Kristen is considered one of the nation’s leading “Big Data” and HIPAA compliance attorneys. She also has deep experience in data breaches, health information exchange, data sharing for research and clinical integration initiatives, clinical research compliance, clinical trials contracting, and biobanking and genomic privacy. Kristen is a sought-after national speaker on these issues and has been active in national healthcare policy. She is Past President (2013-2014) of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), the nation’s largest health care legal organization.
Kristen B. Rosati
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007 Awarded Practice Areas
Administrative / Regulatory Law Health Care Law
*Named the "Lawyer of the Year" in this practice area in the 2026 edition in Phoenix.
Awarded Practice Areas
Administrative / Regulatory Law Health Care Law
*Named the "Lawyer of the Year" in this practice area in the 2026 edition in Phoenix.
Biography
Locations
Education
- The University of Michigan Law School, J.D.
Bar Admissions
Affiliations
- AHLA - Board Member (2006-2015)
- American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) - President (2013-2014)
- Brookings Active Surveillance Implementation Council at the Brookings Institution - Council Member
- eHealth Initiative National Council on Data and Analytics - Council Member (2011-2012)
- Healthcare Leadership Council for the Greater Phoenix Economic Council - Member (2013-2015)
- Planning Committee, Annual Meeting of the International Society of Biomedical and Environmental Biorepositories - Committee Member (2014)
- Privacy Panel for the "Mini-Sentinel Coordinating Center" for the FDA - Panel Member (2010-present)
- Take the Lead - Founding Member, Arizona Leadership Council
Federal Clerkships
- United States Court of Appeals
- United States District Court
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Administrative / Regulatory Law, Phoenix (2026)
- Health Care Law, Phoenix (2025)
- Health Care Law, Phoenix (2021)
- Health Care Law, Phoenix (2017)
- Health Care Law, Phoenix (2014)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Health Care Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Privacy and Data Security Law
Special Focus:
- Academic Medical Centers
- Clinical Research
- HIPAA
- Information Technology
Awards:
The Best Lawyers in America©: Health Care (2007 – present); Administrative/Regulatory Law (2020 – present)
The Best Lawyers in America© "Lawyer of the Year” in Phoenix - Health Care Law (2014, 2017, 2021, 2025)
The Best Lawyers in America© "Lawyer of the Year” in Phoenix - Administrative / Regulatory Law (2026)
AHLA David J. Greenberg Founders Award (2025)
Chambers USA: Privacy & Data Security: Health Care, National (2020 – present)
Chambers USA: Health Care, Arizona (2015 – present)
Chambers Global: Privacy & Data Security – Healthcare, Global (2026)
Southwest Super Lawyers: Health Care (2015 – present); Top 50 Arizona Super Lawyers (2024); Top 25: Women Arizona Super Lawyers (2024)
Nominated for Arizona Attorney of the Year, State Bar of Arizona and Az Business Magazine (2025)
AzBusiness Magazine: Who’s Who in Healthcare (2024, 2025)
AzBusiness Magazine: AzBusiness Leaders, Healthcare Law (2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026)
PHOENIX Magazine: Top Lawyers (2022)
Elected as an American Health Law Association Fellow (2021)
AzBusiness Magazine: Arizona’s Top 100 Lawyers (2014 – 2018, 2022, 2025)
Phoenix Business Journal: Most Outstanding Women in Business (2017)
AzBusiness magazine: Arizona Health Care Leadership Award, Legal Advocate of the Year (2014)
AzBusiness magazine: 50 Most Influential Women in Arizona Business (2013)
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent® rated (2011 – present)
Sustaining Lawyer, Arizona’s Finest Lawyers Foundation (2017 – present); Arizona’s Finest Lawyers (2011 – present)
American Registry Corporate Counsel "Top Lawyers" (2011 – present)
Case History
Transactions
- Data Sharing Arrangements
Represented various academic medical centers in data sharing arrangements to support the development of artificial intelligence in health care.
- Evaluation of Web-Tracking Technologies
Advised telemedicine companies and hospital systems on internal evaluation and response to use of web-tracking technologies for marketing; acted as privacy counsel in class action litigation.
- Data Strategy and Governance
Assisted data services companies serving the health care industry in data strategy, data governance, de-identification, data privacy and security compliance, and contracting.
- Dartmouth College High Value Health Care Collaborative
Negotiated collaboration agreement on behalf of Dartmouth College, with Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Intermountain Health Care, Denver Health and Dartmouth Hitchcock, to create the High Value Health Care Collaborative. Under the agreement, the parties agreed to pool data and collaboratively study how they provide high quality health care in an efficient manner.
- FDA Sentinel Initiative
Provided legal advice to the FDA and its subcontractor, Harvard Pilgrim, on the privacy issues involved in creating a distributed data network to utilize hospital electronic health records and health plans claims databases, for post-marketing drug safety surveillance.
- Explorys, Inc.
Represented early stage data services company in data strategy and transactions with major health systems.
- Data Breaches
Represented health systems in responding to data breaches and Office for Civil Rights investigations, including a number of large data breaches involving millions of patients.
- Data and Biospecimen Repositories
Worked with hospitals and nonprofit research institutions in establishing data and biospecimen repositories for research-and deals involving those resources-including advising on privacy and security, data and biospecimen ownership, access and use, and governance issues.
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