Linda Clark is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Data, Cyber + Privacy Group. Prior to joining MoFo, Linda served as the Chief Data Security Counsel for RELX, where she led the data security legal compliance efforts for RELX in over 40 countries. Before that, Linda was a litigator at a large New York law firm. She has over 20 years’ experience advising clients on data security best practices and obligations, designing and implementing frameworks for compliance across large multinational organizations, and responding to complex cybersecurity breaches.

A skilled data, cyber, and privacy lawyer, Linda’s practice centers on providing business-focused and practical advice to clients. She leverages her knowledge and deep experience to help organizations and their stakeholders craft strategic and comprehensive data security risk management programs and prepare for and respond to global cyber incidents. She frequently works with clients to proactively prepare them for cyber incidents, including developing incident response programs and risk assessment methodologies and conducting tabletop exercises for global audiences. Her comprehensive approach helps organizations support critical decision-making in high-stakes situations, enabling her clients to implement and leverage incident response frameworks that support legal compliance and ethical decision-making.

A defining aspect of Linda’s counsel is her ability to translate complex legal and business issues into actionable strategies while accounting for myriad and diverse stakeholder concerns at all levels. She combines an in-depth understanding of technology and cybersecurity with knowledge of the challenges and opportunities clients face when addressing real-world issues. She has a broad command of global privacy and data security laws, having worked on matters in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, France, Japan, Thailand, the Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, China, Austria, Brazil, the Philippines, and Germany. She frequently engages with regulators and law enforcement, and this has enabled her to understand and navigate regulatory inquiries, third-party audits, and investigations on behalf of her global clients.

Linda frequently speaks at conferences and is sought out by leading publications for her analysis on cutting-edge data security and privacy issues including the impact of AI on cybersecurity. She also provides presentations at schools and universities to educate younger generations about safeguarding their digital identities. Additionally, Linda works with leading U.S. nonpartisan, nonprofit law and policy think tank, the Sedona Conference, where she has served on the Data Security and Privacy Liability Leadership Council since 2017.

Linda graduated cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University, and is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. While at Barnard, she was a research assistant in the human learning and memory lab and focused her studies on human and primate cognition. She is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and a Steering Committee member of the New York City Bar’s Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, Miami chapter of Women in the Profession. In 2025, Linda was elected to Law360’s Cybersecurity & Privacy Editorial Board. In 2026, Linda was named as one of Cybersecurity Docket’s Incident Response Elite. She previously served on the Steering Committee for the Cybersecurity Leaders’ Roundtable as well as on the Executive Committee of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.