Ashly A. McCants

Ashly A. McCants is an Associate in Clark Hill's Cybersecurity, Data Protection & Privacy group, based in the firm's Chicago office. Ashly assists clients in resolving privacy, security, and breach violations for a variety of matters, specifically HIPAA violations.  Ashly has experience investigating covered entities who experience a breach by conducting a compliance review under the authority of the HIPAA Rules.  She also has experience investigating and resolving federal civil rights laws complaints by enforcing the rights of individuals from unlawful discrimination based on sex, color, national origin, race, disability or age, and has investigated and resolved HIPAA complaints related to COVID-19.

Prior to joining Clark Hill, Ashly worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, where she assisted in conducting investigations and research for cyber, data and privacy breaches.

Ashly is a Certified Informational Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).