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Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
Global Guide 2026 : USA
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Alston & Bird LLP represented Parexel International Corporation in a class action alleging stolen employee information.
Strengths
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The Alston team are dedicated and knowledgeable in all things HIPAA and Incident Response. They have a deep bench of subject matter experts to support all areas of complex privacy and data security.
Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare respondentGlobalAlston & Bird have deep subject matter expertise and provide practical, smart advice. They also have a finger on the pulse of the industry.
Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare respondentGlobalAlston has cybersecurity experience and expertise, familiarity with our company and its complexities, strong awareness of OCR processes and preferences.
Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare respondentGlobalThe firm provides valuable guidance and timely advice for unusual or complicated privacy and security incidents.
Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare respondentGlobalThe firm has significant resources to assist in these matters and a good knowledge base and relationships to drive results.
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Notable Practitioners
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Band 3 
Band 3 Kimberly Kiefer Peretti
Kimberly Kiefer Peretti focuses her practice on cybersecurity counseling with notable expertise in HIPAA compliance. She draws on her valuable experience as a former cybercrime prosecutor at the Department of Justice. She is also active in dealing with healthcare data security incidents.
Kim is amazing to work with.
Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare respondentGlobalKim is wonderfully knowledgeable and the consummate professional; she is my number one first call for any cyber security issue or matter.
Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare respondentGlobalKim is a subject matter expert, credible and very responsive.
Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare respondentGlobalKim is very knowledgeable about what's going on internationally, regulatory and from a business trends standpoint.
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Band 3 
Band 3 Kristine McAlister Brown
Kristine McAlister Brown is held in high regard for her ability to handle class actions arising from data breaches. She has further experience of advising clients on enforcement actions. Kristine is very knowledgeable about the subject matter, highly responsive and did a great job.
Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare respondentGlobalKristine is as fine a lawyer as I have ever worked with. She is a recognized expert in the field and provides and discusses reasonably available alternatives, strategies and recommendations.
Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare respondentGlobalKristine is smart, sensible and understands the technologies which is important. She understands the tech issues and how to translate them into the legal theory and how they apply.
Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare respondentGlobalKristine is a terrific lawyer. She represents her clients very well.
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Ranked Individuals at Alston & Bird LLP (3)
USA
Kimberly Kiefer Peretti
Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity
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Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
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Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
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