Our Mission
DMC Law’s mission is to provide client-centered, high-quality legal services focused on health privacy and healthcare operations. We serve a diverse range of healthcare providers and businesses, including behavioral health practitioners, federally qualified health centers, and both emerging and established health tech companies. Our work is grounded in a commitment to practical, compliance-focused solutions that support each client’s goals and operational realities.
What We Do
First and foremost, we love the work we do. DMC Law provides client-centered service by acting as a trusted advisor, taking the time to understand each client’s business and goals, and collaborating with experienced, like-minded attorneys to advance the client’s best interests. For matters outside our areas of practice, we help identify trusted professionals from our established network—selecting those best suited to assist based on our deep understanding of the client and their objectives.
DMC Law Offers the Following Services:
- Health Privacy
- Healthcare Operations/Outside General Counsel
- Health Tech
- Behavioral Health Clinicians and Practices
- Healthcare Licensure Investigations
Our Primary Goal
To find practical solutions for our clients that meet business objectives and mitigate risk
Our Team
Dena M. Castricone
CIPP/US, CIPM
Dena M. Castricone is a highly respected privacy and healthcare attorney with 20 years of legal experience. She has served as the General Counsel and Chief of Privacy at one of the largest federally qualified health centers in the country and a partner at a regional law firm. Dena is licensed to practice in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
DMC Law provides client-centered, high-quality legal services focused on health privacy and healthcare operations. We serve a diverse range of healthcare providers and businesses, including behavioral health practitioners, federally qualified health centers, and both emerging and established health tech companies.
Dena Castricone, CIPP/US, CIPM
Founder and Managing Member
Dena M. Castricone, CIPP/US, CIPM is a highly regarded privacy and healthcare attorney with more than 23 years of experience guiding healthcare organizations and businesses through complex legal and regulatory challenges. As the founder of DMC Law, she brings a powerful combination of in-house leadership and law firm experience to deliver practical, strategic counsel.
Before founding DMC Law, Dena served as General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at one of the nation’s largest federally qualified health centers, where she led legal strategy and enterprise-wide privacy and compliance initiatives. She previously spent the majority of her career at Murtha Cullina LLP, where she was a partner and chaired the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Group. Dena began her legal career clerking for the Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and also teaches Health Information Privacy and Security Law at Quinnipiac University School of Law.
Dena represents healthcare providers, including FQHCs, behavioral health clinics, multispecialty groups, and small private practices, as well as telehealth and health tech companies in navigating complex healthcare and health privacy legal requirements. She partners with clients to deliver practical, business-minded guidance on federal and state privacy laws, including HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2, and designs tailored compliance programs, policies, training, and breach response strategies.
Dena advises providers on the full spectrum of regulatory and operational challenges, including licensure, Medicare and Medicaid compliance, telehealth, use of AI, contracting, and risk management. She is a trusted advocate in government investigations and proceedings before state and federal administrative agencies and is particularly known for her work with behavioral health providers.
She also counsels health technology companies across the product lifecycle, helping them build scalable, compliant operations while confidently navigating evolving privacy, data security, and healthcare regulatory requirements.
Dena’s work has been widely recognized for excellence in healthcare and privacy law:
- Named a Super Lawyer in Healthcare, 2024 and 2025
- AV Preeminent rated by Martindale Hubbell since 2022
- Health Information Management Advocacy Award, Massachusetts Health Information Management Association (2022)
- Solo and Small Firm Innovator Award, Connecticut Law Tribune (2022)
- Recognized as a “Go To Thought Leader” in privacy and cybersecurity by the National Law Review (2018)
- Fellow of the American Bar Association (2026)
- James W. Cooper Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation (2016)
She is a certified Privacy Law Specialist through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), an American Bar Association accredited designation (but not recognized in Connecticut), and holds the IAPP’s CIPP/US and CIPM certifications.
Dena is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a James W. Cooper Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation. She’s a member of the American Bar Association, American Health Law Association, Connecticut Bar Association (co-chair of the Privacy and Cybersecurity Committee), and the IAPP.
Dena is also deeply committed to public service. She was appointed by the Governor to the Citizen’s Ethics Advisory Board in 2015, where she served for ten years, including five as Chairperson, advancing transparency and accountability in government.
Education
- Roger Williams University School of Law (JD, cum laude)
- Roger Williams University (BS, summa cum laude)
Bar Admission
Dena is licensed to practice in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Memberships
- Connecticut Bar Association (Co-Chair of the Privacy and Cybersecurity Committee)
- International Association of Privacy Professionals
Interests
Dena loves spending time with her family, listening to her talented wife sing and play guitar, cooking, eating good food and drinking good wine in the company of friends. She’s known for her homemade chili and tomato sauce (according to her niece and nephews).
Tracy R. Guarnieri
Counsel
Tracy joined DMC Law in June 2021. She has over 15 years of research compliance experience at one of the world’s leading research universities and prior to coming to DMC Law, she served as the General Counsel and Privacy Officer for a large federally qualified health center. Tracy practices in the areas of research compliance, health privacy, and healthcare operations and compliance. Tracy first became interested in law while working as a research assistant on clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease. She attended law school full time while continuing to work as a research assistant.
In addition to her first-hand knowledge of human subjects research and clinical trials, Tracy’s research compliance expertise spans all areas of research including sponsored projects, animal research, and conflicts of interest. She also has experience managing compliance for Institutional Review Boards and Human Research Protection Programs.
Tracy also has a substantial background in health privacy, including service as a privacy officer for a healthcare organization, and has experience advising healthcare providers on regulatory compliance and risk management.
Education
- Quinnipiac School of Law (JD, cum laude)
- Barnard College of Columbia University (BA, cum laude)
Bar Admissions
Tracy is admitted to practice law in Connecticut.
Memberships
Tracy is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and serves on the board of directors for Master’s Manna, a local food pantry and resource center.
Interests
Tracy loves spending time with her family sailing on their 45’ sailboat, paddle boarding, skiing and snowboarding and is an avid reader and baker who is famous (within her family circle at least) for her decadent “quatro” leches cake.
Jennifer A. Colafrancesco
Director of Operations and Training
Jennifer joined the DMC Law team in August 2021. Her title should really be “Chief Miscellaneous Officer,” as she does it all – day to day operations, finance, marketing, HR, etc. She’s the glue that holds it all together and keeps things running smoothly. Most recently, Jennifer was a Software Education Specialist at a local software development company. She also is an amazingly talented musician and baker.
Interests
Jennifer loves spending time with her family, working out, running, playing guitar and singing, and baking. She makes a killer cheesecake!