Gay Parks Rainville - Philadelphia, PA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1988
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy, 1978
    M.A.T.
    Major: Teaching
  • Denison University, 1977
    B.A.
    Major: English
  • Warren Wilson College, 2019
    Master of Fine Arts in Poetry Writing
    Major: MFA Program for Writers

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Associate General Counsel, 2004 - 2005
• Co-Chair, Pepper Hamilton LLP’s Securities and Shareholder Litigation Section

Classes and Seminars

• “Mounting an Effective Defense Against the Securities Class Action,”, Marsh’s The Anatomy of a Directors & Officers (D&O) Class Action Securities Claim Seminar, 2008
  
• “When a Biomedical Device Fails: Navigating the Regulatory and Legal Landscape,”, DVHIMSS Biomed & IT Forum, 2006
  
• “Ethical Issues Arising From A Coordinated Defense”, Mealey’s Defense Strategies for Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Litigation Conference, 2003
  
• Panelist at Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Annual Securities Law Forum, 2009 - 2017
  
• Panelist at 2013 International Conference of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) on “Derivative Actions Grow Up – Are They the D&O Exposure to Watch?” (November 5, 2014)
  
• Speaker at 16th Annual Drug and Medical Device Litigation Conference on “Navigating Unclear Disclosure Obligations for Life Sciences Companies and Counsel” (December 6, 2011)

Pro Bono Activities

• Vice Chair and a Member of the Board of Directors of the SeniorLAW Center

Published Works

Articles

• “When a Biomedical Device Fails: Navigating the Regulatory and Legal Landscape,”, 19 Intell. Prop. & Tech. L. J. 10, February, 2007
  
• “Delaware Chancery Court Instructs Corporate Directors What Not to Do When Considering Interested Merger Transactions”, Pepper Hamilton LLP Commercial Litigation Report, March, 2006
  

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Pennsylvania Bar Associations (Member)