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Morrison Foerster’s Data, Cyber + Privacy Practice Ranks Highly in Chambers USA 2026

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Morrison Foerster continues to be recognized as an Elite firm for Privacy & Data Security. <div><span class="rich-text-component-embed" data-component-info="{&quot;uid&quot;:&quot;blt3707c32687b445e1&quot;,&quot;_version&quot;:3,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en-us&quot;,&quot;table_source&quot;:&quot;&lt;div style=\&quot;position:relative;width:auto;padding:0 0 172.31%;height:0;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;margin:0;border:0 none\&quot; id=\&quot;experience-6a284db93a70c\&quot; data-aspectRatio=\&quot;0.58035714\&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen src=\&quot;https://view.ceros.com/mofo/chambers-usa-2025-privacy-2?heightOverride=1120\&quot; style=\&quot;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;margin:0;padding:0;border:0 none;height:1px;width:1px;min-height:100%;min-width:100%\&quot; frameborder=\&quot;0\&quot; class=\&quot;ceros-experience\&quot; title=\&quot;Chambers USA 2026 | Privacy and Data Security\&quot; scrolling=\&quot;no\&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;script type=\&quot;text/javascript\&quot; src=\&quot;https://view.ceros.com/scroll-proxy.min.js\&quot; data-ceros-origin-domains=\&quot;view.ceros.com\&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Ceros Chambers Privacy 2026&quot;,&quot;publish_details&quot;:{&quot;time&quot;:&quot;2026-06-10T23:05:58.665Z&quot;,&quot;user&quot;:&quot;blt78790fe6eb9ff08f&quot;,&quot;environment&quot;:&quot;bltf4674cd9142c5020&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en-us&quot;,&quot;_trace&quot;:&quot;array_node;description;publish_details&quot;,&quot;_key&quot;:&quot;publish_details&quot;},&quot;_fetched&quot;:true,&quot;_content_type_uid&quot;:&quot;table_content&quot;,&quot;_trace&quot;:&quot;array_node;description&quot;,&quot;_key&quot;:&quot;key&quot;}" data-component-type="table_content" data-component-inline="false"></div>Morrison Foerster to be lauded as a one-stop-shop for privacy and data security, earning Band 1 recognition in Chambers’ Nationwide Privacy & Data Security: The Elite ranking for over a decade. This year, MoFo further distinguishes itself by achieving Band 1 status in Privacy & Data Security: Litigation for the first time, underscoring its comprehensive capabilities in both advisory and contentious matters. Additionally, MoFo is a growing destination for health privacy, with its Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare practice consistently highly ranked, reflecting the firm’s expanding leadership in this critical sector.Furthermore, 11 of MoFo’s Data, Cyber + Privacy lawyers have been recognized individually, with Global Chair Miriam Wugmeister topping the charts as a Star Individual.To view the complete list of Morrison Foerster’s rankings in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA, please visit the <a href="https://chambers.com/law-firm/morrison-foerster-usa-5:7854" target="_blank">publication’s website</a>.

Morrison Foerster’s Data, Cyber + Privacy Practice Ranks Highly in Chambers USA 2026

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Clients seek out Tiffany for her successful track record in defending class action claims on behalf of clients in a broad range of industries, including technology, healthcare, and consumer product companies.Tiffany leads high-stakes class actions at the cutting edge of innovation and technology. She has a successful track record of defending industry-leading clients in their most complex class actions. She also has advised extensively on privacy matters, unfair business practice claims and consumer advertising issues. Tiffany is co-chair of the firm’s Technology Industry Group and a former co-chair of MoFo’s global Litigation Department and the firm’s Complex Litigation + Advisement Practice Group.The Daily Journal named Tiffany to its list of Top Women Lawyers and listed her as a 2026 Leading Commercial Litigator in California. Chambers USA 2025 again ranked her in commercial litigation and privacy & data security litigation, while The Legal 500 2025 again recommended her in general commercial disputes, product liability and marketing and advertising. Lawdragon named Tiffany on its 2026 list of 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors. BTI Consulting Group has recognized Tiffany as one of a small group of attorneys nationwide who represent the “absolute best of the best” in the area of client service. Her clients include leaders in the technology, healthcare, financial services, and retail sectors.Because she is committed to the firm’s pro bono program, Tiffany works on diverse matters in that arena, including representing numerous clients in connection with guardianship and immigration proceedings.Tiffany earned her B.A. with high honors from the University of California, Berkeley and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law, where she was editor-in-chief of the Asian Law Journal. Following law school, she was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Marian Blank Horn of the United States Court of Federal Claims and also served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Susan R. Bolton of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

