Akin

Senior Counsel; Health; Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection

Jo-Ellyn Klein has more than 20 years of experience counseling clients on complex privacy and data security matters and is a leading practitioner on health privacy and data protection matters. She devotes a substantial portion of her practice to assisting clients with issues arising under state and federal privacy, security and data breach notification laws and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH), Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and myriad state privacy, security and breach notification laws.

Jo-Ellyn examines privacy and data protection issues arising in settings ranging from hospitals to professional sports to the medical device industry to the telecommunications industry. She assists clients with compliance activities, data breach preparedness and response efforts, complex contracts and litigation.

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Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1998; A.B., Duke University, 1994; Certificate in Elementary Education, Duke University, 1994