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Sara has led BakerHostetler’s response to several high-profile data security incidents that involved the data of hundreds of firm clients. As the leader of these matters, she developed the strategy for the incident response process, oversaw the team of attorneys working directly with clients and created processes and protocols for the attorney team to follow.

Prior to joining BakerHostetler, Sara was the vice president and general counsel of the nation’s second-largest provider of release of information and disclosure management services, where she was responsible for overseeing all of the company’s legal and compliance-related matters. This experience gives her a depth of knowledge regarding clients’ needs, bringing a business-oriented perspective to her practice and allowing her to provide legal guidance that is realistic and practical for clients.

Sara has been quoted in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Law360, Fierce Healthcare, Becker’s Healthcare and Healthcare Info Security Podcast. She has also authored a variety of articles on privacy and data security in publications such as Westlaw Journal Computer and Internet, Journal of the American Health Information Management Association, The Group Practice Journal and Health Affairs. In addition, Sara served as an Editor-in-Chief of BakerHostetler’s annual Data Security Incident Response (DSIR) Report from 2021 to 2024. Sara has been invited to speak to organizations across the country about compliance with federal and state privacy laws and the incident response process. She also served as an adjunct professor of law at Drexel University, where she taught a course on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and patient privacy.
Sara is ranked by Chambers USA and Chambers International, The Legal 500, was recognized in Drexel Magazine’s 40 under 40, and was named as a “Rising Star” by Law360 and a “Lawyer on the Fast Track.”
Sara is the leader of the Digital Assets and Data Management Practice Group for the Philadelphia office.

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J.D., Health Law, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, 2011

B.A., Government and Italian, Smith College, 2008

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<li>Drexel Magazine: 40 under 40 (2026)</li>
<li>Chambers Global: Privacy and Data Security: Healthcare
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<li>Up and Coming (2026)</li>
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<li>Chambers USA: Privacy and Data Security: Healthcare, Nationwide
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<li>Up and Coming (2025)</li>
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<li>The Legal 500 United States
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<li>Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including data privacy and data protection) (2023 to 2025)</li>
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<li>The Best Lawyers in America®
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<li>&#8220;Ones to Watch&#8221; in Pennsylvania for Technology Law (2024 to 2025)</li>
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<li>Law360: Cybersecurity and Privacy: Rising Star (2021)</li>
<li>The Pennsylvania Legal Intelligencer: Lawyers on the Fast Track (2021)</li>
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Chambers USA Guide 2026 Recognizes 179 BakerHostetler Attorneys and 81 Practice Areas

Drexel Magazine Names Sara Goldstein to 40 Under 40 2026

BakerHostetler Increases Number of Internationally Recognized Attorneys in 2026 Rankings from Chambers Global

Sara Goldstein Present at NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit

Sara Goldstein Presents on Panel at Healthcare Security Summit: New York

BakerHostetler attorneys and practice areas spotlighted in the 2025 Legal 500 annual guide

Chambers USA Guide 2025 Recognizes 171 BakerHostetler Attorneys and 73 Practice Areas

Sara Goldstein Speaks on “Fireside Chat with a Cybersecurity Defense Attorney” at GPSEC

Sara Goldstein Comments on Lessons Learned from Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack

Sara Goldstein Comments on UnitedHealth Group’s Data Breach Numbers in Healthcare Info Security Article

Sara Goldstein Comments on Proposed Revisions to HIPAA Security Rule

Sara Goldstein Comments on Healthcare Privacy Under Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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6 Important Takeaways for HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates from 2024 NIST HHS OCR Conference

Sara Goldstein Comments on New Administration’s Impact on Health Sector Regs

BakerHostetler attorneys, practice areas stand out in The Legal 500 annual guide

DADM Practice Group Selected for Vault’s “Guide to Legal Practice Areas” for 7th Consecutive Year

Sara Goldstein Comments on Change Healthcare Breach in Wall Street Journal Article

Change Healthcare Incident: Update on ‘Impacted Data’ Analysis and Notification Plan

Sara Goldstein Discusses Significant Impact of the Change Healthcare Mega Hack on Podcast and in Several Articles

Theodore Kobus, Sara Goldstein, Lynn Sessions Weigh in On Change Healthcare’s Data Security Incident

Imminent Cybersecurity Threats to Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management

BakerHostetler Attorneys and Practice Areas Recognized in The Legal 500 2023 Guide

Pennsylvania’s Data Breach Notification Law Is Changing: What Does It Mean for Entities Doing Business in the Keystone State?

Sara Goldstein Addresses Cybersecurity for Cancer Centers Compliance Committee

Sara Goldstein Speaks at Incident Response Forum Europe 2022

Sara Goldstein Addresses CCI Healthcare Chief Legal Officer Roundtable

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<li>Advises clients in the healthcare, energy, retail, financial, higher education, public and nonprofit sectors on responding to cybersecurity and data privacy incidents in the U.S. and abroad, ranging from phishing incidents to sophisticated, state-sponsored network intrusions.</li>
<li>Leads investigations of data security incidents, including the selection and engagement of third-party forensic investigators and interactions with law enforcement.</li>
<li>Provides clients with guidance on federal, state and international breach notification law requirements, as well as contractual notification obligations.</li>
<li>Drafts notification materials, including notification letters, press releases, website notices, internal client communications and regulatory notices.</li>
<li>Oversees the post-breach response process, including the preparation of responses to questions from notice letter recipients, employees, customers, the media and regulators.</li>
<li>Represents clients in post-breach investigations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, state insurance departments, state attorneys general (including multistate taskforce) and other regulators arising from large and small data security incidents.</li>
<li>Provides guidance on HIPAA, health information management and privacy to healthcare providers across the country.</li>
<li>Conducts data security training and tabletop exercises for companies to help them develop their incident response plans.</li>
<li>Develops comprehensive HIPAA privacy and security policies and procedures, business associate agreements, privacy notices and training materials.</li>
<li>Completed a secondment at one of the top cybersecurity insurance carriers in the world.</li>
<li>Provided on-site support and guidance to a large health insurer following the discovery of a data security incident involving the personal information of over 3 million individuals.</li>
<li>Drafted the regulatory notices for one of the largest data security incidents in history that involved the personal data of over 500 million individuals worldwide.</li>
<li>Served as vice president and general counsel for the second-largest provider of disclosure management and release of information services in the U.S.</li>
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