Tiffany Cheung

Partner

Linda Clark is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Data, Cyber + Privacy Group. Prior to joining the firm, 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 and across their operations in four different market segments worldwide. Prior to that, Linda was a litigator at a large New York law firm. She has over 20 years’ experience advising clients, including on data security best practices and obligations, designing and implementing frameworks for compliance across large multinational organizations, and in complex litigation and regulatory matters.Linda’s practice centers on crafting strategic and comprehensive data security risk management programs, providing business-focused and practical advice, and leveraging her knowledge and deep experience to help organizations and their stakeholders, at all levels, prepare for and respond to incidents on a global and operationally feasible basis. This includes working with clients to proactively prepare for cyber incidents, including by developing incident response programs and risk assessment methodologies and conducting tabletop exercises for global audiences of varying seniority and responsibility. This comprehensive approach to incident readiness helps organizations hone the skills they will need to support critical decision making in high-stakes situations, allowing organizations to implement and leverage an incident response framework that goes beyond legal compliance and supports ethical decision-making.A defining aspect of Linda’s counsel is her ability to translate complex legal issues into actionable advice while accounting for the myriad and diverse concerns of stakeholders at all levels of an organization. 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, France, Japan, the Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, China, Austria, Brazil, the Philippines, and Germany. She frequently engages with regulators and law enforcement, enabling her to understand and navigate regulatory reviews, third-party audits, and investigations on behalf of her clients around the globe.An industry thought leader, Linda frequently speaks at conferences and educational institutions and is sought out by leading publications and think tanks for her analysis on timely data security and privacy issues, including the American Bar Association (ABA) Cyber Security Institute on topics such as ethical obligations to secure client information, cybersecurity risks, trends in the law relating to data security, and risk management and minimization strategies. Linda also speaks 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, Linda was a Research Assistant for the Human Learning and Memory lab, and also focused her studies on human and primate cognition. She is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and a Steering Committee Member, New York City Bar’s Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, Miami Chapter of “Women in the Profession.” In 2025, Linda was named to Law360’s Cybersecurity & Privacy Editorial Board. 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.

Linda Clark

Melissa Crespo helps clients navigate a wide range of challenging privacy compliance and data security matters with a focus on the health information and the health care sector. She regularly helps clients develop and implement privacy compliance programs and advises companies on managing risk in connection with cutting-edge technologies and data initiatives.Melissa has particular experience in advising clients on compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other laws governing the collection and use of medical and health information.Melissa regularly counsels clients responding to data breaches and security incidents. She has successfully defended clients in numerous regulatory inquiries regarding data security practices, including investigations by the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, state attorneys general, and foreign regulators following data security incidents.Melissa also advises multinational companies on the privacy and data security aspects of their M&A transactions and has experience drafting and negotiating tailored privacy and data security contract provisions.In 2019, 2020, and 2021, The Legal 500 US recognized Melissa as a “Rising Star” in the area of cyber law, data privacy, and data protection. In 2016, she was shortlisted for the “Future Leader – Gender Diversity” award at the inaugural Chambers USA Diversity Awards. Melissa was a 2015 recipient of the Burton Award for Legal Achievement, which honors excellence in legal writing.Melissa earned her J.D., cum laude, from Howard University School of Law.

Melissa Crespo

<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe title="Meet Washington, D.C. Senior Partner Rick Fischer" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/31XvoRyZXJc?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="1" title="iframe"></iframe></div>Rick has nearly 50 years of experience advising banks, retailers, insurers, and other companies throughout the United States on the full range of financial services and payment system issues. His practice focuses on retail financial services with a special emphasis on privacy, data security, e-commerce, and financial services joint ventures, as well as compliance and enforcement matters involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, federal banking agencies, and the Federal Trade Commission.Rick has worked closely with clients on every major legislative and regulatory initiative affecting financial services and payment systems since the 1970s. He also has been successful in obtaining important legislative changes and regulatory clarifications relating to many retail banking and consumer lending issues.Ranked in U.S. News – Best Lawyers, The Legal 500, Chambers USA, and Chambers Global for his work in financial services and privacy and data security, Rick is ranked as a senior statesman, whose clients say, “Rick Fischer is the oracle on financial privacy law” (Chambers USA).

