Carl Bergetz is the general counsel and chief legal officer of Rush University System for Health, an academic health system comprised of three hospitals and a graduate health sciences university headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. As the chief legal officer, Bergetz leads the Department of Corporate and Legal Affairs, which is comprised of the following: Office of Legal Affairs, Office of Risk and Claims Management, Office of Institutional Equity, Innovation and Technology Management Office, Government and Public Affairs, and the Governance Office. As general counsel, Bergetz is responsible for the management and oversight of all legal services for Rush, including litigation and claims management, clinical and enterprise risk management, insurance program oversight, internal investigations, higher education law and compliance, clinical research issues, intellectual property, major corporate transactions, government and regulatory affairs, and corporate organization and governance.
Bergetz also serves as corporate secretary to the Rush System Board of Directors and all affiliated governance bodies.
Before being appointed to his current positions in July 2017, Bergetz was deputy general counsel and associate vice president of Rush.
Prior to coming to Rush, Bergetz was chief of the Special Litigation Bureau for the Illinois Attorney General, where he supervised complex investigations and litigation involving government contracting fraud, public integrity and official misconduct, and constitutional challenges to state statutes.
Bergetz was an associate at Robinson, Curley and Clayton in Chicago from 2003 to 2006; Cooper and Kirkham in San Francisco from 2002 to 2003; and McDermott, Will and Emery in Chicago from 1996-1999.
He has authored numerous publications and presentations on law, policy and politics.
Bergetz is a graduate of Stanford University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science; and the University of Illinois College of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude and served as associate editor of the University of Illinois Law Review.