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Address
2800 North Central Avenue, Suite 1200
Phoenix, Arizona 85004 (Maricopa Co.)
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(Main Office) Coppersmith Schermer & Brockelman PLC offers specialized, nationally-recognized expertise in health care law, a wide range of substantive expertise based on decades of experience in civil and commercial litigation, labor and employment law, business and real estate transactional work, experience with politics and government, and investigations and criminal defense. The firm's attorneys have excellent credentials, varied experience, diverse backgrounds, and approach problems with creativity and practicality. Statement of PracticeHealth Care, Antitrust, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment, Civil Litigation, Business Organization and Transactions, Real Estate, Land Use, Election Law and investigations and criminal defense. Practice in all Trial and Appellate Courts and Administrative Proceedings before Federal, State, and Local Agencies. Year Established: 1995
Firm Size: 16
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Address2800 North Central Avenue, Suite 1200
Phoenix, AZ 85004, (Maricopa Co.)
PhonePhone: 602-224-0999
Fax: 602-224-6020
Website
http://www.csblaw.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only
Kent Brockelman (Member) admitted to bar, 1984, Arizona. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1984). Editor-in-Chief, UCLA Law Review, 1983-1984. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Southwest Super Lawyers (all for employment law). Member, 1991 and President, 1997-1998, Sandra Day O'Connor Inn of Court. Member, Board of Directors, 2008, Tempe Preparatory Academy. Member: State Bar of Arizona (Member, Employment and Labor Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Section). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Kent Brockelman
Keith Beauchamp (Member) admitted to bar, 1989, Arizona, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1985); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1988). Editor-in-Chief, George Washington University Law Review, 1987-1988. Law Clerk to the Hon. Oliver Gasch, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1988-1989. Member: State Bar of Arizona; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation; Professional Liability.Email: Keith Beauchamp
James Belanger (Member) admitted to bar, 1987, Arizona. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., Anthropology, 1981); Arizona State University (J.D., 1987). Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business; Super Lawyers (Southwest). Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Criminal Defense; Health Care Fraud; Civil Practice; Antitrust.Email: James Belanger
Samuel G. Coppersmith (Member) admitted to bar, 1982, California; 1983, Arizona. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1976); Yale University (J.D., 1982). Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 103d Congress, First District of Arizona, 1993-1995. Law Clerk to Honorable William C. Canby, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1982-1983. Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State, 1977-1979. Member, Board of Trustees, 1997 and Vice Chair, 2008, The Devereux Foundation. Member: Maricopa County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Organization and Transactions; Tax Exempt Organizations; Land Use Law.Email: Samuel G. Coppersmith
Kimberly A. Fatica (Member) born Circleville, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1989, Ohio; 1992, Arizona. Education: Ohio State University (B.S., cum laude, 1986); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif. Member, Case Western Law Review. Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Employment. Member: State Bar of Arizona (Member, Employment and Labor Law Section). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Civil Litigation.Email: Kimberly A. Fatica
Beth J. Schermer (Member) admitted to bar, 1980, Arizona. Education: Yale University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); Harvard University (J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, Health Care; Southwest Super Lawyers, Health Care. Adjunct Professor, Health Law: Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, 2006-2008; Arizona State University School of Business, 2000-2002. Interim Vice Dean, Administration, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix Program, 2005-2006. Co-Chair, Arizona Health-e Connection Roadmap Steering Committee, 2005-2006. Member, Board of Directors: St. Luke's Health Initiative, 2007; Central Arizona Shelter Services, 1995-2003. Member: American Health Lawyers Association (President, 2000-2001; Member, Board of Directors and Member, Executive Committee, 1997-2002; Fellow); American Bar Association (Member, Health Law Section); State Bar of Arizona; Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers. Member: Maricopa County (Member, Health Law Section) and American (Member, Health Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona; American Health Lawyers Association (President, 2000-2001; Member, Board of Directors and Member, Executive Committee, 1997-2002; Fellow); Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers. Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Health Care Regulation; Health Care Transactions; Electronic Health Information.Email: Beth J. Schermer
