About Jennifer
Jennifer practices in the Health Care practice group, with an emphasis on health care regulatory and administrative issues, including advising hospitals and physician practices on HIPAA Privacy Rule and HIPAA Security Rule compliance, certificate of need regulation, and state and federal regulatory compliance. Jennifer’s practice also involves assisting health care clients with sale and reorganization matters, corporate compliance programs, fraud and abuse issues, physician contract and medical record management matters.
Jennifer received her law degree from Cumberland School of Law. During law school, Jennifer took a one-year leave of absence to attend the University of Kent at Canterbury in Kent, England, where she studied social work on a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship. Jennifer’s interest in social work stems from graduate school and her years of community service work. She received her M.S.W. degree from the University of Alabama, during which time she worked with the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She also interned in Washington at The White House, working with Mrs. Tipper Gore’s staff in the Office of the Vice President. Prior to attending graduate school, Jennifer spent seven months as a full-time volunteer with Habitat for Humanity International in Americus, Georgia. Jennifer earned her B.A. degree, cum laude, in English from the University of the South-Sewanee.
Jennifer in the community
I have been involved with various Firm community service projects including assisting with KidOne holiday gift drives, raising funds for the American Heart Association, serving meals at the Old FireHouse Shelter, and volunteering at the Mercedes Marathon. I am also a frequent speaker on various health care topics and a contributing writer for the Birmingham Medical News.