Senior HHS Attorney Joins Coppersmith Brockelman to Expand National Data Practice

Coppersmith Brockelman is pleased to welcome Amita Sanghvi to its Data Privacy, Security, Interoperability, and Governance practice group, significantly enhancing the firm’s national presence in health law. Amita brings robust experience from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of General Counsel, where she served as senior counsel on complex and high-stakes cases regarding health care privacy and cybersecurity policy development, enforcement, and litigation initiatives. While at HHS, Amita also provided strategic legal counsel on HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, counseling the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in regulation and guidance development, and federal investigations into data breaches and unauthorized disclosure of protected health information. In addition to her government service, Amita draws on private practice experience advising health care providers, clinical...