I’m delighted today to focus on a key player in BakerHostetler’s Digital Assets and Data Management group. David Carney is an exceptional lawyer who is on the cutting edge of privacy litigation in the United States. His work on a series of high-profile matters over the past six years has established important parameters regarding plaintiff claims, damages, and the scope of litigation in this evolving area of law.

We’re very proud of his most recent accomplishment – being named a 2021 Law360 MVP in the category of Cybersecurity & Privacy. It’s a public acknowledgement of what we have known for years – David is a major force in privacy law.

In addition to being a great lawyer, it is a privilege and a pleasure to work with David. He’s a conscientious mentor, a generous team player, and a genuinely nice guy. One of David’s inspirations is his daughter Kate, who died in 2015 when she was 8 years old. David keeps her spirit alive in his heart by striving to treat colleagues on all sides of the bar with the decency and dignity that Kate would expect. And we know that Kate is smiling down on Dave with pride.

You can get to know a little more about David in the accompanying profile, published by Law360 as part of its recent spotlight on the 2021 national MVPs.

Click here to read the Law360 article.

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Ted Kobus stands at the forefront of cyber protection — no small role in an era defined by crippling data breaches and daily digital threats. He has earned authority in the areas of privacy, data security and cybersecurity, leading clients to entrust him…

Ted Kobus stands at the forefront of cyber protection — no small role in an era defined by crippling data breaches and daily digital threats. He has earned authority in the areas of privacy, data security and cybersecurity, leading clients to entrust him with more than 6,000 data breach responses. Businesses, government and other organizations turn to Ted for sound advice on compliance, developing response strategies, breaches implicating domestic and international laws, and defense of both class action litigation and regulatory actions. Notably, he has developed key relationships with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he and his team have helped to establish protocols to protect corporate victims following a data breach. He knows the most proactive regulators involved in this space and interacts with them regularly.

Ted has led the defense to hundreds of regulatory investigations, including those brought by the Attorney General Multi-State, Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, Departments of Insurance, SEC and FTC. In the healthcare space, Ted has defended more than 200 OCR investigations and has negotiated more privacy/security-related resolution agreements than any other lawyer.

Ted is consistently ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and he is one of only a handful of attorneys nationwide named an MVP by Law360 for Privacy and Consumer Protection. He is a regular contributor to BakerHostetler’s Data Counsel blog, and he frequently speaks at major industry events regarding data breach response, risk management and litigation issues affecting privacy. Ted has spoken at the National Association of Attorneys General on data security issues in a closed session, as well as the National Security Cyber Specialist’s Training Conference organized by the DOJ.

Ted is the firmwide chair of BakerHostetler’s Digital Assets and Data Management Group and a member of the firm’s Policy Committee.