Rick Fischer

Senior Of Counsel

Clients seek out Julie because of her practical advice on cutting-edge issues at the intersection of privacy and consumer protection laws. She provides clients with practical solutions to compliance challenges around a wide variety of both online and offline privacy issues, including tracking, interest-based advertising, geo-targeting and other mobile tracking, personalization, and cross-device tracking. Recognized in The Legal 500 US 2014, 2016, 2019, and 2020 and Chambers USA 2021 for her exceptional legal work, her clients praise her saying, “She is really good at giving practical, targeted advice and taking stock of what the risk profile of the client is, so that the advice is holistic.” (Chambers USA).Julie provides clients with creative and practical advice on meeting the requirements of state and federal privacy laws, including the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). She crafts guidelines and compliance programs for clients’ collection, use, and disclosure of personal information in diverse contexts and throughout the life cycle of their initiatives, such as for connected products (the Internet of Things) and mobile services. She also drafts privacy and cookies policies, online service terms of use, agreements involving online and offline advertising and marketing practices, and agreements concerning a variety of data uses. In addition, Julie helps clients assess and manage privacy risks, including in connection with mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions.Julie creates compliance programs for clients’ use of a wide variety of channels for communicating with and marketing to consumers, including email, telephone, text message, and fax, both in the United States and around the world. She works with clients to develop their social media strategies and to clear their social media content. She also reviews advertising in both traditional and new media for compliance with applicable laws, including Section 5 of the FTC Act and various FTC rules and guides. In addition, she works with clients to structure, market, and implement their sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions in compliance with applicable laws.As a former FTC staff attorney, Julie regularly defends companies in investigations by the FTC and before data protection authorities around the world.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>A company that creates online software used by schools in an FTC investigation of alleged COPPA violations.</li><li>A consumer services company investigated by the Korean data protection authority for alleged privacy violations</li><li>A manufacturer in connection with a challenge of its environmental advertising claims by the FTC </li><li>An advertising services company in an investigation of alleged privacy-related violations of the FTC Act</li><li>An online provider of entertainment services in an FTC investigation of alleged COPPA violations</li><li>A beverage company in an FTC investigation of alleged COPPA violations</li></ul>Before attending law school, Julie was a Peace Corps volunteer in The Gambia, West Africa.

