With a background that combines business experience, legal expertise, and technology, Jim takes a unique, integrated approach to meet his clients' needs relating to global privacy compliance, innovative data uses, cybersecurity, breach response, regulatory enforcements, and class actions.
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Jim co-chairs the firm's Privacy + Cyber Practice Group. For the past ten years, he has represented global clients in the financial services, energy, retail, pharmaceutical/health care, cable, telecommunications, car rental, airline, social media, technology, and manufacturing industries, including 35% of Fortune 100-listed companies.
He has represented an array of global clients on privacy and data security projects involving more than 125 countries. Jim also co-founded the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
Jim applies years of experience assisting clients with new and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, smart homes and cities, power grid, biotechnology and medical devices, genetics, blockchain, security, internet of things, AdTech, and autonomous vehicles/connected cars.
Drawing on his experience and reputation with regulators, Jim also regularly advises companies on compliance practices and through regulatory investigations. His work has included serving as the lead subject matter expert designing security, privacy, and business solutions in several high-profile U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights (OCR) enforcement proceedings involving social media, mobile, and health care companies. Among them are several cases that are the first of their kind, including:
Before joining the firm, Jim led the privacy and cybersecurity practices of two Am Law 100 firms. In 2022, he was recognized by BTI as a "Client Service All-Star." He also built and led the privacy, and co-led the cybersecurity practices at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Booz Allen. Jim has also held senior marketing, management, and legal positions at QVC and MaMaMedia.com (a children's education internet startup) and was named inventor or co-inventor on six patent applications, relating to security and privacy-enhancing technologies.
Representative matters may include engagements before joining Troutman Pepper.
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