Quest Diagnostics’ Corporate Counsel Lee Braem was awarded “Volunteer of the Year” by Visiting Health Services of Union County, at the charity’s annual meeting and awards ceremony on April 16, 2003.

Visiting Health Services of Union County is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing high quality, compassionate in-home health care and support services to individuals and families in times of illness or disability.  According to Anita Weinberg, the Executive Director of Visiting Health Services of Union County,  Mr. Braem was selected as Volunteer of the Year in recognition of the many hours of pro bono legal assistance he provided the charity on health care regulation compliance, specifically, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”).  Mr. Braem’s work in the legal department of Quest Diagnostics includes responsibility for HIPAA compliance in addition to general health care law,  managed care contracts and environmental legal matters.

 Mr. Braem provided pro bono legal assistance to  Visiting Health Services of Union County as a result of his participation in the Pro Bono Partnership’s business transactional pro bono program.  Mr. Braem has handled a total of eleven pro bono matters through the Partnership on behalf of seven different nonprofits in New Jersey.   Mr. Braem was previously recognized as the Pro Bono Partnership’s 2002 Volunteer of the Year.

 For further information about Pro Bono Partnership’s business transactional pro bono program, please contact the Partnership’s Newark office: (973) 273-0600.