Spencer R. Knapp

My Approach

I enjoy helping clients solve complex problems, drawing on decades of experience as a corporate lawyer, health professional, senior executive, and community leader.  I engage closely with clients, listening carefully to their objectives. I am creative and seek collaboration. My greatest professional achievements have been getting deals done successfully.

Practice Areas

My practice builds on my professional experience, focused on corporate governance, strategic planning and complex transactions, particularly joint ventures, affiliations, and mergers involving hospitals, health systems, physician groups, and nonprofit organizations.

Experience

• For over 16 years, acted as Sr. V.P and General Counsel of the University of Vermont Health Network and its predecessor, the University of Vermont Medical Center, currently a $1.8 billion, two-state, six-hospital university health system based in Burlington, Vermont. As Chief Legal Officer, I helped lead the Health Network through a period of tremendous growth and evolution.
• Served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Dinse for over 17 years.
• Served on various boards, including the Vermont Community Foundation, Vermont Public Radio, Vermont Business Roundtable, Fletcher Allen Health Care, United Way of Chittenden County, the Curtis Fund, Greater Burlington YMCA, Lund Family Center and the Champlain Valley Union High School Board.
• Prior to joining Dinse, served as a law clerk for federal trial judge, Hon. Albert W. Coffrin, United States District Judge, District of Vermont.

Professional Affiliations

• American Health Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• Fellow – American Bar Foundation
• Vermont Bar Association