Shannon Drake

Shannon Drake currently serves as Deputy General Counsel at Independent Living Systems, LLC, focusing on acquisitions and general corporate counsel. Previously, Shannon held the position of Partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, leveraging extensive transactional experience as a former chief legal officer and corporate secretary for a national provider of nurse staffing and durable medical equipment services. Shannon's past roles include Chief Legal Officer at Aveanna Healthcare, where oversight of all legal matters was provided, and Senior Vice President, Chief Counsel at Kindred Healthcare, offering legal guidance for a vast network of home health and hospice operations. Additionally, as Assistant General Counsel at PruittHealth, Shannon ensured compliance for numerous affiliated providers. Shannon holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law and completed graduate studies in Public Policy at Duke University.