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 Karen J. O'Connor
Gallitano & O'Connor LLP
257 E. Main Street, Suite 300
Barrington, IL 60010
Telephone: (224) 633-5005
Fax: (224) 633-5006
E-Mail: karen.oconnor@gallitanooconnor.com
Karen J. O'Connor represents organizations in a wide range of industries in a variety of technology-related transactions, including business process and technology outsourcing, ASP arrangements, strategic partnering relationships, software licensing, software development, equipment procurement, consulting services, support and maintenance of software and hardware, source code escrow, and other technology-related arrangements. Ms. O'Connor is ranked "AV Preeminent" by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest possible Peer Review Rating.
Ms. O'Connor is a frequent speaker and author on technology-related topics, was selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America for the specialty of Information Technology Law in each of 2006 through 2012, was selected through a peer review process as an "Illinois Super Lawyer" in each of 2005 through 2011, was selected in 2005 through a peer review process as a "Leader in Technology" by Chambers USA and was selected by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company as one of "40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch" in 2003.
Publications
• "Good Dollars and Cents: The Right Terms in Your IT Contract Could Save You Money", Volume 21, Number 4, Journal of Healthcare Information Management (Fall 2007)
• "The Hit List", Volume 2, Number 9, The Digital Office (October 2007)
• "Going, Going, Gone Global. Have You?", Volume 19, Number 3, Journal of Healthcare Information Management (Fall 2005)
• "Minimize Large-Scale IT Project Risks Through Effective Contracting Strategies," Volume 19, Number 2, Journal of Healthcare Information Management (Spring 2005)
• "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Software Escrow Agreements -- and Then Some!", Volume 19, Number 1, Journal of Healthcare Information Management (Winter2005)
• "To Use or Can I Use? Now That is the Question!" Volume 18, Number 2, Journal of Healthcare Information Management (Spring 2004)
• "Show Me the Benefits!" Volume 18, Number 1, Journal of Healthcare Information Management (Winter 2004)
• "What Every CIO Needs to Know About Technology Contracting," proceedings of the 2002 Annual HIMSS Conference (January 27-31, 2002)
• "Smart Negotiating Tactics - These Technology Contracting Strategies Will Take You to the Year 2000 and Beyond," ADVANCE for Providers of Post-Acute Care (July/August 1999)
• "Y2K Escalates Provider Liability," Provider (January 1999)
• "Licensing Information Technologies - Five Simple How-Tos," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (Special Supplement), (March 21, 1997)
• "Technology Policies for Integrated Delivery Systems," proceedings of the 1997 Annual HIMSS Conference (February 16-20, 1997)
• "Protect your Rights as a Customer," Contemporary Long Term Care Magazine (December 1996)
Professional Speaking Engagements
• "Great Contract = Great Roadmap (It Can Get You There)!" 2008 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, Florida (February 24-28, 2008)
• "Strategies for Negotiating Health Care Technology Deals," 2002-2003 - Bringing It All Together, sponsored by the HIMSS Heart of America Chapter, Kansas City, Missouri (May 7, 2003)
• "The Legal Ins and Outs of Outsourcing," Healthcare Business and IT Summit 2003, sponsored by Gartner, Boston, Massachusetts (May 5 - 7, 2003)
• "Strategies for Acquiring Technology Solutions," HFMA Annual Conference, sponsored by the Healthcare Financial Management Association, Honolulu, Hawaii (April 17 - 18, 2003)
• "What Every CIO Needs to Know About Technology Contracting," HIMSS Summer Conference 2002, Las Vegas, Nevada (June 10 - 11, 2002)
• "Winning Contract Negotiation Strategies," Healthcare Information Technologies Conference & Exhibition, sponsored by Gartner, Boston, Massachusetts (April 15 - 17, 2002)
• "Compliance Obligations for Disclosures of Protected Health Information to Business Associates," Privacy of Medical Records and Protected Health Information in Maryland, sponsored by Lorman Education Services, Baltimore, Maryland (February 26, 2002)
