“[Derek] is super – he’s very smart, capable and a very fine lawyer.”
— Chambers USA 2021
Derek Bauer is a trial lawyer with a concentration on healthcare and media litigation, and regularly handles high-profile and complex commercial litigation matters involving healthcare regulatory, real estate, media and First Amendment issues. Derek is a past President of the Federal Bar Association, Atlanta Chapter.
Derek serves as a Co-Chair of BakerHostetler’s Healthcare Industry team and Team Leader of the Healthcare Litigation Practice team, as well as the firm’s Atlanta Litigation Leader. He helps hospital systems, physician practices, imaging providers, pharmacies and other provider-side entities resolve their commercial and regulatory disputes. Derek also helps news media, entertainment and other content providers protect their and the public’s freedom to access, create and receive information, including defending print and broadcast defamation and privacy claims and ensuring news media rights of access and protection of confidential sources. Derek is general counsel for the Georgia Association of Broadcasters.