Julie O'Neill

Purvi G. Patel is the former managing partner of the Los Angeles office.Purvi represents retail, e-commerce, and other consumer-oriented businesses in significant advertising, unfair competition, consumer fraud, and privacy matters. She has built a robust practice advising household names on various compliance issues and defending them in complex and class action litigation in federal and state courts across the country, winning motions to dismiss, defeating class certification, and securing summary disposition in several multi-million dollar lawsuits. Purvi is a strategic and practical thinker who is in tune with her clients’ priorities, which leads to successful outcomes both inside and outside the courthouse.Practice Leader. Purvi has a defined niche that cuts across the firm’s Consumer Litigation, Class Actions, and Data, Cyber + Privacy Groups. With a focus on businesses’ collection of personally identifiable information (PII), Purvi is a recognized leader in defending lawsuits involving the collection, use, and disclosure of PII. In addition, due to her vast experience handling class action litigation for clients across sectors, Purvi has notched significant victories for industry-leading companies, including securing summary judgment and defeating class certification in some of the most plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions nationwide.Purvi’s extensive litigation experience uniquely positions her to counsel clients on compliance with established and emerging laws and regulations, including the potential privacy implications of business practices relating to the collection of PII. Purvi is an expert in numerous California privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act, the California Invasion of Privacy Act, and California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act (and analog statutes in effect in other states).Purvi is also committed to the firm’s pro bono initiatives and has worked on a number of pro bono matters during her tenure at the firm. Most recently, she represented an interfaith coalition of more than 50 religious organizations as amici in various cases challenging the 2017 “travel ban” Executive Orders. In 2014, Purvi successfully argued a Ninth Circuit appeal on behalf of a U.S. citizen who was wrongfully subjected to two years of pre-trial detention as a result of a detainer imposed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Mendia v. Garcia, 768 F.3d 1009 (9th Cir. 2014)).Firm Leader. Purvi is committed to advancing diversity at Morrison & Foerster. For more than five years, she served as the Co-Chair of the firm’s Diversity Strategy Committee. During her tenure, Purvi contributed significantly to the Committee’s success, including implementing a LGBTQ+ Gender Inclusive Policy, and launching MoFo’s innovative Allies Network. She was the firm’s Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow in 2014 and remains active in the organization as an alumna. In addition, Purvi served as hiring partner for the Los Angeles office between 2015 and 2023.Community Leader. Purvi is also actively engaged in the community. In 2019, she was a founding board member of Legal Education Access Pipeline (LEAP), a fellows program dedicated to increasing access to legal education for underrepresented populations.  She has also been working with “Just the Beginning – A Pipeline Organization” (JTB) since 2015 when she joined an inaugural steering committee of judges, in-house and outside counsel, and educators to launch a Los Angeles-based Summer Legal Institute. She is a past co-president of the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California (SABA-SC), and in 2023, was honored with its Trailblazer award. She was selected for her “trailblazing efforts which have paved the way for a more inclusive and representative profession” and “her commitment to breaking barriers in the legal profession.” In 2019, Purvi was named SABA-SC’s Mentor of the Year.Representative Matters<ul><li>Privacy Class Action Litigation. Defending software development company in two putative class actions brought under state common law based on alleged violations of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Obtained dismissal of putative privacy class action against Southern California grocery store chain, which was affirmed on appeal. </li><li>Class Action Litigation Relating to Consumer PII. Represented national retailers in more than 30 California Song-Beverly Credit Card Act and Massachusetts’ Song-Beverly analog matters arising out of the alleged collection of PII, securing favorable settlements or walkaways for many following early negotiations with plaintiffs’ counsel. Trial attorney for national retailers in two Song-Beverly class actions. For Target Corporation, led pre-MDL team coordinating and managing responses to single-plaintiff and putative class action complaints filed in wake of data breach.</li></ul><ul><li>False Advertising and Consumer Class Action Litigation. Defeated class certification for household-name companies in numerous matters involving consumer protection claims arising out of alleged misrepresentations and omissions as well as lawsuits brought under unfair competition, false advertising, and product liability laws. Also obtained dismissals at the pleadings stage in cases alleging unfair, unlawful, and fraudulent marketing and advertising practices.</li></ul>

Purvi Patel

Boris Segalis is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Cyber, Data + Privacy Group. He advises companies at the intersection of data, technology, and regulation, helping them navigate complex legal frameworks while building and scaling data-driven products and services.As a leading privacy and cybersecurity lawyer, Boris’s practice is focused on issues where the law is evolving and the answers are not always clear. He works with clients to apply existing regulatory regimes to new technologies and business models, particularly in areas such as AI, data monetization, digital platforms, and emerging financial technologies. His work spans strategic product counseling, corporate transactions, and high-stakes regulatory matters, including representing companies in investigations by the Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general, and global regulators.Clients rely on Boris for compliance advice and for practical guidance on how to operate in uncertain environments, whether designing new products, assessing regulatory risk, or responding to government scrutiny. He regularly advises on U.S. and global privacy and cybersecurity laws, including U.S. federal financial privacy laws, state privacy regimes, emerging AI requirements, and foreign privacy and cybersecurity regimes frameworks.He represents a broad range of companies, from high-growth startups to global public companies, across industries including technology, AI, financial services and Fintech, crypto, life sciences, consumer platforms, AdTech, and media.Boris has been recognized for seven consecutive years by Chambers USA in Privacy & Data Security and is also ranked by Chambers Global in Privacy & Data Security – USA. He is recognized by The Legal 500 as a leading lawyer in cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) and was previously named to Crain’s New York Business’s 40 Under 40.Boris holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and has served as co-chair of the New York City KnowledgeNet chapter of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), as well as on the IAPP Research Board. He graduated from Riga Simon Dubnow Jewish Secondary School in Riga, Latvia, in 1991.

