Paul A. Gordon, Partner

Practice Areas/Industries
Senior Housing & Care; Health Care; Health Care Litigation; Real Estate

Firm Leadership
Senior Housing & Care, chair

Based in our San Francisco Office
415-995-5014 Direct Phone
415-541-9366 Fax
pgordon@hansonbridgett.com
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Paul A. Gordon has been working with seniors housing and care providers since 1975. He is the author of the book Seniors' Housing and Care Facilities: Development, Business and Operations (Urban Land Institute, 1998), which contains over 600 pages of text, plus a CD-ROM with over 1,000 pages of business forms. He is General Counsel to the American Seniors Housing Association and on its Executive Board, past chair of the Housing for the Elderly Committee of the American Bar Association, and served on the Legal Committee of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (1978-2001; chair 1996-1997).

Mr. Gordon's entire law practice is devoted to representation of senior housing and long-term care providers and related organizations. He has litigated in federal and state courts, including court and jury trials and appellate work in the California Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal. He has also served as an expert witness on senior care communities in federal and state courts, in both court and jury trials. He has been instrumental in drafting state and model national continuing care and assisted living facility legislation.

A highly sought speaker nationally, Mr. Gordon has addressed audiences at conferences sponsored by the Urban Land Institute, Harvard University, Boston University, Sun-Yat Sen University (Guangzhou, China), the American Bar Association, The Canada Forum, the World Research Group, the American Seniors Housing Association, the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, the American Society on Aging, the American Health Care Association, the National Real Estate Development Center, AIC Conferences, Ernst & Young, Coopers & Lybrand, Laventhol & Horwath, the Practising Law Institute, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the American Health Lawyers Association and numerous state and local organizations.

He has written or consulted on articles on retirement community development and operations published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports, Urban Land, Provider magazine, Contemporary Long-Term Care, Multi Housing News, The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Retirement Housing Report, and others. He is a veteran of numerous radio interviews on programs across the nation.

Publications

• "Inspector General Rules CCRC Referral Fees Do Not Violate Anti-Kickback Laws," American Seniors Housing Association Legislative Update (June 2010)
• "Medical Expense Deductions for Assisted Living Fees," California Assisted Living Association Bulletin (February 2009)
• "The Development, Operation, and Regulation of Continuing Care Retirement Communities," American Health Lawyers Association (2009)
• "Seniors Housing and Care Facilities: Development, Business and Operations," 3rd ed., Urban Land Institute (1998)
• "Key Tax Benefits for Seniors Housing Residents," American Seniors Housing Association Special Issue Brief (Summer 2008)
• "The Impact of Landlord Tenant Laws on Community Fees," American Seniors Housing Association Special Issue Brief (Spring 2007)
• "Fair Housing Compliance Guide: Charting the Way, 3rd ed.," American Seniors Housing Association (2006)
• "Condominiums With Services: A Growing Trend," American Seniors Housing Association, Seniors Housing Legal Notes (Fall 2005)
• "Defibrillator Use in Seniors Housing," American Seniors Housing Association, Seniors Housing Legal Notes (June 2005)

Professional Affiliations
Bar Association of San Francisco (Chair, State Bar Conference of Delegates (1996 delegation)
Board of Directors (1985-87)
President, Barristers Club (1983))
American Bar Association (Chair, Housing for the Elderly Committee, Real Property Division (1996-98))

Industry Affiliations
California Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
American and California Assisted Living Facility Associations
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (Chair, Legal Committee (1996-97))
American Seniors Housing Association (Executive Board (1995-present))

Honors
Northern California SuperLawyers, San Francisco Magazine (2006)

Education
J.D., cum laude, University of San Francisco School of Law (1975)
B.A., University of California, Davis (1972)

Admissions and Courts
State of California
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, and the California Supreme Court