Mark A. Denlinger
Shareholder
Mark concentrates his practice in the areas of business,
commercial and tax law; banking and commercial lending;
nonprofit and tax-exempt entities; real estate; health law and
the healthcare industry; and intellectual property & technology.
He has a special emphasis on mergers and acquisitions,
business formation and dissolution, manufacturing and supply
arrangements, and general contracts and licensing
arrangements. Mark was formerly associated with a general
practice law firm in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he
represented numerous banks, financial institutions,
businesses, hospitals, physicians and tax-exempt
organizations throughout south central Pennsylvania.
Throughout his career, he has handled numerous merger and
acquisition transactions for local and national clients of all
levels of complexity and size, whether on behalf of the
purchasing entity, the financing entity, the investors, or the
target entity. He speaks on a number of corporate, industrial,
tax-exempt and health care topics to local business, financial,
healthcare and nonprofit leaders.
Practice Areas
Business & Tax
Health Law
Intellectual Property & Technology
Mergers & Acquisitions
Real Estate
Education
The Dickinson School of Law, J.D.
University of Notre Dame, B.A.; cum laude
Admissions
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Phone: 814-923-4840
Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C.
Erie • Pittsburgh • Jamestown, NY
814-459-2800 • www.kmgslaw.com
Representative Experience
Negotiated and closed a significant outreach deal/stock purchase for client with New York corporation
in a health-related field
Represented hospital system in South Central Pennsylvania in sale of entire hospital system and
assets to a Florida-based for-profit hospital system for over $41 million
Negotiated and closed numerous asset purchases between physicians and hospital systems, as well
as between physician groups and individual physicians
Organized and represented various nonprofit corporations in procuring and maintaining tax-exempt
status with IRS and with state/local taxing authorities
Represented various local companies and businesses in licensing of technology and technology-based
arrangements, including distributorship agreements, exclusive licensing deals, application support
arrangements, and software and website listing arrangements
Negotiated numerous service contracts and management agreements between physicians and
hospitals and medical centers throughout U.S., including hyperbaric oxygen therapy services, wound
care services, anesthesia services, and clinical studies and trials for FDA approvals
Honors
Included in The Best Lawyers in America®, (Health Care Law), 2021-2024
Community and Professional Service
Community and Professional Service
Hamot Health Foundation, Corporator 2006 – present
Economic Development Corporation of Erie County, Board Member 2009-2016
United Way of Erie County, Program Review Committee 2005-2012
Women in Action (United Way), Program Review Committee 2007-2010
The Sight Center of NWPA, Past President; Board Member 2004-2015
Humane Society of NWPA, Board Member; Past Vice President 2008-2012
Professional Affiliations
Erie County Bar Association, Business & Commercial Law Section Chair, 2008
Pennsylvania Bar Association
American Bar Association
American Bar Association, Health Law Section
Presentations
Speaking Engagements
Firm's Professional Advisor Symposium, October 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018
The Nonprofit Parternship's Nonprofit Day, October 2013 and 2015
HVA Senior Living Alliance Long Term Care Seminar, May 2009–2011
Anti-Kickback & Physician Self-Referral, Legal Summary, June 2008
Hamot Health Foundation, Year-End Estate and Gift Planning Seminar, December 2007
The Nonprofit Partnership's seminar on Good Governance Practice for Nonprofits, The IRS View,
October 2007
E-Discovery, Technology Council of Northwest PA, October 2007
Nonprofit Law Clinic Seminar, Bylaws: A Framework for Authority & Action, October 2006
Firm's Municipal Law Symposium, 2004–2005
LECOM Seminar on Your First Physician Contract Negotiation, November 2004
