Baton Rouge, LA – Louisiana Blue’s Chief Legal Officer, Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary Lou Patalano is featured in the latest issue of Modern Counsel, a publication highlighting influential legal leaders across industries.
In the article, Patalano shares insights from a career spanning government service, healthcare providers, health plans, private practice and executive leadership. He discusses the evolving healthcare landscape and the role legal leaders play in helping organizations navigate complex regulatory, compliance, cybersecurity and business challenges.
At Louisiana Blue, Patalano oversees legal, compliance, privacy, audit, enterprise risk management, government relations and cybersecurity. His leadership philosophy centers on serving as a strategic business partner, ensuring legal guidance supports innovation, growth and the organization's mission.
“We are strategic business partners who happen to be lawyers, not the other way around,” Patalano says in the feature. “If you're looking at it from a business lens and you really learn and understand where the business wants to head, then you can be a better lawyer and strategic risk partner for the business.”
The article also highlights Patalano's commitment to mentoring future leaders, fostering collaboration and helping organizations adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment. It explores the experiences that shaped his career and his dedication to advancing solutions that improve healthcare for the communities Louisiana Blue serves.
The full Modern Counsel article, titled "Paying It Forward," is available online through Modern Counsel.
About Louisiana Blue
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, or Louisiana Blue, is committed to our mission to improve the health and lives of Louisianians. Founded in New Orleans in 1934, we are a taxpaying, not-for-profit health insurer with offices in every major region of Louisiana to serve our customers. We have been recognized for the past eight years as an honoree of The Civic 50, named by Points of Light as one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States. Louisiana Blue also was nationally recognized for exceptional customer service by USA Today’s America’s Best Customer Service 2025.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. We invite all Louisianians to visit our website at lablue.com or talk to us on social media @MyLouisianaBlue. Louisiana Blue members can use the MyLABlue app and digital platform to easily and securely access their health plan information anytime, anywhere. Sign up for MyLABlue at lablue.com, with the MyLABlue mobile app or link it through an existing MyChart account.
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