Global Guide 2026 : USA
Ranked Individuals
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Paul Hastings maintains an excellent reputation for its breadth of capabilities in privacy and data security matters; these include CCPA compliance, incident response counseling and regulatory due diligence on M&A transactions. Particularly noted for its work with major global technology, real estate and entertainment and beauty companies, often regarding adtech, data breaches and class actions.
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Paul Hastings LLP represented Dapper Labs in a putative class action against TED regarding alleged sharing of personal information.
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The individuals on the Paul Hastings team have different areas of expertise, which was helpful in addressing all aspects of a cybersecurity incident. The team was extremely responsive.
Paul Hastings are very practical and give us actionable routes. They're great, very responsive.
Paul Hastings help develop practical solutions. They are reliable and provide great judgment.
The team exhibits great attention to detail, resourcefulness in handling matters quickly and efficiently and provide great guidance. They have a team with a lot of experience and knowledge base.
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Aaron Charfoos is global co-chair of the data privacy and cybersecurity group and is well regarded by clients for his work litigating various data breaches, privacy and trade secret cases.
Aaron is a great privacy and data security counsel.
Michelle is just the best. A brilliant litigator, always willing to jump on a last-minute call to provide instant, mission critical advice to company leadership in the midst of a crisis.
Michelle is a great attorney who knows and understands not only cyber security but also her client's business needs.
Michelle is very knowledgeable about her subject area and she is good to deal with, I appreciate her flexibility on issues.
She is incredibly responsive to emergencies, she goes out of her way to make herself available, she is also incredibly business-friendly and can balance a very complex regulatory environment.
Michelle is one of the best outside counsel that we have ever retained. We were very impressed by the way she handled a difficult situation. She is simply the best.
Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity
Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
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