Tony Kim represents clients across the full spectrum of advisory and enforcement matters implicating cybersecurity, data privacy, and consumer protection issues.

Mr. Kim helps companies navigate crises to avoid legal, risk, and reputational landmines. He also defends clients in regulatory investigations and enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), State Attorney General Offices (AGOs), the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), and various sector regulators, as well as in litigation matters, involving the following areas:

  • Cybersecurity resiliency and incident response
  • Privacy implications of innovative data use-cases
  • Consumer protection issues, including in sales and marketing and advertising contexts with a particular focus on global e-commerce, fintech, and platform businesses

In each of these areas, Mr. Kim partners with stakeholders in legal, IT/infoSec, product, growth, engineering, marketing, investor relations, communications, the c-suite, and the board/audit committee across governance, compliance, and crisis management contexts.

Accolades

Recognized as a leading lawyer, Mr. Kim has been ranked in Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US, Benchmark Litigation, The Cybersecurity Docket, and Super Lawyers D.C. Rising Stars. He’s been consistently named to The Cybersecurity Docket’s “Incident Response 30” list of the top IR professionals in the United States since the inception of that recognition. Clients endorse Mr. Kim, telling Chambers “He’s fantastic,” “He takes the time to tend to companies’ needs and understands clients’ objectives.” 

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Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • New York

Education

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2003
  • BA in Ethics, Politics & Economics, Yale University, 1998
    cum laude