Karen Carter Owens (Member) admitted to bar, 1984, Arizona; 1989, District of Columbia. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1978); Center for Mediterranean Studies, Rome, Italy; Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1983). Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Vanderbilt University Law Review, 1982-1983. Law Clerk to Honorable Mary M. Schroeder, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1983-1984. Co-Author: Consent and Health Information Resource Manual, Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, 2009; Arizona HIPAA Privacy Tool Kit Compliance Guide, Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, 2002; HIPAA Preemption of Arizona Law: Analysis and Application, Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, 2001. Member: State Bar of Arizona (Member, Antitrust Section Council, 1997-1999); American Bar Association (Vice Chair, Health Law Section Accreditation, Certification and Licensure Interest Group, 2001-2003); Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers (Member, Executive Committee, 1997-2000); American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care Operations; Health Care Regulation; Health Care Compliance; Health Care Professionals; Antitrust Law; Administrative Law.Email: Karen Carter Owens
Julie Mathis Nelson (Member) admitted to bar, 1992, Virginia; 1993, District of Columbia; 1995, Arizona. Education: Wellesley College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1992). Member: HHS EMTALA Technical Advisory Group; Chair, Action subcommittee, 2005-2007; Arizona Emergency Medical Services Access Task Force, 2006. Author: The Hospital EMTALA Manual, 2004. Co-Author: Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association Compliance Guide, 1997; Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association EMTALA Manual, 1998; Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association Consent Manual, 1995; Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association "Healthcare Compliance Guide for Community Health Centers," 1999; "The New EMTALA Regulations: Implications of a Different Era," The Health Lawyer, 2003. Co-Writer/Director: "Learning to Live with EMTALA," Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association Training Video, 2002. Member: State Bar of Arizona; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Health Care Regulation; Health Care Operations; Behavioral Health Care; Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement; Public Health Law; Emergency Medical Services Law; Health Care Compliance; Health Care Licensure and Certification; Health Care Fraud.Email: Julie Mathis Nelson
Kristen B. Rosati (Member) admitted to bar, 1990, Arizona. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., high honors, 1987; J.D., cum laude, 1990). Law Clerk to Honorable Earl H. Carroll, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1990-1992. Law Clerk to Honorable Thomas Tang, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1992-1994. Adjunct Professor and Visiting Director of Legal Research and Writing and Academic Support Programs, Arizona State University College of Law, 1996-1997, 1999, 2007 and 2008. Legal Counselor, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1997. Author or Co-Author: "Developments in Electronic Health Records," 2007 Health Law & Compliance Update Chapter 7 (Wolters Kluwer 2007); "Lawyers as HIPAA Business Associates," 2d ed. (AHLA Expert Series Nov. 2006); "The Clinical Research Policies Project Compliance Guides," (CGSON Feb. 2005 and Nov. 2005); "The Quest for Interoperable Electronic Health Records: A Guide to Legal Issues in Establishing Health Information Networks" (AHLA 2005); "Human Genetic Sampling and the HIPAA Privacy Standards," Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science and Technology (Winter, 2005); "HIPAA's Impact on Litigation," (West Group Health Law Handbook, 2005); "Lawyers as HIPAA Business Associates," (AHLA Expert Series Nov. 2003); "Disclosure of Protocol Health Information to Law Enforcement Under the HIPAA Privacy Standards" (AHLA Topical Insight Series, July 2003); HIPAA Privacy Tool Kit for Employees and Group Health Plans (2003); "Your Law Firm Signed that HIPAA Business Associates Agreement, but is the Firm Complying With It?" AHLA Health Lawyers News, June 2003; "Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information," AHLA, Special Member, HIPAA Briefing, January 2003 and April 2001; "DHHS Wisely Proposed to Remove the 'Consent' Requirement from the HIPAA Privacy Standards," Journal of Health Law, Fall 2002; "HIPAA Privacy: The Compliance Challenges Ahead," Journal of Health Law, Winter 2002; "The HIPAA Privacy Standards Proposed Modifications: A Step in the Right Direction," AHLA Health Law Digest, June 2002; "The HIPAA Privacy Guidance: Preview of a 'Reasonable' Enforcement Posture," American Health Lawyers Association Health Law Digest, October 2001; HIPAA Privacy Tool Kit for Hospitals, 2002; HIPAA Preemption Analyses for Arizona, Washington, and Maine, 2001-2003; Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association Consent Manual, 1999, 2001 and 2004; "Finally! U.S. Law Implements Article 3 of the U.N. Convention Against Torture: An Analysis of the Legislation and Interim Regulations," AILA Handbook on Waivers and Relief from Removal 434 (1999); "The United Nations Convention Against Torture: A Self-Executing Treaty That Prevents the Removal of Persons Ineligible for Asylum and Withholding of Removal," 26:4 DenJ. Int'l L. & Pol. No. 533 (Summer 1998); "The United Nations Convention Against Torture: A Detailed Examination of the Convention as an Alternative for Asylum Seekers," Interpreter Releases (November 1997). Member, Scholar Selection Committee, Flinn Foundation, 2004. Secretary, Board of Directors, Florence Immigration & Refugee Rights Project, 1997-2002. Member: State Bar of Arizona; American Bar Association (Member, Health Law Section); American Health Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, June 2006; Chair, Health Information and Technology Practice Group, June 2005-June 2006; Co-Vice Chair, HIT Practice Group, 2001-2005; Member, Nominating Committee, 2004; Editor, HIT News, 2001-2005); Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers. Practice Areas: Clinical Research; Electronic Health Records; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Health Care Regulation.Email: Kristen B. Rosati
