Naomi Jorgensen, Author at Coppersmith Brockelman PLC

Jun 20 2017

Sam Coppersmith Presents at National Business Institute Seminar for Tax-Exempt Organizations

Coppersmith Brockelman Partner Sam Coppersmith shared his expertise in business organization and exempt organizations at the National Business Institute’s (NBI) recent seminar on the incorporation process for tax-exempt organizations. The seminar served as a comprehensive guide to the incorporation process, providing attorneys, accountants, and paralegals with an overview of the components required to become a tax-exempt organization, including incorporation, creating a mission statement, limited liability, and the application process. Sam is a regular presenter at NBI seminars and has covered a range of topics, including nonprofit bylaws. This is his third year presenting on tax-exempt organizations. Sam has more than three decades of experience assisting both local and national businesses and nonprofit entities as well as individuals and small businesses. Learn more about NBI and its upcoming courses and...

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Kristen Rosati on Planning Committee for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Workshop on Data Sharing

Jun 19 2017

Kristen Rosati Shares Expertise in Patient Data Privacy with Clinical Chemistry

Naomi Jorgensen

Kristen Rosati, a partner at Coppersmith Brockelman, shared her expertise in an article in Clinical Chemistry. Kristen discussed the benefits of data warehouses and health information exchanges (HIEs), and the risks they can pose to patient privacy. She also provided insight into best practices in balancing patient privacy and the use of clinical data by having good data security and data governance processes. Kristen advocated for a federal prohibition against reidentification of individuals in data used for research and quality improvement activities, which would address the acute need to use health information for research and at the same time honor individual rights. Kristen has deep experience in data breaches, health information exchange, data sharing for research and clinical integration initiatives, clinical research compliance, clinical trials contracting,...

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Jun 01 2017

It’s Time – for Arizona’s Paid Sick Time Law

Naomi Jorgensen

The passage of Proposition 206 in November 2016 brought not just an increase in Arizona’s minimum wage, but also enactment of a new state law requiring all employers (with very narrow exceptions) to provide all employees, including part-time workers, with annual paid sick time (PST). With the July 1, 2017 effective date rapidly approaching, we want to make sure you have the important information you need to adopt or revise policies, provide notice, and update your payroll and recordkeeping practices before the law takes effect. Here’s what you need to know: How much PST must be provided? Employees must accrue a minimum of one hour of PST for every 30 hours worked. (Thus, part-time employees will accrue PST at a slower rate than full-time employees.) Employees...

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May 31 2017

Jill Chasson Shares Employment Law Expertise with Phoenix Business Journal Ahead of New Paid Sick Time Law

Naomi Jorgensen

Coppersmith Brockelman attorney Jill Chasson was featured among leading labor and employment attorneys in a Phoenix Business Journal story covering tips for employers ahead of the new paid sick time law. The law, which takes effect July 1, requires employers to offer a certain amount of paid sick time to employees, including part-time employees, and has specific criteria for notifying employees and tracking paid sick time. Jill shared some of the law’s key provisions that may be challenging to implement or confusing for employers. Jill is an employment law expert—she provides practical advice to employers regarding compliance with the many federal and state laws that govern the workplace and regularly provides training for supervisors and human resource professionals. Read the full story here....

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May 30 2017

Chambers USA Recognizes Coppersmith Brockelman in National Rankings

Naomi Jorgensen

Six Coppersmith Brockelman attorneys were recognized in the 2017 edition of Chambers USA, an annual guide to the nation’s leading attorneys and law firms. Individual attorneys were named Leaders in their Field in three areas: Keith Beauchamp: Litigation: General Commercial John DeWulf: Litigation: General Commercial Kent Brockelman: Labor & Employment Kimberly Fatica: Labor & Employment Karen Owens: Health Care Kristen Rosati: Health Care The firm also earned national rankings in the Labor & Employment and Health Care practice areas. The Chambers Guides have ranked top law firms and lawyers since 1990 and cover 185 jurisdictions worldwide. A team of 170 full-time editors and researchers performs independent research and conducts in-depth interviews with clients and lawyers to develop each annual directory. The rankings of Coppersmith Brockelman and the firm’s attorneys...

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May 22 2017

Andy Gordon Featured in Cyber Security Panel at ASU Law Conference

Naomi Jorgensen

Coppersmith Brockelman Founding Partner Andy Gordon shared his expertise in international cyber security at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Governance of Emerging Technologies (GET) program’s annual conference. Andy was a member of a panel discussion about “The relevance of the irrelevancy of International Law” and was featured among other cyber security experts. Andy served as Counsel to the General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2009 to 2010. He focused primarily on national security issues relating to Guantanamo and the Southwestern border. He has also worked as an adjunct professor at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where he taught courses on national security law and foreign relations law. The annual GET conference focuses on law, policy and ethics...

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Sam Coppersmith Presents at National Business Institute Seminar for Tax-Exempt Organizations

Kristen Rosati Shares Expertise in Patient Data Privacy with Clinical Chemistry

It’s Time – for Arizona’s Paid Sick Time Law

Jill Chasson Shares Employment Law Expertise with Phoenix Business Journal Ahead of New Paid Sick Time Law

Chambers USA Recognizes Coppersmith Brockelman in National Rankings

Andy Gordon Featured in Cyber Security Panel at ASU Law Conference

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