Bernabe A. Icaza, Esq, SVP, General Counsel
Bernabe A. Icaza, Esq serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Health Care District of Palm Beach County. Icaza has more than 24 years of health law experience and has spent the majority of this time as in-house counsel for large for-profit, not-for-profit, and governmental public health systems.
Immediately before joining the Health Care District, Icaza was in private practice where he represented health systems, hospitals, academic medical centers and physician group practices in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and complex business transactions. He previously worked for UF Health Shands, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, and Broward Health. Icaza has also worked for the Florida and Missouri Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Health.
Icaza is board certified in Health Law by The Florida Bar. He is a past Chair of The Florida Bar Health Law Certification Committee and a past Chair of The Florida Bar Health Law Section. He graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law with a health law concentration where he also earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Political Science and Spanish and a Master of Arts in Economics.