Joel G. Wakefield (Member) admitted to bar, 1991, Washington; 2003, Arizona. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1988); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1991). Omicron Delta Epsilon. Author: "Document Retention: A Quick Reference Guide," Journal of Health Law, Summer 2004. Co-Author: Arizona Consent Manual, 2004; Washington State HIPAA Preemption Analysis, 2002; Washington State HIPAA Privacy Tool Kit Compliance Guide, 2003; National HIPAA Privacy Tool Kit for Employees and Group Health Plans (2003). Member: State Bar of Arizona; Washington State Bar Association; Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers (Board Member, 2003, President, 2004); Washington State Society of Health Care Attorneys (Board Member, 1997-2002; President, 2000-2001); American Medical Group Association Council of Group Practice Attorneys; American Health Lawyers Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Health Care; Health Care Regulation; Health Care Compliance; Health Care Transactions; HIPAA; Technology Contracts.Email: Joel G. Wakefield
Lauren J. Weinzweig (Member) born Montreal, Quebec, Canada; admitted to bar, 2000, Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona. Education: University of Western Ontario (B.B.A., 1997); University of Toronto (LL.B., 2000). Co-Author, Consent and Health Information Resource Manual, Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, 2004. Member: Maricopa County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona; Arizona Women Lawyers Association; American Health Lawyers Association; Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Regulation; Health Care Compliance; Appellate Practice.Email: Lauren J. Weinzweig
——————————Roopali H. Desai (Associate) born Toronto, Ontario, Canada; admitted to bar, 2006, Arizona. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., 2000; M.P.H., 2001; J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of Arizona. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Roopali H. Desai
Naomi O. Jorgensen (Associate) born Englewood, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 2008, Arizona. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Naomi O. Jorgensen
Mayan Tahan (Associate) born Israel; admitted to bar, 1998, Arizona. Education: University of Arizona (B.S. in Applied Mathematics, cum laude, 1995; J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Order of the Coif; Clerkship with Arizona Supreme Court, Chief Justice Thomas A. Zlaket, 1998-1999; Co-Author of The Consent and Health Information Resource Manual (Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, 2009) (publication pending). Member: State Bar of Arizona. Languages: Hebrew. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Administrative Law; Administrative Adjudications; Administrative Agency Practice; Health Care; Health Care Compliance; Health Care Contracts; Health Care Corporate Law; Health Care Facility Licensing; Health Care Facility Regulation; Health Care Legislation; Health Care Licensing; Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Care Regulation; Health Law; Home Health Care; Long Term Care.Email: Mayan Tahan
OF COUNSELMichael E. Benchoff (Of Counsel) born Overton, Texas; admitted to bar, 1961, Iowa; 1963, Arizona. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., cum laude, 1958); Columbia University (LL.B., 1961). Phi Delta Phi, Kent Moot Court, Moot Court Honors. Listed in Phoenix Business Journal's "Best Lawyers 2009". Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (1984). Listed in all editions (1983-current) of "Best Lawyers in America", (White Collar and Non-White Collar Criminal Defense) "Arizona's Finest Lawyers", "Southwest Super Lawyers". Assistant Maricopa County Attorney, 1963-1965. Chief, Criminal Division, Maricopa County Attorney's Office, 1965-1967. Judge Pro Tem, Maricopa County Superior Courts, 1979-1985, 1992-1994. Judge Pro Tem, Arizona Court of Appeals, 1986. Founding Member, Board of Directors, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 1986. Member: State Criminal Jury Instruction Revision Committee, 1975-1978; Board of Directors-Criminal Law Representative, State Legal Specialization Committee, 1976-1981; State Bar Criminal Justice Committee, 1978-1979; State Bar Peer Review Committee, 1992-2002; State Bar Professionalism Committee, 1992-1993; Federal Peer Review Committee, 1993-1995. Sustaining Fellow, State Bar of Arizona's Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; White Collar Law; Major Felonies.Email: Michael E. Benchoff
Jill J. Chasson (Of Counsel) born Baltimore, Maryland; admitted to bar, 1995, Massachusetts (inactive); 1999, Arizona; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1990); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Author: FMLA chapter and contributor to ADEA chapter in the "Arizona Employment Law Handbook", Vol. 2 (2d ed. 2007); "Taking Control of Your Workforce: Legal Strategies for Terminations and Reductions in Force," Southwest Employment Law Symposium, 2007; "FMLA Master Class," M. Lee Smith Seminar 2006; "Taming Non-Compete and Confidentiality Agreements in a Fiercely Competitive World," Arizona Employers' Council Annual Conference, 2005; "Weird, Weider and Weirdest: How to Handle the Strangest HR Issues," Arizona Employers' Council Annual Conference, 2004; "What's New With the FLSA and FMLA?" Arizona State Bar Convention, June, 2004; "Employee and Employer Rights and Obligations Under USERRA," East Valley Human Resources Association, May, 2003; speaker on a variety of topics at Perkins Coie Brown & Bain seminars, including the EEOC's investigation and mediation process, compliance with federal and state immigration rules, discrimination, harassment and retaliation, claims by whistleblowers, and white collar exemptions from federal overtime pay requirements. Member: Maricopa County and American (Member, Sections on: Labor & Employment) Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona. Reported Cases: Galati v. America West Airlines, Inc., 69 P.3d 1011 (Ariz.Ct.App. 2003). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment.Email: Jill J. Chasson
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