Best Lawyers 2025

Best Lawyers® 2025 recognized 18 of Coppersmith Brockelman’s 21 attorneys for exceptional work in 17 categories. In addition, Best Lawyers® named John DeWulf “Lawyer of the Year” in Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants and Kristen Rosati “Lawyer of the Year” in Health Care Law. Andy Gordon, who recently retired, received recognition for his 17th consecutive year. Katherine Hyde was honored for the first time as a Best Lawyer in Health Care Law, and Andrew Fox, Malvika Sinha, and Austin Yost were all recognized as Ones to Watch® as well for their rising excellence in commercial litigation and appellate practice.  The Lawyer of the Year designation is presented to only one individual in a given geographical region and practice area each year. Kristen has previously won Lawyer...

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During a recent Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (AzSHA) webinar, Attorney Amanda Coulter shared her clinical trials legal expertise and provided a deep dive into clinical trial agreements (CTAs). This topic is essential to research sponsors, research personnel, and other healthcare stakeholders, helping them navigate complex regulations and legal contracts. Throughout the “Clinical Trials 101: What Health Care Lawyers Need to Know Now” webinar, Amanda spoke on the typical terms and issues encountered in CTAs, additional variations of research-related agreements and strategies for negotiations of research agreements.  Amanda also covered the main laws and regulations governing clinical trials. Amanda Coulter has extensive experience negotiating research agreements and developing research compliance policies and processes, template forms, and template agreements. She assists clients by reviewing and negotiating confidentiality agreements,...

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Partner Mel Soliz was honored alongside fellow business leaders in Az Business magazine’s 2024 list of the Most Influential Women in Arizona Business. With 1,900 submissions in 2024, the editorial board of Az Business (in conjunction with a panel of 12 former honorees) carefully selected this year’s coveted list of powerhouse women from a competitive pool. A nationally recognized attorney in health data interoperability and privacy, Mel works with organizations to implement interoperability solutions that connect individuals with the care, services, and actionable data they need. As a respected thought leader, health systems, health plans, and tech companies seek out her expertise. Read the full list of this year’s Most Influential Women in Arizona Business....

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Kristen Rosati recently shared her expertise on “Big Data” arrangements with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) at the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio. In the panel, “The Evolving Academic Medical Center: Addressing Regulatory, Strategic, and Financial Headwinds,” Kristen spoke about how the big data deals are driving revenue, supporting the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and other health care innovation, facilitating powerful research, creating rich data resources to improve health and health services and reduce the cost of health care, and bolstering public health activities. Despite Big Data’s positive influence, Kristen noted potential risks — breaches in data privacy and security and regulatory compliance chief among them. In these arrangements, the absence of thorough and thoughtful evaluation of the regulatory...

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Partner Kristen Rosati recently addressed the HIPAA standards for de-identification of data at The American Health Law Association (AHLA) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. During the "De-Mystifying De-Identification" panel discussion, Kristen and her co-speakers discussed the challenges and solutions associated with new HIPAA, other federal laws, U.S. state privacy laws, and the EU GDPR. Because of the importance of de-identified data to research, innovation (such as the development of AI), and health care delivery improvement, a good understanding of data de-identification is key to the health care industry. A sought-after national speaker, Kristen has been active in national health care policy and served as past President (2013-2014) and Fellow of the American Health Law Association (AHLA), the nation’s largest health care legal organization. She was recently recognized...

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A recent federal district court decision is providing some regulatory relief for health care organizations when it comes to digital advertising and online tracking. In the latest Coppersmith Brief, “Federal District Court Vacates Portion of OCR Guidance on Online Tracking," Partner Kristen Rosati details the Texas court’s decision, how it modestly helps health care companies using online tracking, and what next steps readers can expect from the OCR. Considered one of the nation’s leading “Big Data” and HIPAA compliance attorneys, Kristen has deep experience in data governance and strategy, data sharing for research and innovation, and biobanking and genomic privacy. She has counseled many health care organizations in the evaluation and remediation of online tracking, and in responding to government investigations. Read the full Coppersmith Brief for more...

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