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Elizabeth Flowers

Virginia Beach,VA

Summary

High-performing attorney with more than fifteen years of experience in litigation in the financial services and health care industries. Skilled writer, negotiator, and advocate with strong business acumen. Strategic partner and thought leader, successfully collaborating with stakeholders across business functions to mitigate risk and promote growth. Employs a practical, strategic, and creative approach to solve complex legal issues. A team player who thrives in a fast-paced and challenging environment.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate General Counsel, GBD and Corporate

Elevance Health
09.2020 - Current
  • Manage and advise on litigation, bid protests, civil investigative demands, regulatory inquiries, complex disputes and subpoena responses for 14 Medicaid markets, collaborating with external counsel to achieve favorable outcomes.
  • Manage and advise on vendor disputes and multifaceted legal issues for procurement and strategic sourcing; successfully negotiated resolution of multiple complex, high-dollar, and business critical vendor issues for SaaS, digital, and IT service providers, including data breach response and recovery.
  • Strategic partner to health plans, business development, and corporate enterprise executives to mitigate risk, promote creative problem solving, and improve processes, consistent with business growth objectives.
  • Manage litigation-related issues for corporate security; litigation lead for insider threat working group, providing strategic support for development of that program.
  • Subject matter expert for chargemaster legal issues, providing routine support and partnership to chargemaster audit team.
  • Negotiate claims litigation, indemnification, and dispute resolution provisions of ASO, ASA, and JAA agreements and negotiate limit on liability, indemnity, and dispute resolution provisions of complex vendor agreements.

Attorney Contractor, Government Business Division

Anthem, Inc.
11.2019 - 08.2020
  • Managed large caseload of litigation, arbitration, and informal disputes across Anthem's Government Business Division.
  • Developed strong working relationships with internal clients and external counsel, creating a collaborative environment to resolve disputes favorably.
  • Managed transition of matters for newly acquired health plan.

Senior Associate Attorney

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP
01.2010 - 08.2020
  • Represented Fortune 100 corporations to regional businesses in sophisticated, high-exposure cases in litigation and arbitration nationwide.
  • Experienced litigator in class action defense, complex commercial cases, closely held business disputes, copyright and trademark defense.
  • Mentored and trained junior associates to enhance professional skills and development.


Education

J.D. -

University of Virginia, School of Law
Charlottesville, VA
05.2009

BBA - BBA Finance; Minor in Philosophy

James Madison University
Harrisonburg
05.2006

Skills

    Legal Writing

    Negotiation

    Litigation

    Dispute Resolution

    Contract Drafting

    Strategic Partner

    Thought Leader

    Legal Research and Analysis

    Creative Problem Solver

    Compliance

    Corporate Security

    Procurement and Sourcing

Timeline

Associate General Counsel, GBD and Corporate

Elevance Health
09.2020 - Current

Attorney Contractor, Government Business Division

Anthem, Inc.
11.2019 - 08.2020

Senior Associate Attorney

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP
01.2010 - 08.2020

J.D. -

University of Virginia, School of Law

BBA - BBA Finance; Minor in Philosophy

James Madison University

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