T. Mills Fleming
Recognized since 2003
Savannah, Georgia
Practice Areas
Health Care Law
Immigration Law
Mills Fleming chairs HunterMaclean’s health care practice group. Mills is a past president of the Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys and a member of the American Health Lawyers Association. His practice concentrates on the general representation of health care systems, specialized regulatory support to health care entities and specialized projects involving compliance planning, qui tam/FCA investigations, health care industry restructuring, tax-exempt entities and intermediate sanctions, reimbursement, fraud and abuse, managed care, and health care policy. He also assists clients with compliance self-assessments and remedial actions, Stark Law compliance assessments, and the development of multi-provider joint ventures.
Mills is included in the most recent editions of The Best Lawyers in America. He writes and speaks frequently on health care law issues and is co-editor of the Georgia Hospital Association’s Hospital Law Manual, fifth edition (2006). He also wrote an article on the final HIPAA privacy rules for the American Bar Association’s American Law Institute and has presented on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act at the Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys’ annual meeting.
Mills’ practice also focuses on immigration and nationality law; he began practicing in this area in 1990. His practice includes extensive visa work, handling both temporary and permanent visa cases and J-1 waivers, as well as advice regarding compliance with the I-9, discrimination, and document abuse provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Mills is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the ABA-affiliated association for attorneys practicing immigration law. He is a frequent lecturer and presenter on immigration topics, and he advises employers regarding best practices in employment-related topics.
Mills graduated from the University of Florida with a B.A. in 1986 and a J.D. in 1989. He began his legal career at HunterMaclean, served for three years as general counsel with a large hospital system, and returned to HunterMaclean in 1995. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia and the State of Georgia.
Mills is included in the most recent editions of The Best Lawyers in America. He writes and speaks frequently on health care law issues and is co-editor of the Georgia Hospital Association’s Hospital Law Manual, fifth edition (2006). He also wrote an article on the final HIPAA privacy rules for the American Bar Association’s American Law Institute and has presented on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act at the Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys’ annual meeting.
Mills’ practice also focuses on immigration and nationality law; he began practicing in this area in 1990. His practice includes extensive visa work, handling both temporary and permanent visa cases and J-1 waivers, as well as advice regarding compliance with the I-9, discrimination, and document abuse provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Mills is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the ABA-affiliated association for attorneys practicing immigration law. He is a frequent lecturer and presenter on immigration topics, and he advises employers regarding best practices in employment-related topics.
Mills graduated from the University of Florida with a B.A. in 1986 and a J.D. in 1989. He began his legal career at HunterMaclean, served for three years as general counsel with a large hospital system, and returned to HunterMaclean in 1995. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia and the State of Georgia.
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Location
- 200 East Saint Julian Street
P.O. Box 9848
Savannah, GA 31401
Education
- University of Florida, J.D., graduated 1989
- University of Florida, BA, graduated 1986
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, State Bar of Georgia
Affiliations
- American Health Lawyers Association - Member
- Bethesda Academy/Bethesda Home for Boys - Past Chairman
- Bethesda Academy/Bethesda Home for Boys Endowment Trust - Board Member
- Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys - Past President
- Lucas Theatre for the Arts - Past Chairman
- Memorial Health University Medical Center Foundation - Past President
- Telfair Museum of Art - Past Chairman
Headquarters:
Savannah, Georgia
22 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
4 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
- Health Care Law
- Immigration Law
Special Focus:
- Fraud and Abuse
- Hospitals
- Physicians
- Regulatory
- Tax
Awards:
- Former Chairman, Telfair Museum of Art's Board of Trustees
- Former Chairman, Bethesda Academy/Bethesda Home for Boys' Board of Trustees
- Former Chairman, Lucas Theatre for the Arts' Board of Trustees
- Former Board Member and Secretary, Savannah Music Festival
- State Bar of Georgia and the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism's Justice Robert Benham Award for Community Service
- Former President, Georgia Academy of Health Care Attorneys
- Former Chairman, Memorial Health University Medical Center Foundation
- Advisory Board, Savannah Philharmonic
- Former Board Member, Court Appointed Special Advocates
- Former Board Member, Rape Crisis Center
- Board Member, Bethesda Academy/Bethesda Home for Boys Endowment Trust
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