Speakers

Moderator: Thomas Hassing.

Brett Cook

Brett joined the US Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps in 2005. He served as Associate General Counsel & Senior Privacy Counsel for US Naval bases in the European Union, the Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery, and the Navy’s Expeditionary Operations Command. Subsequently, he was selected to manage the Navy’s data protection enforcement and Freedom of Information Act compliance programs. 

Brett served as General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer for an Aircraft Carrier Strike Group, which manages forward-operating surface vessels, aviation units, and intelligence collection operations; and the Naval Intelligence Forces Reserve, which oversees Cryptology, Intel, and IT communities across 134 global organizations. He has extensive experience operationalizing regulations, developing foundational compliance policies, conducting privacy impact assessments and training programs.

Currently, Brett is a US Privacy Manager for Wells Fargo and continues to serve as a US Navy JAG Corps Reserve Officer.

Tanya Forsheit

Widely considered one of the country’s top privacy and data security lawyers, Tanya Forsheit has advised on high-profile matters involving confidential data and other sensitive information for over 20 years.

Ms. Forsheit is Chair of the Privacy & Data Security Group. She has advised on high-profile matters involving confidential data and other sensitive information for over 20 years. She advises on the protection, processing and monetization of data, including matters related to interest-based advertising, privacy policies, mobile apps, cloud computing, smart devices, and data analytics. She has advised on hundreds of information technology deals and transactions on behalf of both service providers and enterprise purchasers, including multilayered AdTech and cloud computing agreements. She is routinely called upon to help clients respond to time-sensitive security events and has advised on hundreds of such incidents. She has worked with dozens of multinational clients on the compliance requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, and is currently representing dozens more in preparing for, and addressing the policy implications of, the California Consumer Privacy Act, taking effect in January 2020. The Legal 500 praised her in the 2019 edition as “incredibly responsive” and “everything you could ask for in an outside counsel.” In January 2018, she was named by the Daily Journal as one of the top 20 Cyber attorneys in California, and was one of three finalists for the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Cybersecurity Lawyer of the Year recognition in 2017. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at Loyola Law School.

Sheri Porath Rockwell

Sheri Rockwell focuses on privacy and cybersecurity law, as well as complex commercial litigation. She advises companies on privacy compliance and corporate data protection programs, including compliance with federal and state privacy laws, and is a member of Sidley’s CCPA Litigation Task Force, a dedicated group of lawyers focused on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), counseling clients on how to mitigate litigation risks. Sheri regularly counsels businesses about compliance with the CCPA, as well as other state and federal privacy laws. She is an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S. and regularly blogs and delivers presentations regarding emerging domestic privacy law. Sheri is an appointed member of the California Lawyers Association’s Antitrust, UCL and Privacy Executive Committee.