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Senior Counsel
Nixon Gwilt Law
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Stephanie D. Barnes, Senior Counsel at Nixon Gwilt Law, is a health care innovation attorney providing business counsel and legal advice on the healthcare regulatory landscape, legal and business risks and opportunities for healthcare companies. She helps business leaders and researchers craft innovative solutions for healthcare delivery. Her diverse career began at an international law firm and has spanned to serving as a general counsel of a health system and in-house counsel at a medical school. She focuses on digital health and telemedicine, healthcare reimbursement, SaaS, contracting, Fraud & Abuse, corporate practice of medicine, business formation and corporate governance.
Dr. Barnes earned her B.A. summa cum laude in English from Tougaloo College and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. She also received her doctorate in Organizational Leadership from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She is admitted to practice law in Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas. She is certified as a professional coach by Coaches Training Alliance.
Dr. Stephanie D. Barnes is also an internationally acclaimed speaker and an awarding winning author on leadership, gender equality and women’s rights. She has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Personal Excellence Magazine, and the Huffington Post. Dr. Barnes has also presented a TEDx Talk, “What’s in a Name? How Leadership Discourse Perpetuates Gender Bias”.