Sunaya M. Padmanabhan
Associate
Sunaya M. Padmanabhan is a corporate and regulatory associate with a focus on M&A transactions, data privacy compliance, and healthcare law. She advises health care providers and health technology companies on HIPAA and CMIA-related privacy matters and supports clients navigating complex regulatory frameworks. Ms. Padmanabhan also provides strategic counsel on reproductive rights issues, helping organizations align their operations with evolving legal standards. Her work reflects a commitment to supporting innovation and equity in health care through thoughtful, compliance-driven legal strategies.
Kerry K. Sakimoto
Associate
Kerry Sakimoto is an associate with Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, P.C.'s Los Angeles office, where he represents hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and other providers across a wide range of business transactional and regulatory compliance matters. He regularly advises on mergers and acquisitions involving health care providers, emergency medical services, privacy and security compliance, licensing, and certification. Mr. Sakimoto has developed significant experience with the California Office of Health Care Affordability's material change transaction notice requirements, having worked on a large number of filings to date. Mr. Sakimoto received his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where he specialized in critical race theory, and his BA from Occidental College.
Stephen Phillips
Partner
"Facilitating advancements in health care information technology and effectively addressing corresponding challenges with patient privacy and data security are at the heart of Stephen Phillips’ practice. Also handling a wide range of business and compliance matters for providers and technology vendors, he has a depth of knowledge and diversity of experience to deliver reliable, actionable, and accurate counsel efficiently. With both private practice and in-house experience, Mr. Phillips counsels clients on all transactional, operational, or regulatory issues that intersect with health care technology and patient privacy. He drafts and negotiates health care technology agreements of all kinds, including those involving SaaS products, data sharing agreements, software licenses, business associate agreements, HIE licensing, and participation, and data sharing agreements and policies." Mr. Phillips is a 1990 graduate of Stanford Law School, where he was a member of the Stanford Law Review. Before joining Hooper, Lundy, he was the general counsel and compliance program chair for Neoforma, a public health care supply chain management outsourcer, and the chief operating officer and general counsel for eCliniq, a provider of web-based clinical solutions for heart care physicians. Mr. Phillips was selected by Nightingale’s Healthcare News as one of its Outstanding Healthcare IT Lawyers in 2009. He has published and spoken extensively in the areas of AI, privacy, and digital health.
