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Michael Vatis

Michael Vatis

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  • Communications & Internet Law, Appeals & Appellate, Business Law
  • District of Columbia, New York
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Practice Areas
Communications & Internet Law
Appeals & Appellate
Business Law
Additional Practice Areas
  • Privacy & Cybersecurity
  • National Security/CFIUS
  • Professional Liability
  • Financial Services
  • Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
  • Retail & E-Commerce
  • Insurance & Reinsurance
Fees
  • Free Consultation
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
District of Columbia
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New York
New York State Office of Court Administration
ID Number: 2258655
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Professional Experience
Partner
Steptoe & Johnson, LLP
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Executive Director
Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Ag
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Chair
Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P)
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Director
Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College
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FBI
Director, National Infrastructure Protection Center Company NameFBI
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Associate Deputy Attorney General
United States Department of Justice
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Special Counsel
United States Department of Defense
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Associate
Mayer Brown & Platt
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Law Clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall
The Supreme Court of the United States
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Law Clerk to Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg
United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
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Education
Harvard Law School
J.D. (1988)
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magna cum laude
Honors: magna cum laude; Sears Prize Winner
Activities: Supervising Editor, Harvard Law Review; Editor, Harvard Civil RIghts-Civil Liberties Law Review.
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Princeton University
A.B.
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magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Honors: magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
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Awards
Telecoms & Broadcast: Regulatory; and Telecoms & Broadcast: Transactional
Legal 500 US
Named to "Incident Response 30"
Cybersecurity Docket
Trailblazers in Cybersecurity
National Law Journal
Leading Lawyer, Media, Technology & Telecoms: Cyber Law, Including Data Protection and Privacy
Legal 500 US
2018-2021
Privacy & Data Security, US
Chambers Global
2010-2014, 2019-2021
Privacy & Data Security, Nationwide
Chambers USA
2008-2013, 2018-2021
Professional Associations
American Law Institute
Member
Current
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District of Columbia Bar
Member
- Current
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New York State Bar
Member
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Website
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Telephone: (212) 506-3927