Fernando Pinguelo (PLS, FIP, CIPM, CIPP/US)
Details
Law
Boston College Law School
1994 : 1997
Bachelor of Science (BS)
History Philosophy majors; International Studies minor with a concentration in Conflict Resolution
Boston College
1990 : 1994
Queen of Peace High School
1986 : 1990
Willis Towers Watson
Chief Counsel, Cyber & Information Security Investigations – Global
Appointed by the President of the New Jersey State Bar Association to lead the Privacy Law Committee's efforts to provide a forum for discussion and information about sophisticated and practical concepts of privacy law, information security and data protection, and how they impact a broad spectrum of law.
2013 :
New Jersey State Bar Association, Privacy Law Committee
Co-Chair, Privacy Law Committee
Created and teach a state-of-the-art Electronic Discovery course at Seton Hall Law School, at inception one of only a handful of such coursed taught at law schools around the country. Previously, taught legal writing and research and oral advocacy course to law students.
2004 :
Seton Hall University School of Law
Adjunct Professor Of Law
Fernando devotes his practice to complex litigation with an emphasis on cyber security, data privacy, international law, and business disputes. He investigates and responds to data privacy/security incidents, manages and mobilizes interdisciplinary teams of professionals and implements response strategies to mitigate damages, determine root cause and impact, and address regulatory investigations and inquiries. He develops strategies for managing business and legal issues relating to electronic data and confidential business information. He was involved in NJ’s first case addressing its new eDiscovery rules and lectured at the Judicial College on the topic. He's addressed the Brazilian Escola Paulista da Magistratura and provided the São Paulo state court judiciary with an executive summary on President Obama’s February 12, 2013 Executive Order on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.
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2013 : 2019
Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC
Partner and Chair, Cyber Security & Data Protection and Crisis Management groups
2015 : 2017
Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey
Trustee, Senate Judicial Committee
Skills
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appeals, Arbitration, Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Computer Security, Copyright Law, Corporate Law, Courts, Criminal Defense, Criminal Law, Cyber Defense, Cyberlaw, Cyber Operations, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Dispute Resolution, Employment Law, Entertainment Law, Information Security, Instruction, Intellectual Property, International Law, Legal Assistance, Legal Issues, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Licensing, Litigation, Litigation Support, Mediation, Privacy Law, Public Speaking, Teaching, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Trials, Westlaw
About
Consistently considered by business leaders to be among their most impactful advisors, a lawyer with twenty years of complex litigation and crisis management experience with a focus on practical solutions to resolve dilemmas and disputes. Entrusted by organizations to evaluate intricate circumstances and devise optimal strategies and planning that facilitate decision-making and achieve favorable results in a demanding and dynamic environment. As an early leader in the cyber and information security sphere, developed comprehensive knowledge and long-term perspective, cultivating an understanding of how the world’s largest and most complex multinational organizations confront their most difficult U.S. and international cybersecurity and privacy challenges, across a broad range of industries and sectors.
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