Wilmington, NC - Elizabeth “Lynn” Gordon Esq., is being
recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Distinguished Chief Legal Officer and
General Counsel for her work in the field of Health Law and in acknowledgment
of her strategic role as a Healthcare Executive.
Lynn is a highly regarded attorney, with over 25 years of
legal and strategic business experience. This includes serving as an equity
partner with Nixon Peabody (a Global/AmLaw 100 firm) and working with other
practices and healthcare providers nationally. She has served in general
counsel, chief legal officer, and corporate compliance oversight roles.
Lynn has advised multiple health systems and physician enterprises on M&A.
Her work also includes building and managing legal departments, as well as
investigating and negotiating numerous regulatory disclosures/settlements with
state and federal regulatory agencies.
Lynn started her legal career in 1997 with Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago.
U&H was a preeminent firm established in 1975, with national recognitions
in healthcare law, finance, and complex litigation. Her early practice focused
on healthcare financing, mergers, and acquisitions. Lynn also began building a
strong Fraud and Abuse background while working with a former U.S. Attorney
(DOJ Healthcare Fraud Prosecutor) serving as white-collar defense counsel. She
moved quickly through the ranks in private practice, becoming a partner and
then equity partner—also serving in significant management roles including on
the Executive Committee of U&H, and as Health Department Chair for both U&H
and Nixon Peabody’s Chicago offices.
In 2017, Lynn was recruited from Nixon Peabody to join the Executive Team of
New Hanover Regional, a multi-hospital system in North Carolina anchored by a
700-bed teaching hospital serving as a Branch Campus of the University of North
Carolina School of Medicine. In 2021, Lynn led this healthcare system’s
restructuring and $4.9B sale to Novant Health, through a highly regulated,
public, and political process.
Lynn earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Michigan State University, while
working for MSU’s Office of Supportive Services—Minority & First-Generation
College Student Enrichment Program as a writing tutor. She then completed her
Master’s degree in English at North Carolina State University, teaching Freshman
English and graduating with Honors. She taught at several colleges and then
attended the top program nationally for health law—Loyola University Chicago
School of Law—earning her JD in 1996. She was a Dean’s List Scholar and an
Honors Grant Recipient.
Lynn has lectured and published extensively, including for the American Health
Law Association (AHLA). She is quoted in many publications, including the
Chicago Tribune and Modern Healthcare, and was featured in two cover stories in
2019. Lynn is a member of AHLA and the North Carolina and American Bar
Associations. She has received recognition for her excellence in law and
business by Chambers USA, Leading Lawyers Network, Best Lawyers in America© for
Health Care Law, and the Legal 500 United States Editorial for Healthcare:
Service Providers.
For more information, visit www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-gordon-clo
