Jonathan (Jon) Woodruff, Esq., is the Managing Attorney at the Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association (LAPPA). Jon has numerous years of experience researching and analyzing state and federal criminal justice and health care issues involving, among other things, pharmacy-based buprenorphine treatment, opioid treatment programs/medication units, drug checking as it relates to drug paraphernalia laws, the health information disclosure provisions of HIPAA and 42 C.F.R. Part 2, law enforcement and other first responder deflection initiatives, overdose reversal agent access, and Good Samaritan fatal overdose prevention. Jon was the lead drafter for several LAPPA model acts and provided contributions to many others. Jon is a former Senior Legislative Attorney at the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws (NAMSDL). Prior to joining NAMSDL, Jon was a private practice attorney in Virginia and the District of Columbia, as well as an insurance company actuary in Illinois. Jon received a B.A. in Physics from Illinois Wesleyan University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law where he was a member of the Virginia Law Review. He is an associate member of the Virginia and District of Columbia Bar Associations.