Angela T. Burnette

• Resolved several HHS Office for Civil Rights HIPAA investigations without corrective action or monetary penalties.
• During 2016–2017, served part time as interim general counsel for a 600+ bed academic medical center and health system.
• In an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Georgia Supreme Court on behalf of the Georgia Hospital Association, identified controlling authority relied on by the court to uphold the constitutionality of tort reform provisions for hospital emergency rooms. Gliemmo v. Cousineau, et al.
• Authored a HIPAA article cited by the Georgia Supreme Court in Baker v. Wellstar Health System Inc. regarding ex parte interviews and qualified protective orders.
• Argued in the Georgia Court of Appeals on an issue of first impression in Georgia involving hospital licensure.
• Served as counsel to two national hospital companies for risk management and litigation issues.

Angie Burnette’s practice encompasses many aspects of health law. She handles health care litigation involving issues such as hospital–physician disputes, hospital licensure and investigation, contracts, medical malpractice, and peer review, resolving matters at the trial and appellate levels. Angie assists hospitals, physicians, and other providers with a variety of issues, including those involving medical staff, the National Practitioner Data Bank, mental health, surrogate births, minors, duty to warn, do-not-resuscitate orders, end-of-life issues, and refusal of blood transfusions. She also represents physicians, nurses, and other health care providers in state licensing board investigations. Angie provides general risk management and compliance advice to health care facilities, providers, and health plans. She also advises health care providers and non-health-care companies on HIPAA privacy, HIPAA security, and breach notification issues under the HITECH Act and state laws. 

While at Alston & Bird, she has served as both temporary in-house counsel and as national coordinating counsel for two health care corporations. She has been an invited lecturer at Emory Law School on various health law topics, such as informed consent, HIPAA, and end-of-life issues. Angie has been ranked by The Best Lawyers in America^© in the area of Health Care Law since 2017.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• University of Georgia (J.D., 1993)
• North Georgia College (B.S., 1990)