Heather Pearson provides healthcare regulatory and transactional counsel as it relates to compliance, operational matters, and mergers and acquisitions.
Before law school, Heather was a public health analyst at RTI International, focusing on program evaluation and health system financing for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). During law school, she summered at the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School and in the Office of the Chief Counsel at the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Before joining the firm, she served as a term law clerk for the Honorable Damon R. Leichty of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana and the Honorable Carol Hooten of the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Heather earned a law degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School and an undergraduate degree in biomedical anthropology from Wellesley College.
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Minnesota Bar Association
National Civil Justice Institute — Fellow
Public Justice
Representation of Heritage Group, a healthcare-focused private equity firm and Valtruis, a WCAS company, that invests in and partners with disruptive leaders whose mission is to align and transform healthcare through what is truly value-based care, in their investment in Wellvana Health, a value-based care enablement company for $84 million. The investment was joined by Memorial Hermann Health System, the largest not-for-profit health system in southeast Texas.
Faculty Award for Excellence — European Union Law, Public International Law, Human Rights Law, United Nations & Human Rights
Honor Roll (2017-2019)
Food & Drug Law Institute’s Austern Writing Competition — Second Place (2019)
Dartmouth College Global Health Case Competition — First Place (2013)