Boris Segalis

Recognized as an authority on financial privacy issues, Nathan helps financial institutions and other companies develop practical solutions for complying with privacy and data security laws. In particular, Nathan tackles the most complex issues relating to the privacy and security of financial information.Co-author of the leading financial privacy treatise, The Law of Financial Privacy, Nathan is recognized in the industry for his exceptional legal work, including being named as an Up and Coming Nationwide Privacy & Data Security practitioner on Chambers USA’s 2018, 2019, and 2020 lists. In his many accolades, his clients praise him as “a tremendous lawyer” who is “smart and quick on his feet,” with a “strong depth of knowledge and experience.” Nathan is also known as “a go-to guy for a deeper dive on bank privacy issues, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other matters. When he gives you a memo, it is gold-plated – you know that you can rely upon it and that it will be thoughtful” (Chambers USA 2021). Nathan is ranked in Chambers USA and Chambers Global 2021, with clients noting his exceptional work in financial privacy law, proficiency at handling various governmental investigations, and his “deep well of knowledge, which he delivers in a well-organised, thoughtful and extremely helpful manner."As state privacy law appears to be entering a new era with the adoption of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), Nathan is assisting many banks, insurance companies, broker dealers, and other financial institutions in making sense of the complex law and the challenges presented by significant, but often confusing, new privacy obligations. Given the breadth of his work on CCPA issues, Nathan provides clients with valuable benchmarking across the financial industry.Nathan also continues to help companies across industries develop solutions to comply with the myriad state data breach and data security laws that have been enacted since 2003. Understanding the complexities that businesses face in complying with these laws, Nathan testified before Congress on the <a href="https://financialservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/02.14.2018_nathan_taylor_testimony.pdf" target="_blank">challenges</a> that the ever-growing patchwork of state laws present. These are complexities that he understands intimately, having advised companies on hundreds of significant data incidents, including many of the nation’s largest and highest-profile data breaches.Nathan also has defended companies in Congressional and state AG investigations regarding data, cyber, and privacy. He represented Target in its defense of a multistate AG investigation into the company’s 2013 data breach, resulting in a settlement with 47 states and the District of Columbia, at the time the largest-ever multistate settlement for a data security incident.Nathan contributes to the development of the firm’s <a href="/privacy-library/">Privacy Library</a> and MoFoNotes subscription database, which help companies keep apprised of data, cyber, and privacy compliance requirements in jurisdictions around the world.

Nathan Taylor

Katie has experience in the defense of complex commercial disputes and consumer class actions, crafting strategies that look beyond a single dispute to further clients’ holistic goals inside and outside the courtroom. She is a versatile commercial litigator who represents U.S. and international companies in courts and arbitral tribunals throughout the country. Her clients include technology, retail, e-commerce, healthcare, and financial firms from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. She is a former co-chair of Morrison Foerster's Complex Litigation + Advisement Group.<h4>Consumer Class Actions and Privacy Litigation</h4>Katie regularly represents companies against consumer class actions, including ones asserting privacy claims based on novel theories of liability. She has defended companies against claims under federal wiretap statutes, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, the California Invasion of Privacy Act, and other privacy laws. She also defends companies in high-profile cases involving data security issues and the handling of sensitive information. <h4>Mass Arbitration, Mass Torts, and Multijurisdictional Claims</h4>Katie has extensive arbitration experience. She helps companies navigate mass arbitrations—the coordinated filing of a large number of nearly identical claims—guiding companies to favorable resolutions and outcomes, including in cases involving parallel class actions. Katie’s practice also includes defending corporate clients in serial mass tort and class action litigation filed and pending in multiple jurisdictions. In 2023, The Legal 500 recommended Katie in Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action Defense.<h4>Enforcement Actions and Trial Experience</h4>Katie also represents clients at the intersection of enforcement actions and civil litigation. She has represented clients facing regulatory investigations and enforcement actions involving securities fraud, benchmark manipulation, market manipulation, tax evasion, and accounting brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Katie was also part of a trial team that represented the founder and former CEO of a high-tech company in a criminal prosecution alleging stock option backdating and improper revenue recognition. The team achieved two separate criminal trial victories, obtaining acquittal on six counts and a hung jury on the one remaining count.<h4>More About Katie</h4>Katie maintains an active pro bono practice with a particular focus on indigent criminal defense, civil rights work, and legal issues facing the LGBTQ+ community. She was a founding member of the firm’s NY LGBTQ+ Affinity Group and is an active member of the MoFo Proud Network and the firm’s Women’s Strategy Committee.Katie earned her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law, where she was a managing editor of the UCLA Women’s Law Journal. While in law school, Katie worked as a law clerk for the Los Angeles County Public Defender and was a member of UCLA’s Criminal Defense Clinic.

