Victoria is a skilled health care and privacy lawyer, helping clients to navigate the complex regulatory landscapes of both areas.

Health Care and Life Sciences

As a member of Verrill's Health Care & Life Sciences Group, Victoria is committed to helping hospitals, physician groups, pharmaceutical companies, medical device startups, health maintenance organizations, and health care providers with a range of health care matters such as licensure, corporate practice of medicine requirements, privacy issues, and federal and state healthcare fraud and abuse compliance, including Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute issues.

Victoria uses her clinical research and life science background to understand and solve issues in health care settings. Before practicing law, Victoria worked in mental health research where she coordinated and managed trials that used cutting edge technology to treat psychiatric disorders. Victoria has on-the-ground experience working with clinicians and investigators to advance healthcare treatments while ensuring clinical protocols and local guidelines are followed.

During law school, Victoria interned with the Center for Children’s Advocacy, Medical-Legal Partnership Project and had the opportunity to work with medical professionals to address legal issues impacting low-income children’s health. Victoria also served as a mediator in the University of Connecticut School of Law’s Mediation Clinic where she planned and conducted mediations in complex employment discrimination cases pending before the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

Privacy and Security

Victoria assists companies in and outside of the health care industry navigate the diverse state, national, and international privacy regulations. She counsels clients on record retention and destruction policies, data use agreements, terms of use and privacy policies, privacy due diligence in corporate transactions, and data breach responses. Victoria uses her healthcare regulatory knowledge to work closely with clients to evaluate the additional complexities that health information security brings. She assists health care systems, payers, and physician practices with data privacy and security policies, obligations under information blocking prohibitions, business associate agreements, notice of privacy practices, and other documents required by HIPAA.

Victoria holds a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) credential given by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Victoria grew up in California and has since settled in Boston. She enjoys exploring the New England coast, playing volleyball, and trying new workout classes in her spare time.