Hogan & Hartson D.C. partner now operates from Nashville

Globally prominent firm has local presence with former Vanderbilt attorney's relocation

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Barbara Bennett

Washington, D.C.-based Hogan & Hartson LLP Partner Barbara Bennett has returned to Nashville after nearly a decade in the nation's capital, and she will continue in her role in the firm, operating from Nashville.

Bennett's practice includes healthcare transactions, technology and life sciences. Her clients are scattered among several major cities and include healthcare informatics companies, health plans, biotechnology ventures, international standards-setting organizations and others. Hogan & Hartson has been identified as one of the 25 largest global law firms by revenue.

Bennett said in an interview with NashvillePost.com yesterday that Hogan & Hartson had accommodated her desire to relocate from the D.C. area, adding that "9/11" terrorist attacks on Washington and New York City had weighed heavily in her decision, along with Nashville's quality of life and the proximity of relatives. Husband Peter Miller, a computer scientist and entrepreneur, had not previously lived in Nashville.

Prior to departing Nashville for Hogan & Hartson, Bennett was general counsel for Nashville-based TriPoint Health Group. Before joining TriPoint, Bennett served nine years as Vanderbilt University's associate general counsel.

Bennett earned her J.D. at Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1983 and an undergrad degree at Vanderbilt in 1973. She is a former chair and co-chair, respectively, of the American Bar Association Health Law Section's business and transactional law committee and that section's mergers and acquisitions subcommittee.