Fickle Friends: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

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.

David A. Cass

Senior Partner, Law & Forensics; Adjunct Faculty, Harvard & Rutgers Law

Law & Forensics LLC · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Global Cyber Institute

David A. Cass is a senior partner at Law & Forensics LLC, where he leads the Cryptocurrency and Digital Banking Practice and is a member of the Cybersecurity and Forensics Practice. His background spans financial services regulation, cryptocurrency, digital assets, blockchain, and cloud, including service as a lead regulator at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and as CISO and Global Partner of IBM's Cloud Security Service unit. He teaches as adjunct faculty at Harvard and Rutgers Law School and is a faculty member at the non-profit Global Cyber Institute.

Justin Herring

Partner, Mayer Brown

Mayer Brown

Justin Herring is a partner at Mayer Brown, practicing in the firm's Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement, and Global Investigations & White Collar Defense groups. He advises on global incident response, regulatory enforcement and related litigation, including for crypto and fintech clients. He was Executive Deputy Superintendent of the Cybersecurity Division at the New York State Department of Financial Services, the first leader of that division, and previously spent nine years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, serving as inaugural chief of the Cybercrimes Unit in the District of New Jersey. He holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. At Legal Cyber Academy he teaches on the New York DFS cybersecurity regulations, blockchain and cryptocurrency, and managing cybersecurity risk.

John D'Agostino

Head of Strategy, Coinbase Institutional

Dagger Consulting LLC · Coinbase

John D'Agostino is head of strategy at Coinbase Institutional and the founder of Dagger Consulting LLC. He co-founded the Alternative Investment Management Association's Digital Asset Working Group. Earlier in his career he was head of strategy at the New York Mercantile Exchange, where he led the effort to create the Dubai Mercantile Exchange in partnership with the Dubai government. He teaches fintech at Oxford, MIT and Columbia. At Legal Cyber Academy, John D'Agostino teaches on blockchain and cryptocurrency, and on SEC cybersecurity guidance and crypto enforcement.

Josh Lawler

Partner, Zuber Lawler

Josh Lawler is a partner at Zuber Lawler, where he leads the firm's Emerging Technologies Group. He advises on mergers and acquisitions, securities law, and intellectual property development and licensing, with a focus on blockchain and cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, robotics and biotechnology, and he serves as outside general counsel to a number of companies. He previously practised corporate securities and M&A at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. He holds a J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law and a bachelor's degree from Duke University, and is admitted in California. At Legal Cyber Academy he teaches on blockchain and cryptocurrency.