Jim M. Pool

In his healthcare practice, Jim specializes in providing strategic organizational, payment, tax, and compliance advice and direction to all types of health care providers. Jim is recognized as a Band 1 leading practitioner in Healthcare by Chambers USA. 

His practice varies widely according to the needs of his clients, but typical engagements include:

• Working with clients to structure clinical and hospital/physician integration, co-management, value-based enterprise, affiliation, and joint venture arrangements
• Dealing with all levels of health care regulatory and tax law issues
• Implementing alternative payment arrangement and collaborative delivery systems
• Managing all aspects of compliance planning with regard to tax and health care regulation at both the state and federal levels
• Assisting clients with internal and external audits and investigations, including HIPAA, and privacy and security breaches

Jim also represents a large number of tax exempt entities, both inside and outside the healthcare industry, and his work for these clients includes:

• Formation and obtaining recognition of tax exempt status under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code for new entities, including 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(6) entities
• Advising tax exempt governmental entities
• Advice regarding compliance with the unrelated business income regulations
• Consulting and strategic planning regarding governance issues
• Dealing with lobbying and electioneering issues
• Navigating private foundation compliance

Community & Professional

• American Health Lawyers Association
• Alabama State Bar Association, Heath Law Section
• Birmingham Bar Association
• Alabama Law Institute’s Committee to Revise the Alabama Nonprofit Corporations Act
• Alabama Association of Nonprofits, Board Secretary
• Jim is involved in the community and participates on several nonprofit and church boards and committees

Recognition

• Chambers USA, Band 1 Leading Practitioner in Health Care Law (2017-present)
• Mid-South Super Lawyers in the area of Health Care Law (2012-present)
• The Best Lawyers in America© for Health Care Law and Non-Profit/Charities Law (2006-present)
• Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year" for Non-Profit/Charities Law (2015, 2020, 2022, 2025)
• Distinguished as “The Best of the Bar” for 2020 by the Birmingham Business Journal
• Birmingham Business Journal "Who's Who in Health Care" (2017)
• Identified as an Acritas Star™ in Health Care
• Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent Rating