Cases
Experience: Cybersecurity, Privacy & Crisis Management: Advises
counsels numerous e-commerce
global store front retailers, financial institutions
other companies on cybersecurity risks, incidents
policy issues, including proactive cybersecurity readiness, including developing
conducting full-scale tabletop exercises for C-suite executives
Boards of Directors.
Advises clients on managing FTC Consent Orders
CIDs in connection with data security incidents.
Advises clients on FTC, OCR, SEC
state Attorney General investigations
enforcement actions for alleged data security
privacy violations.
Advises major health care providers
health plans on all aspects of HITECH security breaches, including OCR
state enforcement.
EU
Global Data Compliance Program Development based on the GDPRs, the Privacy Shield
other global laws
regulations.
Conducts all phases of online
offline privacy assessments
information security policy audits.
Development of global corporate records management programs, including policies, records retention schedules
training modules.
Evaluate practices associated with data analytics, big data,
the Internet of Things.
Offer specialized counseling for fiduciaries, including Board Members, Board Committees
Named/Managing Fiduciaries of ERISA Plans
other asset plan managers, concerning their fiduciary obligations to provide adequate cybersecurity controls
best practices for information assets belonging to shareholders
plan participants.
Evaluate cyber liability insurance needs
negotiation of provisions in cyber liability insurance policies.
Merger
Acquisition support to assess privacy
security practices of target corporation, portfolio company, or start-up.
Support breach litigation
regulatory activities to remediate vulnerabilities in privacy
information security governance programs
/or information security st
ards.
Drafting
negotiating appropriate privacy
cybersecurity clauses in complex technology
other transactions.
Previous Experience: Chief Privacy Officer, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, 2011-2014
General Counsel, State Bar of Texas, 2006-2009
Employment Law Advisor
Ethics Officer, Texas Office of the Attorney General, 1999-2006