Continuing Education Information Sheet

• Define cybersecurity and data breaches in the law firm context
• Implement ten cybersecurity best practices to secure client data
• Recognize the ethical obligation to protect client information
• Prioritize prevention through cyber risk assessments

Intended audience: Attorneys and law firm staff responsible for safeguarding sensitive client information.

Level: beginner

Prerequisites: None

• Daniel B. Garrie, Founder, Law & Forensics; Neutral at JAMS; Faculty at Harvard

  Law & Forensics LLC · JAMS · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare

  Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a boutique cybersecurity and forensic engineering firm he co-founded in 2008. He serves as a neutral, arbitrator, and forensic special master at JAMS, focusing on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and complex technology disputes, and holds faculty appointments at Harvard and Rutgers Law School. A patented software inventor and prolific author, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and a widely cited authority on computer forensics, eDiscovery, and cyber litigation.

• Sarah Zabel, Mediator and Arbitrator, Maze Resolutions PA (former Circuit Court Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida)

  Maze Resolutions PA

  Sarah Zabel is a neutral with Maze Resolutions PA in Miami-Dade County, Florida, serving as a mediator, arbitrator, special magistrate and private judge. She sat as a circuit court judge in Miami-Dade County from January 2003 to 2018, hearing civil, family, juvenile and criminal matters and serving on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit's appellate panel; in Pareto v. Ruvin she held Florida's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional on 25 July 2014. Before the bench she was an assistant state attorney in Miami-Dade from 1993 to 2000 and then practiced civil litigation, employment law and family law. She is a certified circuit court civil mediator, a certified circuit court family mediator and a certified collaborative family law practitioner, and holds a J.D. from the Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University. She has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for arbitration and mediation. At Legal Cyber Academy, Sarah Zabel teaches on ten cybersecurity practices counsel should adopt.

• Chuck Cosson, Privacy and Compliance Executive

  Chuck Cosson is a privacy and compliance executive with more than 15 years in executive-level legal and policy counsel roles at leading technology and telecom companies. He has built compliance programs, policies, and standards, provided product counsel and transactional support, and advised on public policy, including analyzing policy proposals, engaging policymakers, and supporting strategy and public affairs teams. His expertise spans identifying and analyzing emerging policy issues and developing strategic recommendations and compliance solutions.

• George Pierce, Special Counsel, Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP

  Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP

  George Pierce is Special Counsel to the litigation and cyber security practices at Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP. He has substantial experience providing legal services related to complex litigation, corporate governance, labor and employment, bankruptcy, international trade, regulatory compliance and cyber security matters. He retired from Toyota Tsusho America in December 2022, where he was employed for 29 years, established the legal department as the company's first general counsel, and served as a director, senior vice president, chief legal officer, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary, sitting on the company's board for 22 years. He was earlier associated with Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander and Ferdon for 12 years, where his work included complex litigation for Japanese and domestic corporations. He holds a J.D. from the University of Denver and is admitted in New York and in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. At Legal Cyber Academy, George Pierce teaches on the New York DFS cybersecurity regulations and cybersecurity practices organisations should adopt.

Legal Cyber Academy is not an accredited provider; the notes below explain how a learner may self-submitthis activity where their board permits. The pathways shown reflect this course’s subject matter. Always confirm your board’s current rules.

• CLE (attorneys)up to 1.1 hr (60-min basis)

  Many U.S. jurisdictions let an attorney apply for CLE credit for a non-accredited program (often called individual attorney or self-application). Use this certificate plus the course Information Sheet as your supporting documentation. Your state bar or CLE board decides whether credit is granted, how much, and any self-study cap.

• CE / CPD (privacy, insurance, IT)up to 1.1 hr (60-min basis)

  Where your professional body recognizes self-reported or self-directed learning (CPD) — for example many privacy (CIPP/CIPM) and security certifications — record this activity using the certificate and Information Sheet. Confirm your program's self-reporting rules and any documentation it requires.