Naomi Jorgensen, Author at Coppersmith Brockelman PLC

Apr 11 2018

Coppersmith Brockelman Recognized for Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law in 2018 Edition of Ranking Arizona

Coppersmith Brockelman was honored for outstanding work in the commercial litigation and health care practice areas in the 2018 edition of Ranking Arizona, an annual publication that ranks the state’s top companies in a variety of industries. The firm claimed the No. 6 spot for Health Care and the No. 5 spot for Commercial Litigation. This is the second year the firm has been recognized on the Health Care list. Coppersmith Brockelman’s commercial litigation group has deep experience representing clients in a wide range of commercial litigation and arbitration matters. The health care group specializes in navigating complex business, regulatory, and operations issues facing health care providers and institutions, health plans, and the businesses serving them. Learn more about Ranking Arizona here....

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Apr 05 2018

Karen Owens Breaks Down Peer Review Process and Pitfalls with Hospital Peer Review

Naomi Jorgensen

Karen Owens recently shared her expertise in peer review for Hospital Peer Review, a leading publication for hospital quality managers that explores the latest news, techniques and protocols. She discussed typical peer review requirements for hospitals and how they impact quality of care, noting that Arizona’s peer review statute requires physicians to form committees to review professional practices at the hospitals where they work. Karen explained that confidentiality and immunity for physicians allow the peer review process to go more smoothly. She provided four rules for hospitals to follow in the peer review process to avoid legal liability and shared common pitfalls in substantive reviews. Karen has extensive experience representing health care systems, hospitals, clinics, and other providers in matters of peer review, quality management, medical staff credentialing,...

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Mar 30 2018

Melissa Soliz Shares Expertise in Changes to 42 C.F.R. Part 2 with Phoenix Business Journal

Naomi Jorgensen

Melissa Soliz discussed the impact of changes to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations at 42 C.F.R. Part 2 in a Q&A with the Phoenix Business Journal. Melissa explained how healthcare organizations and their third-party vendors are affected, noting that the changes provide organizations with more freedom to track trends and share data about opioid abuse and treatment in order to combat the national opioid epidemic. On the business and community levels, Melissa stated that tracking opioid abuse patterns and successful treatment protocols will help break the cycle of abuse that causes lost productivity and absenteeism. Read the full Q&A here....

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Mar 23 2018

Sam Coppersmith Discusses Nonprofit Governance Board and Liability Pitfalls in National Business Institute Webcast

Naomi Jorgensen

Sam Coppersmith shared his expertise in nonprofit governance in a webinar for the National Business Institute (NBI). Sam and two other nonprofit law experts, Jennifer Urban of Legal for Good PLLC in St. Louis Park, MN, and Michelle Huhnke of Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer, LLP in Chicago, covered best practices for attorneys to keep tax-exempt clients out of hot water. Sam broke down common bylaw mistakes, operational and policy-making pitfalls, and tips for protecting an organization’s intellectual property. Sam is a regular speaker for NBI, covering a range of topics related to nonprofit organizations, including private foundations, forming a nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations, and serving on a nonprofit board. Sam has more than three decades of experience assisting local and national businesses and nonprofit entities as well as...

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Mar 22 2018

Coppersmith Brockelman’s Election Law Group Defends Arizonans’ Right to Vote on Proposition 305

Naomi Jorgensen

The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a decision by the Maricopa County Superior Court, holding that Arizonans will be able to cast their votes on Proposition 305, a citizen’s referendum on the Legislature’s controversial attempt to expand Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program, also known as school vouchers, at the November 2018 general election. The firm’s election law group, including Roopali Desai and Andy Gaona, worked with grassroots group Save Our Schools Arizona to preserve direct democracy in Arizona, ensuring that Proposition 305 will be included on the November 2018 ballot. Save Our Schools Arizona’s volunteers worked to collect more than 100,000 signatures in order to refer the law, and the Coppersmith Brockelman team successfully defended those petitions against a well-funded legal challenge. Coppersmith Brockelman has Arizona’s most comprehensive...

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Mar 14 2018

Three Attorneys Recognized Among Arizona’s Top 100 Lawyers by Az Business Magazine

Naomi Jorgensen

Kim Fatica, Kristen Rosati, and John DeWulf were honored for exceptional legal expertise and service in Az Business Magazine’s 2018 list of the Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona. The Top 100 Lawyers are chosen each year from a pool of more than 1,000 attorneys across the state. The final list is based on each attorney’s professional success, contribution to their firm, community involvement and impact on the legal community. Recognized for employment law, Kim counsels employers on a variety of employment-law related matters, including compliance with employment laws and issues involving post-employment restrictive covenants. She has significant experience litigating the enforceability of post-employment restrictions, including injunction proceedings relating to such litigation. Recognized for health care law, Kristen is considered one of the nation’s leading HIPAA compliance...

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Coppersmith Brockelman Recognized for Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law in 2018 Edition of Ranking Arizona

Karen Owens Breaks Down Peer Review Process and Pitfalls with Hospital Peer Review

Melissa Soliz Shares Expertise in Changes to 42 C.F.R. Part 2 with Phoenix Business Journal

Sam Coppersmith Discusses Nonprofit Governance Board and Liability Pitfalls in National Business Institute Webcast

Coppersmith Brockelman’s Election Law Group Defends Arizonans’ Right to Vote on Proposition 305

Three Attorneys Recognized Among Arizona’s Top 100 Lawyers by Az Business Magazine

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