Tara A. Davidoff

Tara counsels and represents clients on a broad range of healthcare and life sciences matters, including professional licensure and disciplinary proceedings, government investigations, administrative enforcement actions, healthcare transactions, FDA regulatory issues, reimbursement and operational compliance matters, and complex contractual disputes. She regularly counsels healthcare organizations in highly regulated environments, helping them manage legal risk while advancing business and clinical objectives.

A significant component of Tara’s practice focuses on healthcare data privacy, cybersecurity, and digital health. She advises providers, health technology companies, clinical research organizations, and life sciences businesses on the collection, use, disclosure, protection, and commercialization of health information. Her work includes counseling client on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations (42 C.F.R. Part 2), the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule, the FTC’s Government and Business Impersonation Rule, and the Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act (OARFPA), data sharing arrangements, vendor and technology contracting, and emerging privacy issues affecting healthcare technology platforms.

Tara is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Tara also advises behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment providers on advertising, lead generation, patient recruitment, privacy, and fraud-and-abuse issues, including compliance with OARFPA and related federal and state requirements.

Tara represents a diverse range of healthcare industry participants, including biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, physicians, nurses, dentists, allied health professionals, medical groups, pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, oncology practices, hospitals and health systems, behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment providers, telehealth and healthcare technology companies, management services organizations (MSOs), revenue cycle management companies, wellness organizations, and healthcare startups.

Prior to joining Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman, Tara spent more than a decade with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Technology Development Group, where she advised on medical research and development initiatives and negotiated complex clinical research, technology transfer, and commercialization agreements with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. This experience provides her with a unique understanding of the intersection of healthcare, scientific innovation, intellectual property, and commercialization.

Before joining UCLA, Tara served as a Deputy City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles, where she prosecuted criminal matters, conducted dozens of trials, and advocated on behalf of victims, children, and the broader Los Angeles community. The litigation and trial skills she developed as a prosecutor continue to inform her practical and strategic approach to representing healthcare professionals, facilities, and businesses facing regulatory scrutiny, disputes, and enforcement actions.