Incident Response 30 for 2018

1. Jennifer C. Archie, Latham & Watkins
2. Jennifer A. Beckage, Phillips Lytle
3. John P. Carlin, Morrison & Foerster
4. Marcus A. Christian, Mayer Brown
5. Jennifer A. Coughlin, Mullen Coughlin
6. Luke Dembosky, Debevoise & Plimpton
7. David N. Fagan, Covington
8. David R. Fontaine, Kroll
9. Sean B. Hoar, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
10. David F. Katz, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
11. Antony P. Kim, Orrick
12. David C. Lashway, Baker & McKenzie
13. Travis LeBlanc, Boies Schiller Flexner
14. Paul H. Luehr, Faegre Baker Daniels
15. Edward R. McNicholas, Sidley
16. Douglas H. Meal, Ropes & Gray
17. Dominic A. Paluzzi, McDonald Hopkins
18. Jim Pastore, Debevoise & Plimpton
19. Kimberly Kiefer Peretti, Alston & Bird
20. Benjamin A. Powell, WilmerHale
21. Justin L. Root, Dickinson Wright
22. Jeewon Kim Serrato, Shearman & Sterling
23. Alexander H. Southwell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
24. John Reed Stark, John Reed Stark Consulting
25. Gerard M. Stegmaier, Reed Smith
26. Phyllis B. Sumner, King & Spalding
27. Heather Egan Sussman, Ropes & Gray
28. Tara M. Swaminatha, Squire Patton Boggs
29. Aravind Swaminathan, Orrick
30. Liisa M. Thomas, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

About the Incident Response 30: Cybersecurity Docket’s Incident Response 30 is our list of the 30 best and brightest data breach response lawyers. Based on nominations, input from numerous senior lawyers in the field, and considerable research, we tried to answer a simple question:

Who would you hire if your company suddenly found itself the victim of a data breach?

We also imposed three key requirements:

• Candidates for the Incident Response 30 must be in the private sector for at least the past two years.
• Candidates for the Incident Response 30 must have a practice that is dedicated primarily to data breach response work.
• Candidates for the Incident Response 30 must be attorneys (as opposed to accountants, economists or other experts).