Avocats – United States

Jim Pastore

He is a recognized leader in the field, is regularly quoted in the press, and has extensive experience responding to, investigating and litigating data breaches, both in private practice and during his tenure as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York. He holds a dual degree in English and computer applications, and served as an adjunct professor of cybersecurity at Cardozo Law School. Clients across a range of industries have called on Mr. Pastore to assist with cybersecurity and data privacy advice, with a particular focus on breach response.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Jim Pastore

Jim Pastore is a litigation partner and a member of the firm’s Data Strategy & Security practice and Intellectual Property Litigation Group. From 2009 to 2014, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Southern District of New York, where he was assigned to the Complex Frauds Unit and Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Section. He successfully litigated eight jury trials to verdict and was the lead prosecutor in United States v. Monsegur, a/k/a “Sabu” and Operation Cardshop, both of which were named to the FBI’s top 10 cases of 2012. Mr. Pastore also led Operation Dirty R.A.T., which targeted the creators and users of Blackshades ransom and malware, resulting in the largest ever worldwide law enforcement action against cybercriminals. In connection with the so-called “doomsday virus,” Mr. Pastore obtained a unique order to prevent catastrophic Internet outage.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Jim Robinson

Partner

White & Case LLP

Jim Smith

Founding Partner

Smith Hurst, PLC

Jim T. Banks

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Jimmy Moustakis

Counsel

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Jimmy Parrish

Partner

BakerHostetler

Jimmy Rusert

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Jimmy Tabb

Jimmy Tabb is counsel in the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department. For more than 20 years, Jimmy has represented policyholders in insurance coverage actions involving a wide range of environmental, property, casualty, investment, and professional liability matters. Jimmy has extensive experience in state and federal courts and has secured recoveries for clients under virtually every type of insurance available, including comprehensive general liability, directors and officers liability, errors and omissions, builders risk, property, and environmental impairment policies. Jimmy has performed insurance recovery work for a wide array of companies, including Montrose Chemical Corporation, Fluor Corporation, Encompass Health,* Zogenix, Inc., L.A. Terminals, Inc., and Kunde Enterprises, Inc. Jimmy also has deep experience in other types of business disputes, including antitrust, bustiness torts, consumer class actions, and securities class actions. Jimmy is an active member of the legal community and the community at large, including serving on the Board of Directors of STAR/PAL United For Youth (current member and immediate past Chair), serving as a Barrister in the Welsh Inn of Court, and performing pro bono asylum work for Casa Cornelia Law Center (where he also served on its Board and helped found its Inn of Court). Before beginning his career in private practice, Jimmy clerked for Judge William T. Moore, Jr. in the US District Court, Southern District of Georgia. *Matters handled prior to joining Latham

Latham & Watkins

Jin-Kyu Baek

Jin-Kyu Baek focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate matters. He has advised public and private companies, as well as boards of directors and special committees, in connection with a variety of significant transactions.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Jina Lee

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Jing Chen

Partner

The Rosen Law Firm

Jing Zhang

Partner

Mayer Brown

Jingyi “Alice” Yao

Associate

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Jinjian Huang

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Jiyeon Lee-Lim

Tax Partner

Latham & Watkins

Jo Ann Merica

Partner

Balch & Bingham LLP

Jo-Ellyn Sakowitz Klein

Jo-Ellyn Klein has more than 20 years of experience counseling clients on complex privacy and data security matters and is a leading practitioner on health privacy and data protection matters. She devotes a substantial portion of her practice to assisting clients with issues arising under state and federal privacy, security and data breach notification laws and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH), Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and myriad state privacy, security and breach notification laws. Jo-Ellyn examines privacy and data protection issues arising in settings ranging from hospitals to professional sports to the medical device industry to the telecommunications industry. She assists clients with compliance activities, data breach preparedness and response efforts, complex contracts and litigation. To read more about Jo-Ellyn, please visit her full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/jo-ellyn-sakowitz-klein.html

Akin

JoAnn Strasser

JoAnn is a partner and chair of the Investment Management practice group. Her practice focuses on the representation of registered funds, including ETFs, mutual funds, closed-end funds and interval funds, private funds, and registered investment advisers. She works with a broad spectrum of clients, from large, well established fund complexes to entrepreneurial investment advisers registering unique "first to market" funds. With over 20 years' experience in private practice, she has the depth of experience necessary to identify issues, solve problems, and enable clients to achieve their business objectives.

Thompson Hine LLP

JoAnne Nagjee

As a partner in Kirkland’s Chicago office, JoAnne Mulder Nagjee represents a range of clients—including private equity firms, large corporations, and high-net-worth individuals—in Federal, state, and local tax controversies. JoAnne has extensive experience at all stages of the administrative process, from audit through administrative appeal and post-appeals mediation, and in tax litigation in Federal and state courts. JoAnne’s representations frequently involve highly complex areas of the tax law and/or sophisticated transaction structures, and she is adept at making these challenging concepts comprehensible and digestible for decision-makers at every level. JoAnne also regularly advises clients on the tax aspects of litigation settlements and judgments, including on issues under Section 162(f). JoAnne maintains an active pro bono practice, including helping immigrant victims of violent crimes obtain temporary legal status, work eligibility, and a path to permanent residency.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Joan Casciari

Joan Casciari is a partner in Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Chicago office. Her practice is primarily devoted to employment law counseling with a particular specialty in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Joan spends the majority of her time counseling clients on employment related issues. While she works with all types of employers, many of her clients are health care providers. Her work includes drafting documents, policy creation and review, training on best practices (particularly those relating to managing absences), advising on actions affecting groups of employees (such as reductions-in-force), and brokering settlements in employment related matters with employees’ attorneys. She also handles matters before the EEOC, the Illinois Department of Human Rights and state and federal courts. Earlier in her career, she tried a number of cases, both in administrative forums such as the Human Rights Commission, and in the state and federal courts. Joan also acts as the firm’s employment counsel.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Joan Fife

Winston Taylor

Joan Lukey

Partner

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Joan McPhee

Ropes & Gray LLP