Tucson-based Providence Service Corp. announced the appointment of Michael-Bryant Hicks as senior vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and chief compliance officer.

Hicks succeeds Fred D. Furman, who is retiring after 10 years as general counsel.

Hicks was most recently an assistant general counsel in the law department of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. in Denver, Colo. “After leading the $4.4 billion acquisition of HealthCare Partners to a successful close in November 2012, Hicks served as interim general counsel of the division,” Providence said in a news release.

Prior to his work at DaVita, Hicks was associate general counsel for Beckman Coulter. He began his career working as a corporate lawyer for Vinson and Elkins and Mayer Brown, Rowe & Maw.

Hicks received his law degree from Yale Law School and his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition, he worked on small business incubation projects as a Fulbright Scholar in Quito, Ecuador.

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