Kaitlyn O’Connor, Esq. is Partner at Nixon Gwilt Law. An energetic and relationship-focused healthcare innovation attorney, Kaitlyn provides practical and strategic legal advice with a focus on business implications and what is best for the client's business. She excels at creative problem-solving and balancing risk in "grey" areas for her clients.
Kaitlyn’s experience and areas of practice include digital health, telehealth, veterinary telemedicine (aka, TelePet), digital sports medicine, direct-to-consumer digital health business models, remote care management, virtual first delivery models, global privacy and security, teledentistry, fraud and abuse, and HIPAA privacy/security. She provides legal, regulatory, and business guidance to healthcare providers across the spectrum of care, as well as early-stage companies and vendors serving the healthcare industry. Kaitlyn specializes in remote patient monitoring (RPM) and leads NGL’s RPM practice alongside Managing Partner Carrie Nixon. Kaitlyn particularly enjoys working with innovative RPM vendors to implement practical business solutions and accelerate growth in this rapidly expanding industry.
After graduating magna cum laude from Syracuse University, Kaitlyn O'Connor received her J.D. from William & Mary Law School, where she served as a member of the Business Law Review. She is an Advisory Board Member for the VCU Innovation Gateway Commercialization Fund and member of the Connected Health Initiative (CHI), the Reproductive Justice Working Group with the Law Firm Anti-racism Alliance ("LFAA"), the American Telemedicine Association, and the International Virtual Reality in Healthcare Association (IVRHA).
Kaitlyn is proud to be selected for the Super Lawyers Rising Star list for 3 years running. Super Lawyers is a peer-nominated, independently evaluated directory of America's top lawyers. Kailtyn was also selected for the 2023 Virginia Business Legal Elite list in the Health Law section.
Based in Nixon Gwilt Law’s Richmond office, Kaitlyn lives in Richmond with her dog Milly.
