The firm continues on the path of growth with new privacy and cybersecurity Partner Jad Sheikali. Sheikali’s practice covers a wide range of of services including litigation, transactional counseling and regulatory guidance for clients in the startup, technology and software space, as well as public and private universities.
He has significant experience handling legal issues across data management and domestic and international privacy and consumer laws, including AI issues.“I have known and trusted Jad for many, many years,” said Shook Privacy and Cybersecurity Chair Al Saikali. “He brings a fulsome prospective to his role, having practiced both in the plaintiff and defense bars. I’m looking forward to having him on our growing team.”Sheikali advises executives and leadership on new product rollouts, the life cycle of a data breach, data management, technology transactions, governance, risk and compliance, class action litigation, incident response and deal support. He holds certification in the Information Privacy Professional/United States from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.“Having known Shook’s privacy leader Al Saikali for many years, I’m very excited about collaborating with his team on AI issues and other cutting-edge areas that will have an impact on just about everyone,” said Sheikali from his Chicago office. Shook boasts one of the best and most accomplished privacy and cybersecurity practices in the country. Chambers USA has ranked the Shook team as a “Band One Highly Regarded Practice” and several of Shook’s partners have been recognized by Chambers as top practitioners in this area of law.
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