Kristen McDermott Woodrum Associate

Phone: 843-720-4637  |  Fax: (843) 723-7398  |  Email: kwoodrum@buistmoore.com

Practice Areas
Business and Banking
Business Litigation
Health and Administrative Law
Real Estate

Kristen McDermott Woodrum is an associate of the firm who focuses her practice in the areas of Real Estate, Business and Health Care transactions.

Ms. Woodrum concentrates her Real Estate practice on the acquisition, development and disposition of real property and on commercial leasing, representing both landlords and tenants in retail, office, ground and warehouse leasing transactions. As a member of the Business and Banking practice group, Ms. Woodrum assists clients with the formation of business entities and the purchase, sale and restructuring of ongoing business concerns and represents banks and other lenders in real estate lending and asset based financing. Ms. Woodrum regularly negotiates reviews and drafts contracts for business clients and provides general corporate representation.

As a member of the Health Care practice group, Ms. Woodrum provides regulatory and transactional representation of healthcare clients in connection with mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, professional service agreements, physician employment matters, and general healthcare and business transactions. Her experience includes advising clients on a broad range of regulatory issues, including the federal Stark law and Anti-Kickback statute, Medicare/Medicaid billing and reimbursement and third party payor issues, the South Carolina Provider Self Referral Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act, the HIPAA security and privacy rules, and certificates of need and other permitting and licensure rules pertaining to healthcare facilities.

Ms. Woodrum completed the American Health Lawyers Association Peer Review Officer Training Program in 2008. She prepared and presented the 2006 South Carolina Business Law Update at the Corporate, Banking & Securities Law Section Program of the 2007 South Carolina Bar Convention. Ms. Woodrum presented on the topic of fractional ownership interests in tenants in common property in 2007, at a CLE sponsored by the Charleston School of Law and Center for Heirs Property, and in 2006 at a CLE sponsored by the Charleston Bar Association. In 2006, she gave a presentation on identity theft to the Charleston Rotary Club Women’s Auxiliary. Prior to joining Buist Moore Smythe McGee P.A. as an associate, Ms. Woodrum held clinical and management positions in the field of community mental health.

Representative Matters:

•	Negotiated and drafted commercial office, ground, and warehouse leases. Negotiated commercial office lease disputes
•	Advised engineering, consulting, and construction concerns and foodservice distributor regarding the Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concern Program (SDVO SBC Program) and the Veteran’s Administration’s Veteran’s First Contracting Program, and provided corporate representation connected with formation and governance under the applicable regulations
•	Negotiated and closed transactions, including stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions and other similar transactions for privately-owned companies
•	Provided comprehensive analysis of South Carolina healthcare laws and regulations for national publicly traded healthcare corporation
•	Structured transactions for healthcare providers desiring to manage risks associated with fraud and abuse laws in connection with medical imaging and surgery centers and other ancillary service arrangements
•	Represented property management and real estate brokerage firms in the formation and structure of the businesses and provided advice on compliance with state licensing regulations and RESPA
•	Represented homeowners associations and horizontal property regimes in enforcing restrictive covenants
•	Negotiated and resolved boundary disputes through boundary line adjustments and drafted easement agreements
•	Pre- and post-formation planning for small to medium-sized business entities, including the drafting of corporation and limited liability company agreements

Educational Background:

•	Tulane Law School, 2005 - J.D.
•	Tulane Freeman School of Business, 2005 - M.B.A.
	Notes and Comments Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal Legal Extern, the Honorable Stanwood R. Duval, Jr., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Freeman Consulting Group Tulane Law Academic Scholarship
•	Clemson University, 1996 - B.A.
	Clemson Presidential Scholar Citizen's Foundation of America Scholar Golden Key National Honor Society Psi Chi Psychology Honorary Sigma Tau Epsilon Liberal Arts Honor Fraternity

Professional Background:

•	Associate, Buist Moore Smythe McGee P.A., 2005-present
•	Medical University of South Carolina Hospital Authority, Legal Intern
•	South Carolina Department of Mental Health
•	Prestera Center for Mental Health Services, Inc.

Publications, Papers, Programs and Seminars:

•	Legal Issues Affecting Heirs Property, Presenter, Charleston School of Law, October 2007
•	Prepared the 2006 South Carolina Business Law Update for the Corporate, Banking & Securities Law Section Program at the 2007 South Carolina Bar Convention
•	Charleston Bar Association CLE speaker on fractional ownership interests in tenants in common property, 2006
•	Charleston Rotary Club Women’s Auxiliary presentation on identity theft, 2006

Professional Organizations:

•	American Bar Association
•	American Health Lawyers Association
•	Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Charleston Class of 2008
•	South Carolina Bar Women Lawyers Association, Lowcountry Chapter

Bar Admissions:

•	South Carolina, 2005