When AI Plays Attorney: Liability, Risk, and the Gen AI Threat to Your Practice

Rachel V. Rose | Rachel V. Rose – Attorney at Law, PLLC

Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA is a Houston-based attorney and consultant whose practice spans transactional, compliance, and litigation matters in cybersecurity, healthcare, securities, and Dodd-Frank and False Claims Act whistleblower claims. Her background is distinctively multidisciplinary — she worked on Capitol Hill when HIPAA was enacted in 1996 and at HHS during the implementation of the HITECH Act in 2009, giving her firsthand legislative and regulatory insight that few practitioners can claim. She holds a law degree from Stetson University College of Law, an MBA with minors in healthcare and entrepreneurship from Vanderbilt University, and an Executive Certification in Leadership and Negotiation from Harvard Law School. She is an extensively published author, a sought-after speaker, a recognized expert in healthcare compliance and cybersecurity law, and an Affiliated Member at Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, where she teaches bioethics.

• Education & Credentials

Rachel holds a Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law, a Master of Business Administration with minors in healthcare and entrepreneurship from Vanderbilt University, and an Executive Certification in Leadership and Negotiation from Harvard Law School. This combination of legal, business, and leadership credentials reflects the multidisciplinary foundation of a practice that spans healthcare compliance, cybersecurity, securities law, and whistleblower representation. She is co-editor of the American Health Lawyers Association’s Enterprise Risk Management Handbook for Healthcare Entities (2nd Edition) and co-author of two ABA publications — The ABCs of ACOs and What Are International HIPAA Considerations? — as well as contributing author to multiple legal and medical reference books.

• Recognition & Leadership

Rachel has received a remarkable breadth of professional recognition, including consecutive listing in the Texas Bar College, the National Women Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 25, Houstonia Magazine’s Top Lawyers in healthcare, the National Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 100, and SuperLawyers in healthcare. She has also been named 1st Healthcare Compliance’s Top Presenter in both 2019 and 2022. As an Affiliated Member of Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy — where she teaches bioethics — she occupies a distinctive position at the intersection of law, medicine, and ethics. Her Capitol Hill experience during HIPAA’s passage and her HHS tenure during HITECH implementation reflect an early and sustained engagement with the legislative foundations of healthcare privacy law that few practitioners can match.

• Professional Involvement

Rachel is extensively published, a sought-after conference presenter, and a frequently quoted expert on cybersecurity, healthcare compliance, and whistleblower law. She serves as co-editor of the AHLA’s Enterprise Risk Management Handbook for Healthcare Entities and has co-authored books for the American Bar Association on ACOs and international HIPAA considerations, as well as contributing chapters to legal and medical reference works. She teaches bioethics at Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, bridging legal and clinical perspectives for healthcare professionals. Her work conducting HIPAA Risk Analyses for domestic and international organizations and representing clients in government enforcement matters reflects active engagement with the compliance challenges healthcare and technology organizations face in an evolving regulatory landscape.

• Experience

Rachel Rose’s career is defined by a rare combination of legislative, regulatory, and private practice experience that spans more than two decades at the intersection of healthcare, cybersecurity, and the law. She was present at two defining moments in U.S. healthcare privacy law — working on Capitol Hill when HIPAA was enacted in 1996 and at HHS when the HITECH Act was being implemented in 2009 — and has built a practice that applies that institutional knowledge to transactional, compliance, and litigation matters for domestic and international clients. Her work includes HIPAA Risk Analyses, government enforcement representation, securities and whistleblower matters, and cybersecurity compliance counseling. Her ABA and AHLA publications, her bioethics teaching at Baylor College of Medicine, her Harvard Executive Certification, and her consecutive national and regional recognition across legal, trial, and compliance communities reflect a career of exceptional depth, versatility, and sustained professional impact.

SESSION 1 – Setting the Stage | 11:00am – 11:05am

Active lawsuits targeting ChatGPT for unauthorized practice of law and medicine are reshaping professional liability. This session frames the current legal landscape and previews the risk mitigation strategies and practical tools attorneys will gain throughout the program.

SESSION 2 – Recent Opinions and Pending Cases | 11:05am – 11:40am

Landmark court opinions and active litigation against OpenAI are setting precedent that directly affects how attorneys use and recommend Gen AI. Attendees will analyze the key rulings and pending cases defining professional liability exposure today.

SESSION 3 – Terms and Conditions Highlights | 11:40am – 11:50am

Most attorneys never read the fine print — and that oversight creates serious liability. This segment dissects the critical clauses in leading Gen AI platform agreements that directly impact confidentiality, data ownership, and your professional obligations to clients.

SESSION 4 – Strategies for Combatting Risk | 11:50am – 11:55am

Client demand for Gen AI isn’t slowing down, and ignoring it isn’t an option. Attorneys will leave this session with concrete, immediately applicable techniques for managing AI use, setting client expectations, and protecting their practice from malpractice exposure.

SESSION 5 – Conclusion & Questions | 11:55am – 12:00pm

Faculty will consolidate the program’s core takeaways into an actionable framework attorneys can implement immediately. Open Q&A gives attendees the opportunity to address specific concerns and apply the session’s insights directly to their own practice situations.