We are excited to announce that Sheila Sokolowski has joined the Hintze Law team. Sheila joins as Partner and Chair of the firm’s new Health and Biotech Privacy Group. Sheila is ranked by Chambers USA, which described her as “incredibly quick to understand complex, innovative technologies and develop practical, risk-indexed advice that clients understand and use.”
Her clients include Fortune 500 companies, health care data streaming and machine learning platforms, and higher education software companies. Sheila advises clients on data privacy and security risk mitigation and management strategies, including data breach and security incident responses. She collaborates with in-house legal and technical professionals to develop scalable, practical, and risk-based data privacy and security legal compliance solutions, encompassing the FTC Act, HIPAA/HITECH, 42 C.F.R. Part 2, FERPA and GDPR.
Sheila counsels emerging life sciences companies on practical, business-focused legal compliance strategies to address the federal regulation of health care providers and clinical research, including state and federal false claims acts, HIPAA/HITECH, the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (the “Common Rule”). She also counsels investors seeking to evaluate and understand the health care regulatory risks involved in transactions with emerging life sciences companies.
Sheila regularly speaks to national audiences about health care data privacy and security compliance, as well as the legal issues that arise in the context of clinical research arrangements.
Sheila is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and the American Health Lawyers Association.
Hintze Law PLLC exclusively provides global data protection counseling for technology, ecommerce, advertising, media, and mobile companies and organizations. More information about the firm is available at HintzeLaw.com.