Elizabeth G. Hodgson

Partner

  • Elizabeth G. Hodgson
  • Phone: +1 215 979 1262

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    30 South 17th Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
    USA

Elizabeth (Liz) Hodgson is the Vice Chair of the firm’s Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Group and represents companies and their founders and investors in every stage of a company’s lifecycle from formation to exit. Liz works closely with clients to help them start, grow, invest in, purchase and sell businesses and advises on day to day matters to help align their business objectives with their legal needs. Her experience includes: choice of entity; corporate governance; corporate finance; private equity and venture capital transactions; securities offerings; commercial contract preparation and review; intellectual property protection, licensing, and commercialization; mergers and acquisitions; restrictions on foreign investment and acquisition of U.S. companies and the review process conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); and day-to-day general corporate matters.

Liz has vast experience working with companies and closely held businesses in the life sciences, biotechnology, technology, health care, software and information technology sectors, and is particularly passionate about working with female founders, investors, executives and entrepreneurs. She combines her legal skills and own entrepreneurial spirit to identify with and deliver for her clients.

Liz received a B.A. in English with a minor in Spanish from The Pennsylvania State University. She received a J.D. from The Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law. While in law school, she was a member of The Woolsack Society and was Editor-in-Chief of the Penn State Law Review.

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Education

  • The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 2016
  • The Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 2011

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Partner, 2025-present
    - Special Counsel, 2023-2024
  • Fox Rothschild LLP
    - Associate, 2016-2023

Professional Activities

  • Philadelphia Alliance for Capital & Technologies (PACT)
    - Femtech Advisory Board
    - PACT Digital Healthcare Advisory Board
    - NexGen Leaders, Class of 2023

  • ACG University Class of 2020

  • Graduate of the United Way’s Leadership Chester County Program, Class of 2018

Honors and Awards

  • Selected as a Top 25 Lawyer in Pennsylvania, Attorney Intel, 2024

  • VISTA Today Millennial Superstar, VISTA Today, 2023

  • Super Lawyers Rising Star, Pennsylvania, 2023, 2024

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Selected Publications

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker on “How Women Entrepreneur Differently” at The Freckled Strawberry Financial Power Session in October 2024
  • Speaker, “Preparing for Exit:  What to Expect and How to Prepare” hosted by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s Capital Call in October 2024
  • Speaker, “Starting Your Business and Choice of Entity,” hosted by Women’s Business Enterprise Center in August 2024
  • Speaker, “Building Your Village:  How Women in Business Can Position Themselves to Thrive,” co-hosted by Kreischer Miller, Mid Penn Bank, and RSK Advisory in April 2024
  • Speaker, “Preparing for Exit:  What to Expect and How to Prepare,” hosted by the Williamsport Area Chamber of Commerce in Williamsport, PA

  • Speaker, "The AI Revolution: Risks, Opportunities, and Getting Your Enterprise Ready for Generative AI," RSM and Bank of America Roundtable, October 19, 2023