Johnson Pope’s Health Care Group Continues Its Commitment to Dynamic Expansion with the Addition of Danielle M. Gruber

Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP is pleased to announce the continued growth of its Health Care Group with the addition of Danielle M. Gruber.  Danielle will be based out of the firm’s St. Petersburg office.   Danielle holds a B.S. degree in Political Science from Florida State University and a J.D., cum laude, from Stetson University College of Law.  During law school, she was active in Stetson Law Review, serving as Assistant Executive Editor as well as on the Article Selection Committee. In addition, she served on the Moot Court Board and took part in several Moot Court competitions.

At Johnson Pope, Danielle will focus on health care mergers and acquisitions; compliance; licensure; Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance company audits;, and other health care regulatory and business matters.  According to, Michael Igel, Chair of Johnson Pope’s Health Care Group: “We are excited to welcome Danielle to our team at a time of extraordinary growth for our firm and our team.  Danielle is the latest contributor to Johnson Pope’s continued commitment to the success of our clients.”

Johnson Pope’s Health Care Group is one of the largest in Florida, and includes four attorneys Board Certified in Health Law by The Florida Bar. Its lawyers represent a variety of health businesses, ranging from regulation and compliance, licensure and credentialing, tax and general business representation, real estate and asset protection, to a myriad of health care litigation issues, such as credentialing and medical staff privilege issues, covenants not to compete, malpractice defense and employment law.

Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP is a full-service, regional law firm with offices in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater.