Samir Jain Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Lead CDT’s policy advocacy and strategy and manage policy teams. Testified before Congress on privacy, AI, and cybersecurity issues; regularly speak with the media and at conferences on tech policy issues; and represent CDT in meetings with the Administration, Congress, regulatory agencies, and industry. Key areas of focus include free expression, content.

Washington DC

• Regularly advised clients across multiple industries on cyber risk mitigation, data breach response, global privacy compliance and regulation, national security and law enforcement matters, and issues affecting.
• Cybersecurity risk management—Counseled clients, including Boards and executives, on mitigation of cyber risks, including assessment of the threat landscape and key risks, setting up appropriate governance processes.
• Data breach response—Represented clients that have been victims of data breaches and other cyber attacks, including direction of forensic investigations, communications and crisis management, compliance with notice and.
• Privacy regulation and compliance—Counseled clients on compliance with domestic and international privacy laws, cross-border data transfers, data localization, application of sector-specific privacy laws in areas such.
• National security and law enforcement—Assisted clients on national security and law enforcement issues such as government policies and regulations concerning security of 5G telecommunications networks, sanctions and.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led the team responsible for threat and incident response, cyber operations, international engagement, and technology policy issues such as encryption. Advised the National Security Advisor and Assistant to the.
• Key architect of the Presidential Policy Directive on United States Cyber Incident Coordination, which defines how the government responds to significant cyber incidents.
• Chaired interagency group that engaged in legal and policy review of proposed cyber operations and campaign plans to respond to malicious cyber activity of nation-state and non-state actors.
• Managed campaign to gain acceptance by over 30 countries of U.S.-proposed international cyber norms for state behavior, regularly worked with international counterparts on law enforcement cooperation and other cyber.
• Coordinated development of policy in areas such as defense of critical infrastructure sectors including communications, financial services, healthcare, energy, and electoral infrastructure; privacy and electronic.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Served as principal advisor to Deputy Attorney General and other department leadership on cybersecurity cases, investigations, and policy, led development of DOJ positions on cyber and communications issues, coordinated with FBI, and represented DOJ in White House interagency cyber policy and incident response committees. Played a key role in developing.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Partner in Communications, Privacy, & Internet Law and Defense & National Security practice groups. Practice involved regulatory and policy work, litigation, and counseling on privacy and data security, national.
• Nationally recognized expert who played key role in landmark cases establishing that Internet service providers and other online platforms are generally shielded from liability for unlawful content originated by third.
• Litigated and advised clients in connection with privacy issues arising from geolocation data, targeted advertising, mobile devices and applications, cloud-based services, and use of big data.
• Extensive litigation and counseling in connection with the Wiretap Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and related federal and state statutes.
• Assisted clients with responses to data breaches and other security incidents, legal restrictions on countermeasures to cyber attacks such as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and development of security policies and.
• Led teams handling investigations before the FTC and state Attorneys General on subjects such as software security, online advertising, and public release of customer search query data.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Editor, Harvard Law Review; Articles Editor, Journal of Law and Technology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.) With Honors And Distinction, Symbolic Systems (Artificial Intelligence)

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa