Sarah Cronan Spurlock
Sarah Cronan Spurlock is a member of the firm’s Health Care Service Group and is Co-Chair of the firm’s Privacy & Data Security Group. Sarah regularly advises clients on a wide range of health care issues, including fraud and abuse laws, compliance guidance, physician self-referral, physician employment agreements, physician and hospital contracting, technology and general contracting, HIPAA privacy and security, and data breach prevention and response. Her practice includes regulatory and transactional matters and health care litigation. Sarah is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and serves as the firm’s Chief Privacy Officer.
Medical Cannabis Seminar
panel member, Kentucky Academy of Healthcare Attorneys Webinar, November 13, 2024
Tips for Defending Against Data Breach Litigation in the US and Abroad
co-speaker, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) 2024 Annual Meeting, July 6-11, 2024
The Cost of Third-Party Data Breaches: How to Avoid a Financial Disaster
co-speaker, The Knowledge Group Webinar, June 14, 2024
AI in Health Care: Navigating Growth, Risks and Implementation
Kentucky Hospital Association Annual Convention, May 20-22, 2024
Framework debate shows as Kentucky nears comprehensive privacy law
by Joseph Duball, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), The Privacy Advisor, March 12, 2024
Successfully obtained summary judgment for a healthcare provider in Jefferson Circuit Court in a putative class action asserting claims for negligence, negligence per se, and invasion of privacy stemming from an alleged data breach disclosing patient information. Judgment was obtained prior to any class being certified.
Chief Privacy Officer
Privacy & Data Security Practice Group, Co-Chair
Office of General Counsel, as Chief Privacy Officer
Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, Board of Directors (2018-present)
Louisville Legal Aid Society, Volunteer (2009-16)
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Inc., Board of Directors (2011-16)
Focus Louisville, February 2016 Class
magna cum laude
University of Kentucky College of Law
Order of the Coif
Kentucky Law Journal, Notes Editor and Outstanding 2L Source and Cite Editor
Robert G. Schwemm Scholarship; Dorothy Salmon Memorial Scholarship
Marshall Writing Club, best appellant brief and best appellant oral argument
University of Kentucky Equine Law Society
Golden Key International Honour Society
Indiana University
Double minor, Philosophy & Psychology
Sarah joined Stites & Harbison in September of 2009 after participating in the firm's summer associate program in 2008. In the summer of 2007, she worked in the legal department at Brown-Forman Corporation in Louisville. Before law school, Sarah lived in New York City where she worked at Friedman, Wang & Bleiberg, P.C. as a paralegal, and Lehman Brothers, Inc. in human resources supporting the information technology division.
Sarah is an accomplished equestrian and enjoys riding American Saddlebred horses in her free time.
Best Lawyers in America®, Health Care Law (2019-25)
Business First of Louisville, 20 People to Know in Law (2018)
Business First of Louisville, Partners in Health Care People to Watch (2014)
Kentucky Academy of Healthcare Attorneys Webinar: Medical Cannabis Seminar
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
WEBINAR
Stites & Harbison attorneys Bailey Browning, Kelly White Bryant, Jennifer Cave, Jackson Hurst-Sanders, Robin McGuffin and Sarah Cronan Spurlock will be speakers at the Kentucky Academy of Healthcare Attorneys webinar, Medical Cannabis Seminar being held November 13, 2024.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2025 Best Lawyers® Publications
Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 97 of its lawyers are included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence according to the publication. Additionally, 12 Stites & Harbison attorneys are named as “Lawyer of the Year” and 30 attorneys are recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, which recognizes attorneys early in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.
International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) 2024 Annual Meeting
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, 900 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, Canada
Privacy and Data Security attorney Sarah Cronan Spurlock will be a speaker at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the IADC July 6-11.
The Cost of Third- Party Data Breaches: How to Avoid a Financial Disaster
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Webinar
Chad McTighe and Sarah Spurlock will be the speakers for The Knowledge Group's Webinar on June 14, 2024 discussing the costs associated with unforeseen security risks.
Kentucky Hospital Association Annual Convention
Central Bank Center, 430 West Vine Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507
Health care attorneys Shea Luna and Sarah Spurlock will be presenters at the Kentucky Hospital Association's Annual Convention in Lexington, KY being held May 20-22, 2024.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2024 Best Lawyers® Publications
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 101 of its lawyers are included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
Health Care Providers and Business Associates Beware: Use of Online Tracking Technology May Violate HIPAA
Entities regulated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) may be surprised to learn that use of certain online tracking technology may result in inadvertently sharing information protected under HIPAA with unauthorized third parties. On December 1, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance with far-reaching implications for HIPAA regulated entities highlighting their HIPAA compliance obligations when using third-party online tracking technologies designed to collect and analyze information pertaining to a user’s interaction with the regulated entity’s webpages and mobile apps.
Kentucky Hospital Association 94th Annual Convention
Central Bank Center, 430 W Vine Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507
Stites & Harbison attorneys Sarah Spurlock, Ameena Khan and Shea Luna will be speakers at this year's Kentucky Hospital Association Convention in Lexington, Ky.