Summary

 Publications: Author of two leading legal treatises: Wiretapping & Eavesdropping: Surveillance in the Internet Age (electronic surveillance) and Jones on Evidence, 7th Ed.; the casebook, Cyberlaw in Practice, (pending publication), and numerous articles, white papers/legal memorandum, and blog posts.

Current Academic & Professional Positions:

• University of Richmond Law: Visiting Professor of Law

• Penn State Institute for Computational & Data Sciences: Affiliate Faculty

• IEEE: Cochair-Privacy, Equity, & Justice in AI Committee

• ToomeyMcKenna Law Group, LLC: Managing Partner

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice:

Maryland; District of Columbia; U.S. District Courts for MD & DC

Research & Work Summary:

Interdisciplinary research, teaching, legal work, consulting, and extensive publications in cyber, privacy, electronic surveillance, and tech law and policy areas (national & international). Prolific author and speaker with strong SEO presence and significant national media experience. Seventeen-plus years teaching privacy law and other legal courses, and over two decades of experience as top-rated litigation attorney and managing partner handling complex civil litigation, data breaches, and legal matters involving:

• Emerging technologies and law (AI, biometrics, IoT, satellites, UAVs, autonomous systems)

• Compliance with and risk management in data, privacy, and electronic surveillance laws (federal, state, international), including consumer data privacy, biometrics, health/medical privacy, financial privacy, and First and Fourth Amendments in cyberspace

• Collection/use of geolocation and geospatial data, tracking

• Social media, social engineering, AI, cyber-meddling, societal impacts on elections and governance, behavioral targeted advertising, and predictive analytics

• Federal court litigation involving Computer Fraud & Abuse Act (CFAA), Communications Decency Act (CDA § 230), and Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), among other laws.

 Recent Work Highlights:

• Demonstrated, ongoing success in fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and education with private sector, government, universities, and media in privacy, tech, and law, including with OSTP, NSF, NSA, CIA, State Dept., FBI, DOJ

• Lead Presenter for IEEE to White House’s OSTP - AI & law

• Lead Faculty/Developer for NSA’s nationally published Cyberlaw course (result of N.I.C.E. grant)

• Principal Legal Consultant: U.S. DOJ (COPS) & Police Foundation Grant: Use of UAVs in Community Policing

• Publications regularly cited/relied upon by U.S. courts

Education: The Catholic University of America, B.A., and J.D.

Courses Taught:

• Information Privacy Law

• Cyberlaw in Practice

• Civil Procedure

• Evidence

• Media and Privacy Law

Ratings

• Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating® Rated “Excellent” in legal ability and ethical standards

• Awarded Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers’ Association