Boston
Guides development and launch of digital health products and AI-enabled products and services
Structures data use, disclosure, and commercialization strategies for health technology clients
Leads full scale ransomware and other cybersecurity incident remediation and response for private and public companies
Manages government investigations related to privacy, cybersecurity, and consumer protection issues
Advises on HIPAA, HITECH, and health information privacy compliance
Counsels on website and mobile app tracking technologies and wiretapping risk
Edward (Ed) Zacharias serves as managing partner of the firm’s Boston office and co-heads the Digital Health Practice Group, where he guides clients through the regulatory, privacy, and cybersecurity complexities that define health technology innovation.
Ed provides strategic counsel from conception through launch of AI-enabled and digital health products, structuring sophisticated data frameworks that help clients execute critical business objectives while avoiding legal pitfalls. He has deep experience advising website and mobile application tracking technologies and their regulatory and litigation risks, including under wiretapping statutes.
Ranked in
Thomson Reuters, 2026
Ranked in
Chambers USA, 2025
Ranked in
Legal 500 US, 2025
- Represented a multinational technology platform on multi-jurisdiction AI, privacy, and wiretapping analysis for a product launch
- Advised a national retail chain on structural and healthcare compliance issues tied to in-store clinics and pharmacies
- Advised a Fortune 20 company on a HIPAA compliance program and data-use strategy for its entry into healthcare services
- Led ransomware response for a health system with more than 500 clinical sites, coordinating legal, compliance, forensics, media, regulatory, and ransom-negotiation work
- Handled numerous OCR HIPAA investigations, including matters resolved with no adverse findings and favorable settlements
- Represented a public technology company in investigating and responding to an international cyberattack
- Advised a large electronic health record company on data use and disclosure issues for a personal health record offering
- Thomson Reuters, Stand-out Lawyer, 2023-2026
- Chambers USA, Healthcare, Band 2, 2018-2026
- Legal 500 US, Leading Lawyer in Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law, 2021 and 2024-2025
- Best Lawyers in America, Healthcare Law, 2022-2025
- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Top 20 Managing Partner, 2024 and 2025
- Burton Awards, Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award, 2023
- BTI, Client Service All-Stars, 2022
- Acritas Stars, independently rated lawyers, 2020
- Boston Bar Association, council member
- McDermott Will & Schulte Digital Health Group, co-head
- Boston University School of Law, JD
- Case Western Reserve University, MA, Bioethics
- Coleman College, AS, Computer Applications and Networks
- Boston College, BA
- Massachusetts
- Englisch
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