Joel D. Swider

• Catholic Health Care
• Facilities Management
• Fraud and Abuse Counsel
• General Business Transactions & Services
• Hospital & Physician Transactions
• Real Estate & Construction
• Tax Exemption
• Public-Private Partnerships

University of Virginia, B.A.

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D., Honors in Health Law

• Indiana
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana

• American Health Law Association – Vice-Chair, Publishing for Real Estate Affinity Group
• Indianapolis Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Health Care Compliance Association
• Families First Indiana - Board of Directors, 2016-2017
• Mental Health America of Greater Indianapolis - Board of Directors, 2015-2016

• Best Lawyers in America
• Indiana Lawyer Leadership in Law Up and Coming Lawyer  – 2022
• Finalist, Indy’s Best and Brightest – 2016
• Indiana Health Law Review Eleanor D. Kinney Dedicated Service Award – 2011-2012
• Executive Managing Editor, Indiana Health Law Review – 2011-2012
• Member, Order of the Barristers, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law – 2011

• In 2026, Joel advised a health system on the real estate components of its affiliation with a county-owned facility in North Carolina. The transaction involved a long-term ground lease with a purchase option as part of a broader strategic partnership to expand access to care in a rural market. In lieu of rent payments, the health system agreed to over $50M in investments to improve the health of the community. The transaction presented several complexities, including structuring a lease arrangement alongside an asset purchase closing, coordinating title and closing deliverables across multiple counterparties, and navigating various environmental conditions.
• In 2026, Joel advised a health system on the real estate components of a potential $350M acquisition of a hospital and related assets in California, which also contemplated hundreds of millions of additional dollars in expansion and new construction commitments at the campus. The transaction involved a multi-parcel, legacy campus with multiple buildings and layered ownership structures, including numerous ground leases dating back decades, and multiple assignments, amendments and unrecorded lease interests to navigate. Some of the real estate was held via joint ventures and affiliates of the seller. A significant issue surrounded certain development rights and capital commitments that the seller entity had made to the local municipality that impacted future entitlements and expansion rights of the buyer.
• In 2026, Joel helped a nonprofit client obtain exemption from property taxes on newly constructed MOB improvements in Indiana. The improvements were subject to a financeable ground lease from a health system. The transaction involved separating the land (which was already exempt) from the leasehold interest in the improvements and positioning the improvements owner as a nonprofit affiliate furthering the health system’s charitable mission. Following an in-person presentation, the client ultimately obtained exemption because the improvements fit Indiana’s “owned, occupied and used for charitable purposes” standard, despite nuances involving the leasehold interest and development financing arrangement.