Maia Sevilla-Sharon

Maia Sevilla-Sharon is a Florida-based litigator with 20 years of experience zealously advocating for commercial clients in complex disputes in the federal and state courts and in arbitration.

Maia’s national practice is focused on health care disputes arising from health and welfare benefit plans, including ERISA matters. With a deep grasp of defensive litigation strategies, Maia has been a trusted adviser to managed care clients across the health care industry, including insurance companies, health maintenance organizations and claims administrators. Her strong advocacy and depth and breadth of experience have enabled Maia to provide not only high-quality representation at all stages of litigation but also efficient and cost-effective solutions.

Maia believes in a collaborative approach to litigation, partnering with clients to understand their business and implement measures to reduce risk of future litigation.

Maia’s experience includes:

• Defended national managed care company in multimillion-dollar putative class action brought by members who claim they were wrongfully denied Proton Beam Radiation Therapy in violation of ERISA
• Defended national managed care companies in a series of actions alleging improper reimbursement of surgical centers brought by assignees of provider claims
• Defended insurer in series of actions brought by health system that operates long-term care hospitals and rehabilitation services arising from allegations of breach of contract and business torts
• Obtained early dismissal of claims by individual members against managed care company arising from allegations of improper reimbursement of health care benefits
• Defended medical staffing company in several putative class actions alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Represented medical staffing company in affirmative litigation against New York-based hospital arising from breach of contract
• Represented multinational company in government investigation concerning allegations of FCPA violation
• Defeated on summary judgment claims against former executives of multinational company arising from the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA)