Lynn Garson Email & Phone Number

LYNN GARSON graduated from Tulane University with a degree in art history and holds a law degree from Emory University School of Law. Ms. Garson practices healthcare law at Baker & Hostetler in the firm’s Atlanta office. Ms. Garson is also a mental health advocate and author. In July 2012, she published Southern Vapors, a memoir describing her journey from major clinical depression to recovery, and has since spoken widely, including a TEDx Emory talk: “Reforming the Approach to Mental Health in the U.S.” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7P5TpsgWVA) and made numerous presentations to private and public organizations including the American Bar Association and the American Health Lawyers Association. On December 8, 2013, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published an article on her experience and mental health advocacy in a “Personal Journeys” segment, described by the paper as a feature that "spotlights the lives of extraordinary individuals and the stories that define our region and connect our community.You can contact Lynn at www.southernvapors.com or engage with her at https://www.facebook.com/SouthernVapors or https://twitter.com/southernvapors.

Greater Atlanta Area

 Assisted a multi-system hospital in the acquisition of several large medical practices, including negotiating and drafting documents from letter of intent stage through final documentation. Advises large hospital group on joint venture agreements, software license agreements, physician service agreements, consulting and employment contracts, leases, vendor contracts, and clinical training agreements. Reviews and drafts clinical trial agreements for multi-system hospital. Reviews, negotiates, and drafts medical director and other agreements between employed physicians and outside entities. Negotiates and drafts employment contracts and other agreements for individual physicians, as well as for non-employed physicians.

Greater Atlanta Area

General healthcare transactional work, focusing on small to medium sized acquisitions of physician practices by multi-system hospital system.

Atlanta, Ga

Responsible for researching, analyzing and summarizing healthcare regulatory issues for compliance group, including 50 state surveys.

Norfolk, Va

• Responsible for negotiating and drafting employment contracts for individual physicians being added to Sentara Medical Group. • Reviewed, negotiated and drafted medical director and other agreements between employed physicians and outside entities. • Prepared wide range of intracompany agreements, including medical director, research and moonlighting agreements. • Assisted in developing language for physician compensation formulae in collaboration with Finance Department.

Norfolk, Va

• Assisted in acquisition of several large medical practices, including negotiating and drafting documents from letter of intent stage through final documentation (including complex non-competition agreements).• Responsible for preparing, reviewing, interpreting and advising on a wide range of legal documents, including joint venture agreements, software license agreements, physician service agreements, consulting and employment contracts, leases, vendor contracts and clinical training agreements.• Responsible for ensuring that provider contracts are in compliance with corporate policies and performance expectations.• Assisted in ensuring that provider contracts are in compliance with Stark, Anti-Kickback, and other relevant regulations.

Norfolk, Va

• Responsible for review and drafting of contracts (principally software licensing contracts with emphasis on intellectual property, non-disclosure agreements, vendor agreements and leases), research and analysis of state licensing and identification of risks applicable to the business. • Supervised acquisition of company by LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc., including review of agreements, preparation of schedules and coordination with outside counsel.

Atlanta, Ga & Hong Kong

• Owned and managed gift and tabletop store, wholesale gift and tabletop business and antiques business.• Responsible for all management, administration, purchasing and selling. • Five time recipient of “Best of Atlanta” award from Atlanta Magazine.

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Emory Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor, Order of the Coif

Ba, Art History