Kate Gannon is a Clinical Fellow with the Health Law Clinic at Suffolk University Law School. In this role, Kate provides support and supervision to the student attorneys enrolled in the Clinic as they take on advocacy projects and represent clients for the first time. Health Law Clinic advocacy projects include conducting research and drafting written testimony on proposed healthcare legislation, as well as working with advocates statewide to assess the disparate impact of public health insurance policy changes. In addition, Kate supports student attorneys who are representing clients in their appeal of health insurance coverage denials.
In addition to her work with Suffolk Law School, Kate is a Law and Policy Consultant at MLPB (f/k/a Medical Legal Partnership Boston), where she provides technical assistance to healthcare providers. Kate focuses primarily on the unique legal needs of young parents. In this role, Kate also lectures on a diverse array of social determinants of health, including immigration law, housing law, education law, employment law, and interpersonal safety protections. Kate’s healthcare partners include Children’s Trust Massachusetts, Mass General Brigham, and Boston University Medical School. Kate also serves on the Steering Committee of the Children’s Health Advocacy Coalition and volunteers as a Case Reviewer for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.
Prior to her work at MLPB, Kate managed Community Legal Aid’s medical-legal partnership with UMass Memorial Healthcare, where she was a lecturer at UMass Chan Medical School in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. Prior to that, Kate managed the medical-legal partnership with Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida and the West Volusia Housing Authority. In law school, Kate had many experiential learning placements, including the Youth Advocacy Division, Citizens for Juvenile Justice, the EdLaw Project, and the Rhode Island Medical-Legal Partnership.
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Education
- JD, Roger Williams University
- BS, University of New Hampshire
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- 617-305-3213
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- Sargent Hall, Suite 150