JOHN CARLIN

John P. Carlin is chair of Paul, Weiss’s Cybersecurity & Data Protection practice and a deeply accomplished litigator who advises industry-leading organizations privacy, cybersecurity, crisis management, CFIUS, sanctions and export control, white collar defense and internal investigations. He has served in top-level roles in both Republican and Democratic administrations, including as Acting Deputy Attorney General of the United States, the top national security official for the U.S. Department of Justice, Chief of Staff of the FBI and as an experienced Assistant United States Attorney. John has been cited as a leading authority on cyber and economic espionage by major media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, and has been featured on CBS’ 60 Minutes. He is co-author of Dawn of the Code War, an analysis of American efforts to defend against cyberattacks by foreign powers, and of the second edition of Cybersecurity Law Fundamentals, a primer on U.S. cybersecurity developments.