USA
Practice Areas
Sheila Sokolowski co-chairs Hintze Law's Privacy and Data Protection Practice. Sheila advises clients on data privacy and security risk mitigation and management strategies, including data breach and security incident response. She collaborates with in-house legal and technical professionals to develop scalable, risk-based data privacy and security legal compliance solutions, encompassing the FTC Act, HIPAA/HITECH, 42 C.F.R. Part 2, COPPA, FERPA, state consumer privacy laws and GDPR.
Career
Having 20+ years of experience, Sheila has developed a national reputation as one of the leading experts in HIPAA/HITECH matters.
Sheila advises a broad range of healthcare and biotech clients as well privacy and related healthcare issues and to helps technology clients navigate healthcare-specific privacy and security regulations as they provide their products and services to healthcare providers or develop new products that are health-related or incorporate biometric features.
Sheila has also developed significant expertise in the area of children's, teens, and student privacy representing online learning platforms, service providers to schools, and higher education entities.
Sheila is ranked in the Chambers USA and Chambers Global Guides in the field of Privacy & Data Security and the Chambers USA Guide (Nationwide), Illinois for Healthcare.
Professional Memberships
Bar Admissions:
Illinois (2009)
Texas (2001)
American Health Lawyers Association
Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys
International Association of Privacy Professionals Education Advisory Board Member
Publications
Press Appearances:
“Workers’ Abortion Privacy at Risk as Texas Targets Employer Aid” - Bloomberg Law, July 15, 2022
“Biden Summons FTC Aid in Bid to Guard Abortion Data Privacy” - Bloomberg Law, July 11, 2022
“Navigating State Data Privacy Laws” - Gov Info Security, May 19,2021
“Newly Patched Peloton API Flaws Exposed Users' Private Data” - Bank Info Security, May 6, 2021
“Unpacking the proposed HIPAA Privacy Rule modifications” - The Privacy Advisor, January 26, 2021
“After the Breach” - Chicago Lawyer, January 2018
Podcast:
HIPAA Bytes, podcasts addressing HIPAA privacy, security breach notification regulations and providing practical guidance for compliance.