Katie L. Viggiani

Marian Waldmann Agarwal is a partner in the Data, Cyber + Privacy Group at Morrison Foerster. She also co-leads the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Group and is a member of the global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Responsible Tech Committee. Marian’s unique blend of business and legal skills, honed through her background in information systems and business management, is a key asset in her role. Her in-house experience as a secondee to two different companies has provided her with firsthand knowledge of the internal business needs required for company initiatives to succeed. Marian has been instrumental in advising global clients on the developing field of AI. Clients seek her guidance due to her extensive understanding of, and experience with, the ethical use of AI and the developing legal compliance requirements, including data privacy and regulatory provisions, in connection with the design and implementation of innovative AI tools. Her work extends to helping clients identify and mitigate the potential risks associated with AI technologies.Marian counsels clients across a range of industries, including technology, finance, consumer goods and services, healthcare, insurance, media, and hospitality. She assists in designing and building their privacy programs, advising on compliance with U.S. and foreign privacy and data protection laws, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Her work includes drafting internal policies, procedures, and guidelines for legal and non-legal audiences that incorporate privacy best practices and legal requirements in daily operations. One of Marian’s core strengths is her ability to comprehensively assess and improve privacy programs, and ensure they remain compliant with evolving privacy laws and regulations. She also drafts and negotiates contracts to protect clients’ data in key commercial agreements, advises on cross-border data transfer issues, and assists with completing multijurisdictional surveys of privacy obligations.In addition, Marian uses her privacy, data security, and AI implementation skills to provide pro bono counseling services to a variety of non-profit clients.Marian received her J.D. from University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2004 and her B.S. and M.B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1999. Prior to attending law school, she worked as an application specialist for a small software company.

Marian A. Waldmann Agarwal

Few lawyers in the world have Miriam’s breadth and understanding of privacy and data security laws, obligations, and practices. As chair of Morrison Foerster’s preeminent global Data, Cyber + Privacy Group, leading 60+ lawyers, Miriam is regularly called upon by some of the world’s largest and most complex multinational organizations to confront their most difficult U.S. and international privacy and cybersecurity challenges. Miriam is a trusted advisor who provides legal and strategic advice on all areas of international privacy and data protection issues. She works with global companies on the planning and execution of complex global compliance efforts and helps them find practical solutions to use and manage personal information in every country in the world. She also defends regulatory matters relating to privacy and cybersecurity in the United States and internationally and advises on the Department of Justice Bulk Data Rules. Her counsel is particularly prized for cybersecurity preparedness and breach response. Miriam and her team have navigated some of the largest and most consequential cybersecurity incidents in history, including assisting Mandiant when it discovered and warned the world about the SolarWinds compromise. Having helped hundreds of clients respond to breaches, Miriam is frequently called upon to advise and educate boards of directors regarding cybersecurity and the key role that boards play in understanding and overseeing the potential risks. Miriam works with companies to develop comprehensive customized incident response plans, train staff, conduct extensive tabletop exercises, and address key issues with executive management. While she regularly advises clients on responses to ransomware attacks and other cyber extortion incidents, she works on all aspects that arise in the context of large security incidents, including communication strategies, notifications to customers, consumers, and regulators; public disclosures; interactions with law enforcement globally; litigation; and investigations by regulators around the world.Miriam serves as a board member of the ADP AI & Data Ethics Committee and is a leader in MoFo’s AI Group, a cross-practice team that provides sophisticated, full-service representation to a wide range of clients with companies that both develop and use cutting-edge, rapidly changing technology in the AI space. Miriam uses her extensive industry experience and collaborative global approach to help her clients integrate the newest trends and developments in AI with their business needs.Recognized as a market leader by all major directories, Miriam has been ranked in the top tier of privacy and data security lawyers worldwide by Chambers USA and Chambers Global for well over a decade. She was an inaugural inductee into The Legal 500 Hall of Fame, which is comprised of outstanding U.S. lawyers who have been recommended as The Legal 500’s Leading Lawyers for the last six consecutive years. The Cybersecurity Docket has recognized Miriam as one of its Incident Response 50, a list of the top data breach response lawyers globally. She has been named one of Financial Times’ Top 10 Innovative Lawyers in North America and a National Law Journal Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Trailblazer for her breakthrough work in this space. Miriam was also previously designated as an Ethisphere Attorney Who Matters and a BTI Client Service All-Star. A frequent commentator on cybersecurity, she has been interviewed by media outlets including CNBC, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, among many others.