Laura Dickson Rixey
Biography
Laura practices in the firm’s Virginia Beach office and is a member of the firm’s Commercial, Data Privacy and Security, Health Care, Senior Housing and Care Team, and Mergers, Acquisitions and Strategic Alliances practice groups. As part of her health care law practice, Laura regularly advises physicians, practices, hospitals, and long-term care providers on commercial, contractual, and regulatory matters. She also frequently assists healthcare covered entities and business associates in analyzing potential breaches of protected health information and HIPAA reporting requirements. Her commercial law practice includes advising clients on corporate law, entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. Laura also has experience in structuring and negotiating commercial real estate transactions, including joint ventures and preferred equity and mezzanine loan investments.
Representative Matters
- Advised multispecialty physician practice on reporting breach of protected health information affecting more than 3,000 individuals
- Regularly advises physicians, practices, hospitals, and long-term care providers regarding HIPAA privacy and security policies and procedures
- Regularly assists healthcare covered entities and business associates in analyzing potential breaches of protected health information and HIPAA reporting requirements
Recognition & Honors
- Top 40 Under 40, Inside Business, 2023
- Virginia Beach Health Care Law; Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, 2021-2025
- Millennial on the Move; CoVaBIZ Magazine, 2020
- Virginia’s Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2015-2023
- Top Lawyers; CoVaBIZ Magazine, 2019-2024
- Virginia Rising Stars; Health Care, 2022
- Board of Editors; North Carolina Law Review, 2011-2012
- Staff Member; North Carolina Law Review, 2010-2011
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert J. Conrad, Jr., U.S. District Chief Judge, Western District of North Carolina; Summer 2010
Associations
- Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art; Board of Trustees
- Virginia Beach Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc.; Board of Directors
- Virginia Bar Association
- Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- TowneBank: Norfolk Leadership Alliance
- University of North Carolina General Alumni Association; Co-Chair, Hampton Roads Carolina Club
Education
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; B.S., with highest honors, 2008
- University of North Carolina School of Law; J.D., with honors, 2012
Press & Publications
- 55 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 2025, 7 Named “Lawyer of the Year,” and 13 Named “Ones to Watch”
- 36 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Top Lawyers 2024 in CoVaBIZ Magazine
- 53 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2023
- Inside Business 2023 Top Forty Under 40: Laura Rixey, Kaufman & Canoles
- 54 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America© 2024, 6 Named “Lawyer of the Year,” and 10 Named “Ones to Watch”
- 44 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Top Lawyers 2023 in CoVaBIZ Magazine
- 53 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2022
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers In America© 2023, 5 Named “Lawyer of the Year” and 8 Named “Ones to Watch”
- 17 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers & 3 Named as Rising Stars in Virginia Super Lawyers & Rising Stars 2022
- 40 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Top Lawyers 2022 in CoVaBIZ Magazine
- 52 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2021
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America© 2022, 4 Named “Lawyer of the Year” and 8 Named “Ones to Watch”
- Healthcare Client Alert – July 2021
- 19 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Super Lawyers & 3 Named as Rising Stars in Virginia Super Lawyers & Rising Stars 2021
- Ellis H. Pretlow and Laura Dickson Rixey Elected Members at Kaufman & Canoles
- 40 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Top Lawyers 2021 in CoVaBIZ Magazine
- 53 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2020
- 46 Attorneys Named “Best Lawyers in America 2021”, 5 Named “Lawyer of the Year” and 7 Named “Ones to Watch”
- Healthcare Client Alert – April 28, 2020
- Healthcare Client Alert – April 17, 2020
- Healthcare Client Alert – April 14, 2020
- Healthcare Client Alert
- Harbor Group International Closes $1.85 Billion Acquisition of 36 Properties In 8 States
- 45 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named CoVaBIZ Magazine’s “Top Lawyers” 2020
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2019
- Health Care Client Alert – February 2019
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2018
- 40 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Top Lawyers 2019 in CoVaBiz Magazine
- Health Care Client Alert – Health Care Compliance Update
- Data Privacy and Security Client Alert – Securing PHI on Laptops and Other Portable Devices
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2017
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2016
- Cybersecurity Client Alert – HHS Releases HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Tool
- 44 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2015
- Health Care Client Alert – Federal Government Issues Fraud Alert on Medical Directorships
- The Far-Reaching and Unintended Consequences of the State Corporation Commission’s Newly Granted Authority to Void Transactions Between Entities That Are “Substantially the Same” Pursuant to H.B. 2102 (2013)
- Health Care Client Alert – The Changing Reimbursement Landscape for Physician Practices
- Health Care Client Alert – Encryption: A Critical Safeguard Against HIPAA Liability
- Health Care Client Alert – New Virginia Law Prohibits Physician Mark-Ups for Anatomic Pathology Services