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Addus HomeCare Names Sean Gaffney As Chief Legal Officer
FRISCO, Texas, April 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS), a provider of home care services, today announced the hiring of Sean
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[{"type":"text","content":"FRISCO, Texas, April 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS), a provider of home care services, today announced the hiring of Sean P. Gaffney as the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, effective April 29, 2019. \nGaffney brings over 15 years of experience in strategic advisory and legal transactions involving healthcare providers to Addus. He most recently served as General Counsel for Dallas-based Encompass Health – Home Health & Hospice, the fourth largest U.S. provider of skilled home health services. As general counsel of Encompass, he consulted with the company's board of directors and senior management team on a wide range of strategic matters, including transaction strategy and execution, legal risk mitigation and regulatory and government relations issues. Before joining Encompass, he was Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, General Counsel and Secretary of BroadJump, LLC, a software start-up producing innovative hospital cost-reduction technology. \nGaffney has a bachelor's degree from The University of Dallas and holds a juris doctorate from Boston University School of Law, where he was a G. Joseph Tauro Scholar and served as managing editor of the Boston University International Law Journal. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Association of Technology Law Professionals.\nDirk Allison, President and Chief Executive Officer of Addus, remarked, \"We are very pleased to have Sean join our senior management team. He has extensive legal experience in the healthcare services industry, including M&A advisory, due diligence, regulatory compliance and a strong working knowledge of the filings and disclosures required of a public company. We are confident his expertise will be an important asset for Addus, and we look forward to his valuable insight as we continue to execute our growth strategy.\"\nForward Looking StatementsCertain matters discussed in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as \"continue,\" \"expect,\" \"will,\" and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect ...