Jennifer Ligon

Jennifer Ligon counsels her clients in a wide range of regulatory and transactional matters, serving as a strategic partner to help her clients operate in a heavily regulated and ever-changing industry.

Jennifer routinely advises hospitals, health systems, and physician groups on Certificate of Public Need (COPN) matters, state licensure compliance, Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute compliance, and Medicare reimbursement matters. She also provides general business and employment-related advice for physician groups and ancillary providers.

Jennifer has been listed in Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Stars magazine (2016-2021) and named among Virginia's "Legal Elite" by Virginia Business magazine (2016, 2018-present). She is also listed among The Best Lawyers in America® (2025), “Ones to Watch” by Best Lawyers® (2021-2024), "Up & Coming Lawyers" by Virginia Lawyers Weekly (2020) and "Top 40 Under 40" by Style Weekly (2023).

She is an active member of the Virginia Bar Association (VBA), serving as the chair of the VBA's Young Lawyers Division from 2019-2020. Jennifer is the 2023 recipient of the VBA Young Lawyers Division’s Sandra P. Thompson Award, which recognizes outstanding work and long-term service. She previously served the VBA Young Lawyers Division as chair-elect (2018-2019); secretary-treasurer (2017-2018); and development editor of the Young Lawyers Division’s publication, Opening Statement (2015-2017). Jennifer is licensed to practice law in Virginia and New York.

Jennifer joined Williams Mullen in 2016 after practicing law for several years at another health care law firm in Richmond. Prior to that, she worked in the executive compensation and employee benefits group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York City. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was on the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review and served as a Dillard Fellow. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Syracuse University.