Attorneys
Paul A. Gordon, Partner
Direct Phone: 415-995-5014
pgordon@hansonbridgett.com
Practice Areas: Senior Housing and Long-term Care
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.
Education
University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1975); University of California, Davis (B.A., 1972)
Other Academic Distinctions
McAuliffe Law Honor Society; Comments Editor, University of San Francisco Law Review, 1974-1975
Memberships
Bar Association of San Francisco (Chair, State Bar Conference of Delegates delegation 1996; Board of Directors 1985-87; President, Barristers Club 1983); Aging Services of California; 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); American Bar Association (Chair, Housing for the Elderly Committee, Real Property Division, 1996-98)
Publications
INSPECTOR GENERAL RULES CCRC REFERRAL FEES TO 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, Jun. 2005)
BEWARE OF LANDLORD-TENANT RESTRICTIONS ON YOUR SERVICE PROGRAM (American Seniors Housing Association, Seniors Housing Legal Notes, Feb. 2005)
FAIR HOUSING & COMPLIANCE: A GUIDE FOR SENIORS HOUSING (American Seniors Housing Association, Aug. 2004)
DEPENDENCE DAY: Resident Care Needs in Independent Living (American Seniors Housing Association, Seniors Housing Legal Notes, Summer 2003)
REGULATING MOTOR CART USE (American Seniors Housing Association, Seniors Housing Legal Notes, Spring 2002)
ARBITRATION CLAUSES AND OTHER CONTRACT PROTECTIONS (American Seniors Housing Association, Winter 2002)
DEEPER DUE DILIGENCE IN PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS (American Seniors Housing Association, Seniors Housing Legal Notes, Summer 2001)
RESPONDING TO THE SENIOR LIVING LIABILITY CRISIS (American Seniors Housing Association, Seniors Housing Legal Notes, Spring 2001)
SENIORS HOUSING STATE REGULATORY HANDBOOK, (Continuing Care and Assisted Living) 4th. ed. (American Seniors Housing Association, Wash. DC 1998-2001), with Bettina Moore
FAIR HOUSING FOR CCRCs, (American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, 2000)
FAIR HOUSING ACT/AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: THE SENIORS HOUSING COMPLIANCE GUIDE (American Seniors Housing Association, Wash. DC 1999)
Assisted Living Admission Agreements: Provisions Essential to Sound Management, OPERATIONAL PRACTICES IN ASSISTED LIVING (American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, Wash. DC 1999)
SENIORS' HOUSING AND CARE FACILITIES: DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS, AND OPERATIONS (Urban Land Institute, Washington D.C., 1998)
SENIOR RESIDENCES: DESIGNING RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE, contributor, J. Harrigan, et al. (John Wiley & Sons, New York 1998)
Licensure and Discrimination Issues: Traps for the Unwary Developer, URB. LAND (June 1997)
When Just a Handshake Won't Do, PROVIDER (April 1997)
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY ADMISSION AGREEMENTS, contributor, (American Seniors Housing Association, American Bar Association 1995)
DEVELOPING RETIREMENT FACILITIES, (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1988, 1993), with Pamela S. Kaufmann and Stephen L. Taber
MODEL ASSISTED LIVING ACT, contributor (American Seniors Housing Association 1993)
and author or contributor to numerous other publications, including The New York Times, Consumer Reports, Contemporary Long-Term Care, Multi-Housing News
