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I concentrate my practice in the areas of privacy and security, employee benefits, and healthcare, with clients in the healthcare, technology, retail, and manufacturing industries.Privacy and SecurityI counsel clients on a variety of data privacy and information security compliance issues regarding healthcare, employment and other company data. Work with clients includes:• Analyzing regulatory compliance under state, federal and international standards, including HIPAA privacy and security rules, FMLA and ADA confidentiality, GDPR, and the CCPA• Developing data privacy and information security programs, including internal and external corporate policy preparation and review• Workforce training• Counseling clients during and after security incidents and breach events, evaluating scope, applicable law, and methods to mitigate harm• Representing clients in governmental investigationsEmployee BenefitsMy benefits practice includes work with both qualified retirement plans and health and welfare plans. Services include:• Counseling on compliance under tax law, ERISA, the Affordable Care Act and HIPAA• Preparation of plan documents and supporting documents• Benefit communication counseling• Conducting due diligence related to benefit plan issues for mergers and acquisitionsHealth CareI represent a number of clients in the health care industry, providing services regarding:• HIPAA compliance advice• Privacy policy and security program design• Workplace training• Breach incident evaluation and mitigationI received my J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis in 2006. Originally from Los Angeles, California, I earned an undergraduate degree in English and History from Ball State University.

Listed skills include Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States and Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe.