Jeff Calk is a partner at Waller Lansden and practices in the areas of commercial real estate, healthcare and general corporate law. Mr. Calk regularly represents institutional users of real estate in acquiring, selling, developing, and/or leasing real property. Mr. Calk has extensive experience with real estate transactions within the healthcare industry, including acute care and behavioral hospitals, senior housing facilities, outpatient diagnostic facilities and medical office buildings. In July 2011, Mr. Calk moderated a panel discussion on fraud and abuse risks in real estate transactions at a meeting of the Nashville Council of Health Care Attorneys in Franklin, Tenn. Similarly, in June 2010, he moderated a panel discussion on fraud and abuse Issues in real estate transactions at the American Health Lawyers Association's In-House Counsel Program in Seattle. The presentations focused on Stark and Anti-Kickback compliance issues arising in real estate transactions between hospitals and their referral sources. In August and November 2010 and in March 2011, Mr. Calk was a co-presenter on the topic “Consequences of Stark Violations After Healthcare Reform: Another Reason Why Hospitals Should Not Own MOBs,” at the Interface MOB Conferences in Dallas, Atlanta and Los Angeles. In November 2009, Mr. Calk was interviewed in Healthcare Real Estate Insights magazine on the increase in Stark and Anti-Kickback enforcement related to real estate transactions.
His recent experience includes advising healthcare companies in transactions to monetize real estate assets and in the acquisition and development of medical office buildings. Additionally, Mr. Calk serves as national leasing counsel for a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). He represents REITs in acquisitions, development projects, financing transactions and leasing transactions involving a wide range of healthcare facilities including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, Alzheimer’s centers and other senior housing facilities. Mr. Calk leads Waller Lansden’s participation in the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC) and the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA).
Education
J.D., high honors, University of Tennessee, 1991
Order of the Coif
Articles Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1990-1991
B.S., magna cum laude, Belmont University, 1985
Recipient, Kenneth B. Sidwell Award for the Best All-Around Student, 1985
Member, Alpha Chi Honor Society
Professional Activities
Member, Nashville, Tennessee, Georgia and American Bar Associations
Member, Health Law Section of the American Bar Association
Vice Chair, Membership Committee, Health Law Section of the American Bar Association (2011-2012)
