Professional Experience
Mr. Lytle is the partner in charge of the firm's Albany office and oversees the firm's New York State legislative and regulatory practice. He represents a broad array of clients before the Legislature, the executive branch and the courts, both within New York State and beyond, generally regarding issues at the intersection of the public and private sectors for heavily regulated industries. The firm's New York governmental practice includes the representation of clients in the healthcare, educational, cultural, biomedical, insurance, pharmaceutical, economic development and other sectors. Mr. Lytle's regulatory and legislative work has involved issues relating to insurance regulation, biomedical research, services and programs for persons with disabilities, procurement and government contracting, environmental and siting issues, economic development and job training, human services, the regulation of the professions, educational issues, support for cultural institutions and educational broadcasting, among other issues.
In the highly regulated modern healthcare environment, he provides strategic guidance on legislative, regulatory, transactional, and litigation matters, relating to both State and Federal healthcare law and policy ,and devotes a considerable amount of his practice to representing health care entities in audit, investigative and enforcement matters, including those initiated by the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General and similar entities..
Mr. Lytle served as Assistant Counsel for Health and Human Services to Governor Mario M. Cuomo from 1983-86.
Education
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1978.
Princeton University, A.B., 1974.
Memberships & Activities
Chair, SUNY Empire State College Council.
Chair, Schuyler Center of Analysis & Advocacy (SCAA.)
Member and former Chair, Health Law Section, New York State Bar Association.
Member, Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession, New York State Bar Association, 2010.
Member, Advisory Council to the New York State Office of Medicaid Inspector General, 2010.
Member, Balanced Lives in the Law Committee, New York State Bar Association, 2008.
Member, American Health Lawyers Association.
Adjunct Faculty, New York Medical College, School of Health Sciences and Practices.
Former Member (2002-2009) and Board President (2007-2009), Bethlehem Central School District Board of Education.
Honors & Awards
Recognized as a Leading Lawyer, Chambers USA, 2011.
Publications
"In the Legislature" column, Health Law Journal, New York State Bar Association, 1999-present.
Moderator and editor, "A Conversation About Health Care Reform," Health Law Journal, Fall, 2009.
Meet the State's Brand New Medicaid Fraud Legislation, " New York Law Journal, July 10, 2006.
M. Dutton, J. Lytle, L. Braslow, C. Odnoha, B. Lyon and J. Farrell, "Bring Our Children Home: Improving Access To Home Nursing Services For Medically Fragile Children," Coalition For Medically Fragile Children, March 2005.