J. MICHAEL FIELDS

ATTORNEY WARD & SMITH GREENVILLE

As healthcare practices navigate an ever-increasing number of complex and fast-moving laws and regulations, Michael Fields knows his clients must keep up with the changes and strive to stay one step ahead.

“As a practitioner, it can be a challenge to keep up and to see around the corner to advise our clients about what is likely to come next,” he said.

Fields, who received his JD from UNC-Chapel Hill, joined Ward & Smith’s Greenville office in 1999, where his practice encompasses a broad range of business law matters. He added healthcare providers to his portfolio in 2004 to help bolster the firm’s thriving healthcare practice, and now leads that practice area. He also provides mediation services in bankruptcy cases.

Along the way, he’s built valuable relationships with his clients and colleagues.

“I enjoy working with the physicians, administrators, and leaders in these practices, and I admire what they do each day,” he said.

And since the COVID pandemic, Fields has also enjoyed taking to the skies.

“I'm in training to be a private pilot, and so far, I have done a couple of solo flights,” he said.