Incident Response 30 for 2019

1. Jennifer C. Archie, Latham & Watkins
2. Jennifer A. Beckage, Beckage PLLC
3. Jennifer A. Coughlin, Mullen Coughlin
4. Marcus A. Christian, Mayer Brown
5. Chris Cwalina, Norton Rose Fulbright
6. Luke Dembosky, Debevoise & Plimpton
7. David N. Fagan, Covington
8. Ashden Fein, Covington
9. Nicole Friedlander, Sullivan & Cromwell
10. Beth George, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
11. Sean B. Hoar, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
12. Antony P. Kim, Orrick
13. Theodore J. Kobus III, BakerHostetler
14. David C. Lashway, Baker & McKenzie
15. Travis LeBlanc, Cooley
16. Dominique Shelton Leipzig, Perkins Coie
17. Paul H. Luehr, Faegre Baker Daniels
18. Edward R. McNicholas, Sidley
19. Douglas H. Meal, Orrick
20. Michael Morgan, McDermott Will & Emery
21. Jim Pastore, Debevoise & Plimpton
22. Kimberly Kiefer Peretti, Alston & Bird
23. Kari M. Rollins, Sheppard Mullin
24. Lisa J. Sotto, Hunton Andrews Kurth
25. John Reed Stark, John Reed Stark Consulting
26. Phyllis B. Sumner, King & Spalding
27. Heather Egan Sussman, Orrick
28. Tara M. Swaminatha, Squire Patton Boggs
29. Aravind Swaminathan, Orrick
30. Miriam H. Wugmeister, Morrison & Foerster

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 and other professionals 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).