

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Senior Policy Analyst (2001 - 2002)

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Policy Analyst (1999 - 2001)

National Institutes of Health, Presidential Management Intern (1997 - 1999)

The Family Health Center of the Marshfield Clinic, Extern (1996)

Birth Information:

1971, London, England
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