Kathryn F. Edgerton
Counsel
Kathryn F. Edgerton concentrates her practice on advising hospitals, physician organizations, long-term and behavioral health providers, telemedicine providers, home health providers, medical spas, and other health-related organizations on the complex transactional and regulatory issues impacting the healthcare industry. She has a strong focus on compliance issues for addiction treatment providers and telemedicine providers and is known for her pragmatic guidance on a large range of operational issues.
Kathryn also regularly advises on HIPAA, HITECH, and state privacy and security laws and regulations, the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the physician self-referral and payments law (Stark Law), and other healthcare compliance matters. Kathryn is a Certified Information Privacy Professional in U.S. private-sector privacy laws and regulations (CIPP/US).
Practice Highlights
Addiction treatment and behavioral care providers
Telemedicine technology
Healthcare data privacy and security compliance
Addiction Treatment and Behavioral Care Providers
Telemedicine and Healthcare Technology
Healthcare Data Privacy and Security Compliance
Regulatory Compliance
Transactional
Admitted to Practice
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California, 2010
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New York, 2008
Education
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J.D., Cornell Law School, 2007
- General Editor, Cornell International Law Journal
- General Editor, Cornell International Law Journal
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B.S., Business Administration, University of Southern California, 2004, magna cum laude
- Dean's List, 2000-2004
- Business Honors Program
Memberships & Affiliations
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- Member, Health Law Committee, Business Law Section, California Lawyers Association, 2022-present
- Executive Committee Member, Privacy and Cybersecurity Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Trained Guantanamo Bay Observer, Pacific Council on International Policy
- Advisory Committee Member, West Coast Consortium for Technology and Innovation in Pediatrics
Professional Recognition
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- Selected to a list of "Ones to Watch" in Health Care by Best Lawyers, 2021
- Selected to "Southern California Rising Stars" in Health Care, Thompson Reuters, 2015-2021
- Named as one of the "Top Women Attorneys" by the Los Angeles Business Journal, 2020
Background
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- Partner, 2018-2020; Associate, 2014-2017 – Nelson Hardiman LLP, Los Angeles
- Associate, Goldberg, Lowenstein & Weatherwax LLP, Los Angeles, 2013-2014
- Associate, Peitzman Weg LLP, Los Angeles, 2010-2013
- Pro Bono Associate General Counsel, 2009; Pillsbury Stimson Pro Bono Fellow, 2007-2008 – Human Rights Watch, New York
- Associate, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, 2008-2009
- Judicial Extern, Hon. Erithe A. Smith, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, 2005