Lauren A. Leikam

Lauren A. Leikam is a Florida health care licensing lawyer who represents medical professionals in licensing and disciplinary matters. Her practice focuses exclusively on health care licensure defense, self-reports, applications for licensure, and applications for exemption involving background-screening issues. She represents nurses, physicians, pharmacists, pharmacies, pain management clinics, and other licensed providers facing Florida Department of Health investigations, board proceedings, and allegations that could affect their careers and professional licenses.

Lauren graduated from the University of Tampa in 2005 with a degree in criminology and earned her J.D. from Florida State University College of Law in 2008. At graduation, she received an award for outstanding pro bono work on death penalty cases. Her legal education provided a foundation for administrative advocacy, regulatory analysis, and defense work involving licensed professionals, while her criminology background complements her understanding of investigations, disciplinary allegations, and matters involving criminal history.

Lauren began working as a prosecutor for the Florida Department of Health in 2012. She prosecuted nurses, doctors, pharmacists, pharmacies, and pain management clinics in cases involving drug diversion, impairment, overprescribing, standard-of-care allegations, wrong-site surgery, sexual misconduct, inspection violations, practice-related crimes, and out-of-state discipline. In 2018, she became a Senior Health Care Attorney and moved to defense work, representing providers facing many of the same types of allegations she had previously prosecuted.

Lauren A. Leikam opened her own practice in 2022 to focus solely on protecting health care professionals. Her work includes defending clients before professional boards, responding to disciplinary investigations, handling self-reports, and assisting with licensure and exemption matters. She has also negotiated with prosecutors and programs such as the Intervention Project for Nurses and Professionals Resource Network. Her experience on both sides of the disciplinary process helps her evaluate cases, anticipate regulatory concerns, and develop focused defense strategies for Florida health care professionals.

Law Office Affiliations

• Owner, Lauren A. Leikam, PLLC
• Member, The Florida Bar

Licensed State

• Florida

Education

• Florida State University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Tampa
  Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

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