Andy Gordon Shares Expertise on Border Wall with Channel 3

Coppersmith Brockelman’s Andy Gordon shared his take on President Trump’s controversial border wall in a segment for Channel 3. Andy discussed the feasibility of the eight wall prototypes built in the San Diego desert, noting that the United States shouldn’t build a solid wall across our borders because we should be able to see what is on the other side. He also questioned whether the Trump administration will be able to secure funding for the project. Andy served as counsel to the general counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from April 2009 to October 2010, where he worked on national security issues related to Guantanamo and the Southwestern border. He is noted among the nation’s leading experts on these issues. Watch the full segment here....

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Andy Gordon Shares Views on Guantanamo Detention Center with ASU Now

Andy Gordon shared his views on issues related to Guantanamo Detention Center (GTMO) in a recent Q&A with ASU Now. Andy discussed GTMO’s role and why it is still in operation, explaining that the George W. Bush administration chose to place the detention center in Guantanamo in 2001 in order to interrogate potential enemy combatants outside of the Middle East and U.S. jurisdiction. He talks through what it would take to shut down the facility, which the Obama administration promised to close. The facility hasn’t taken a new prisoner since June 2008. Andy served as counsel to the general counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from April 2009 to October 2010, where he worked on national security issues related to Guantanamo and the Southwestern border. He...

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Kent Brockelman Shares Expertise in Legal Issues Affecting Arizona Businesses in AzBusiness Leaders

Coppersmith Brockelman Managing Partner Kent Brockelman discussed the evolution of the human resources profession alongside other experts in an article for the 2018 edition of AzBusiness Leaders.  Kent notes that new state laws, like Arizona’s paid sick time law, and uncertainty about federal laws such the Affordable Care Act will have a measurable impact on employers and their human resources departments. He also touched on the fact that while technology has benefitted the industry tremendously, a human resources professional’s ability to communicate and connect with people is still essential in an increasingly digital workplace. Read the full article here. It begins on page 144....

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Andy Gordon Takes Incredible Strides to Raise Awareness for Lymphoma

Andy Gordon was recently featured in Forefront, a magazine published by Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, for his work to raise awareness for lymphoma and other blood cancers. Andy was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer that affects only one in 14 million people, in 2009. Thanks to advances in cancer treatment, Andy is able to live an active life—he is one of the state’s leading election and political law attorneys and is an avid cyclist, completing a 100-mile ride around Lake Tahoe just a year after he achieved remission. The Forefront story details Andy’s cancer treatment journey at the Mayo Clinic, a leading cancer treatment center in the Phoenix area. Andy has been able to use his experience to give back to the community. He was...

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Az Business Honors Three Coppersmith Brockelman Attorneys Among Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona

Kristen Rosati, Kent Brockelman and John DeWulf (pictured left to right) were honored as three of Arizona’s Top 100 Lawyers in 2017 by Az Business magazine. 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, impact on their firm, community involvement and impact on the legal community. Kent Brockelman was recognized for labor and employment counseling, labor and employment litigation, and commercial litigation. John DeWulf was recognized for commercial litigation. Kristen Rosati was recognized for health information privacy and security, health information exchange and data sharing for research and clinical integration initiatives, biobanking and genomic privacy. View the full list of 2017 attorneys....

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Phoenix Business Journal Names Kristen Rosati Among 2017 “Outstanding Women in Business”

Kristen Rosati, a partner in the firm’s health care group, was recently honored by the Phoenix Business Journal as one of the Valley’s 2017 Outstanding Women in Business. The annual recognition honors local women who are trailblazing the Valley’s business community as mentors and visionaries. Kristen and the other honorees will be publicly recognized at an event on April 3 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Montelucia Resort & Spa in Scottsdale. Tickets can be purchased here. Kristen is widely considered one of the nation’s leading HIPAA attorneys. She also has deep expertise with large data breaches, health information exchange, data sharing for research and clinical integration initiatives, electronic health record roll-outs, clinical research compliance and contracting, biobanking, and all things “Big Data.” Kristen is a...

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