Edward Zacharias

Edward G. Zacharias is the managing partner of McDermott’s Boston office. Clients across the healthcare industry and beyond turn to him for practical, business-oriented counsel on their most significant privacy and cybersecurity compliance, healthcare regulatory and transactional matters. Ed’s clients include “Big Tech” companies, health information technology and digital health companies, healthcare providers, insurers, electronic health record platforms, pharmacies, drug and device manufacturers, life sciences companies and health services vendors.

Ed helps clients assess and develop innovative technologies (including AI/ML-enabled products) to comply with applicable laws while achieving their business objectives. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and advises clients on a broad range of information privacy and cybersecurity laws, including HIPAA, HITECH Act, 42 CFR Part 2, CCPA/CPRA and other state consumer privacy laws, GDPR, NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation, and other privacy and cybersecurity regimes.

Ed manages complex, high-profile ransomware attacks and other data breaches, guiding clients through all aspects of incident response and remediation. He is one of the nation’s leading lawyers in responding to HIPAA compliance investigations by the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights and state attorneys general. Ed has extensive experience negotiating favorable settlements on behalf of clients when these investigations result in allegations of noncompliance.

Ed has partnered with clients from across the technology and healthcare spectrum in their response efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including advising on the use of technologies to facilitate communications among providers and patients, and helping organizations address the related privacy, cybersecurity, telehealth, medical device and other legal considerations.