Phelps Brings New Partner to Austin Office

Fletcher is the latest of several recruits to the firm’s health care and Texas teams in the past year. He supports the firm’s regional health care team, which ranks among the country’s largest health care practices and includes trusted lawyers across the South.

This move reunites Fletcher with former colleague and seasoned health care M&A lawyer David Garcia, who joined Phelps in May 2024.

“Fletcher’s arrival represents an exciting new chapter in Phelps’ rapidly growing presence in Austin,” Garcia said. “His experience, reputation and proven commitment to serving clients provide a significant boost to our efforts to strengthen our transactional health care practice in the region.”

Often acting as an outside general counsel, Fletcher is many executive teams’ first call to resolve day-to-day compliance concerns and advance big-picture goals. He leverages his knowledge of federal and state regulatory frameworks to secure contracts and execute due diligence reviews as transactions move forward. He verifies provider credentialing and structures corporate governance to help boards focus on their long-term vision.

Early in his career, Fletcher spent 10 years leading the board of a federally certified health clinic in Austin, including overseeing a $102 million annual budget supporting 23 clinic sites. This experience equips him to steer hospitals’ financial, reputational and legislative positioning and address operational and regulatory challenges.

Fletcher often speaks at board retreats, conventions and for the Texas Healthcare Trustees on best practices for hospital governance and strategic planning.