DELPHINE O'ROURKE, JD
Lawyer. Investor. Strategist. Thought Leader. Culture Shifter. Speaker.
Delphine O'Rourke, JD
Delphine O'Rourke, JD is a pioneer and change maker in women's health innovation & the industries it touches - she provides specialized legal advice, accelerates strategic goals, and inspires a culture shift to advance a healthier & more prosperous future.
Change the World with 1928
"Leaders who see what is possible and are dedicated to making their ideas a reality, have the power to change the world."
Inspired by the tremendous impact of the 1928 discovery of penicillin, Delphine O'Rourke, JD founded 1928 Law and 1928 Partners to accelerate a better future.
Internationally recognized as a trailblazer, Delphine is a leading advocate for the critical role of women's health innovation to overall prosperity.
To rapidly drive the success of the women's health industry and the industries that it intersects, Delphine provides exceptional clients with specialized legal, advisory, and speaking services.
Together, we can change the world.
Specialized Services
Legal Services
Delphine is widely recognized as the leading business lawyer in women's health and where health intersects with wealth, work and sports. She provides specialized legal services focused on high-impact transactions - including mergers & acquisitions, strategic partnerships, investments, and market expansion.
With over twenty years' experience working with regulations that affect women's health, Delphine is also very active counseling clients in the reproductive health, IVF, menopause, femtech, OB/GYN medical device, diagnostic, and consumer industries.
Always focused on the clients' goals and bringing the best to the table, Delphine seamlessly collaborates with other lawyers and law firms - clients benefit from her trusted relationships and understanding of legal services.
Advisory Services
Informed by her expertise in the healthcare industry and deep relationships, Delphine provides strategy, policy, and positioning advisory services to CEOs, leadership teams, boards, advocacy organizations, and other key stakeholders.
Throughout her career in healthcare, Delphine has served in a variety of key roles - board member, CEO, health system & hospital general counsel, law firm partner, health policy advocate, investor - all of which inform her advice to sophisticated and visionary clients.
Representative clients include distributor of GYN medical devices; top menopause telehealth provider; health & wellness VC firm; women's wealth tech platform; self-insured employer benefits teams; federal healthcare research funding agency; women in sports content platform.
Keynote Speaking
Sought-after speaker at global law firms, Fortune 500 companies, top universities, and international healthcare conferences, Delphine inspires audiences with insightful and actionable conversations at the intersection of leadership, economic power and health - speaking that matters and inspires.
Recent keynotes include The Future of Healthcare Innovation & Investment; The Power Shift of the Century: Women’s Leadership, Health, & Wealth; The Rise of the Woman’s Health Industry.
Representative clients include Ricoh, J.P. Morgan, KPMG, Alliance Bernstein, ACG, Portfolia, MonCap, Luminary, Morgan Lewis, Goodwin, Fenwick, Squire, Kramer Levin, Shatter Summit, Bio International Convention, Women's Health Innovation Summit, American Health Lawyers Association, Harvard Business School, Columbia University, and Wharton.
About Delphine O'Rourke, JD
Portfolia - VC Investor
Columbia Law School - Adjunct Professor
Columbia Law School - Adjunct Professor
As a Lead Partner in Portfolia, the venture capital firm activating 2,000-member community of affluent women, with over $95 billion in collective wealth, across 14 women-focused funds, and over 150 total investments, including in fintech, femtech & longevity, Delphine is boldly transforming investment in America through the FemTech III Fund.
Columbia Law School - Adjunct Professor
Columbia Law School - Adjunct Professor
Columbia Law School - Adjunct Professor
Improving health through new and better solutions drives all of Delphine's work and that is why educating the next generation lawyers both on what is and what could be, is critical. Delphine is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Law School where she teaches courses on the business of healthcare & the law as well as on reproductive rights. She also serves on the Board of the Columbia Law School Association.
Recognitions & Media Mentions
Columbia Law School - Adjunct Professor
Recognitions & Media Mentions
Delphine is consistently recognized as Best Lawyer in America - Healthcare, and recently by the Financial Times for the most innovative lawyer & law practice. She is regularly mentioned in the media including by Forbes, Bloomberg, Modern Healthcare, Fierce Healthcare, Wharton Healthcare Quarterly, The National Law Journal, Law360, American Health Lawyers Association, and many more.
Delphine O'Rourke's Experience & Education
Goodwin Former Partner
Ascension Former Associate General Counsel
Ascension Former Associate General Counsel
Prior to launching 1928, Delphine was a Partner in Goodwin's Healthcare & Lifesciences Practice, and Chair of the first legal practice dedicated to women's health and wellness in BigLaw. Delphine launched and led Goodwin's groundbreaking Women's Health & Wellness Practice so that clients would have access to the same level of legal excellence and connectivity as other industries.
Ascension Former Associate General Counsel
Ascension Former Associate General Counsel
Ascension Former Associate General Counsel
Prior to Goodwin, Delphine was Associate General Counsel of Ascension - one of the largest, non-profit, healthcare organizations in the United States, with an annual revenue of over $28 billion, over 140 hospitals and ancillary service providers, and 140,000 employees - where she gained invaluable experience in health systems, hospitals, strategy, care delivery, patient issues, healthcare operations, reimbursement, and federal and state advocacy.
Education & Background
Ascension Former Associate General Counsel
Education & Background
Delphine graduated from the Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, cum laude, and from Columbia Law School. She clerked for the Honorable Legrome Davis of the US District Court for the Eastern District Pennsylvania and was a Research Associate for the Council on Foreign Relations.
Connecting
To connect with Delphine O'Rourke, JD,
please reach out by email at delphine@delphineorourke.com.
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Gladwyne, PA