Kathleen Kenney

Practice Areas

Katie Kenney specializes in data privacy and cybersecurity matters. Katie regularly advises domestic and multinational clients on matters arising under privacy and security laws, including HIPAA, GDPR, TCPA, CCPA, CAN-SPAM, the FTC Act, and various other federal and state confidentiality and breach laws. Katie focuses her practice on the health care industry and regularly represents a broad spectrum of the industry, including, hospitals and health systems, life science companies, medical product manufacturers, pharmacies, startup technology companies, and IT vendors. Prior to joining the firm, Katie worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in Washington, D.C., where, among other duties, she served as a subject matter expert for breach notification; actively participated on the agency's audit team; and drafted preamble language and guidance for the Omnibus Final Rule implementing HITECH modifications to HIPAA. Katie regularly speaks on privacy and security topics and is the author of the Wolters Kluwer’s publication A Guide to Health Care Privacy and Security Law.