• "What Every CIO Needs to Know About Technology Contracting," 2002 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia (January 27 - 31, 2002)
• "Evolving E-Commerce Models & Other Current Technology Topics," Baltimore ACCA Chapter Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland (September 19, 2001)
• "The HIPAA Privacy Regulation's Business Associate Requirements," Direct Marketing Association's Briefing on Use of Health-Related Data, Washington, D.C. (August 2, 2001)
• "Strategies for Achieving Compliance with HIPAA's Business Associate Requirements," Health Care Privacy Symposium - Getting Ready for the New HIPAA Privacy Regulations, sponsored by Piper Rudnick, Ernst & Young LLP, and Acxiom Corporation, New York (June 5, 2001); Baltimore (June 6, 2001); Washington, D.C. (November 7, 2001); Chicago (November 14, 2001)
• "B2B Trade Exchanges - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?" PriceWaterhouseCoopers General Counsel Forum, Chicago, Illinois (May 17 - 18, 2001)
• Industry/CIO Panel Moderator, "The Electronic Medical Record and Privacy," The Kennedy Group Spring 2001 Executive Conference and Market Forum, Chicago, Illinois (May 16, 2001)
• "Strategies for Negotiating a Winning Technology Contract," 1999 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia (February 21 - 25, 1999)
• "Technology Contracting," Healthcare Information Technologies Conference & Exposition, sponsored by the Gartner Group, Boston, Massachusetts (December 8 - 10, 1998)
• "Legal Issues and the Year 2000," Year 2000 Issues in the Long-Term Care Industry, sponsored by the Southern New York Long-Term Care Association, New York, New York (November 19, 1998)
• "Practicing Winning MIS Vendor Contracting Strategies," Toward an Electronic Patient Record '98, Sponsored by the Medical Records Institute, San Antonio, Texas (May 13 - 15, 1998)
• "Winning Technology Contracting Strategies," Kansas Health Information Systems Society, MacPherson, Kansas (May 8, 1998)
• "Negotiating Information Technology Agreements," HIMSS Long Term Care Information Systems Conference, Phoenix, Arizona (November 3 - 5, 1997)
• "Negotiating Information Systems Contracts," Second Annual Conference for Health Information Systems (sponsored by NYAHSA and HCA of New York State) (Albany, New York; September 18-19, 1997)
• "Negotiating Information Technology Acquisition Contracts," HIMSS Long Term Care Information Systems Conference, Orlando, Florida (June 9 - 10,1997)
• "Acquiring Information Systems—Contracting Strategies," Straight Talk on Home Care MIS(Lake Tahoe, Nevada; June 5 - 6, 1997)
• "Information Technology Policies for Integrated Delivery Systems," 1997 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition, San Diego, California (February 16 - 20,1997)
• "Information Technology Policies for Integrated Delivery Systems," NETCON '96, Dallas, Texas (October 21 - 23, 1996)
• "Negotiating Information Systems Contracts," HIMSS Long Term Care Information Systems Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota (September 16 - 17,1996)
• "Information System Requirements and Legal Issues of Integrated Delivery Systems," 1996 Healthcare Computing Conference & Expo, Hershey, Pennsylvania (July 14 - 17, 1996)
• "Contracting for the Acquisition of Information Systems," HIMSS Long Term Care Information Systems Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 13 - 14, 1996)
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Illinois State Bar Association
Civic and Charitable
• Chair, HIMSS Legal Aspects of the Enterprise Task Force (2007-2008)
• Chair, HIMSS Member Relations Committee (2005-2007)
• Board of Directors (2002-2005) and Fellow Member, HIMSS
• Board Member, HIMSS Foundation Council (2002-2005)
• Former Board Member, Women Health Executives Network
• Conference Chair, Midwest Regional Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference (1997)
• Co-Chair, 1999 Wish Ball, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northern Illinois
• Former Women's Board Member, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northern Illinois
Education
J.D., Northwestern University (1990)
B.A., Western Illinois University (1986), summa cum laude
Admissions
Illinois
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