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Alfred Saikali

Alfred Saikali

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

All things relating to the laws governing the collection, use, storage, transmission, and deletion of sensitive information. This includes incident response, incident response readiness, building global privacy programs, and representing companies in class action lawsuits and regulatory enforcement actions arising from data breaches or alleged privacy violations.

Career

Al is chair of the Privacy and Data Security Practice. He began his career as an appellate court staff attorney, where he learned how judges analyze legal issues. He leveraged this experience to begin his private practice career as an appellate and trial support lawyer in commercial litigation matters. Al recognized that privacy and data security law had a strong future and matched well with his personal interests. He started a blog, began writing and speaking about the topic, took on some pro bono matters, and eventually built a highly successful privacy and data security practice at Shook.

Professional Memberships

Chair Emeritus, The Sedona Conference's Working Group on Privacy and Data Security Liability; Founding Board Member, Privacy Bar Section, International Association of Privacy Professionals; Cybersecurity Committee, Florida Courts Technology Committee

Publications

The Data Security Law Journal - https://www.datasecuritylawjournal.com

For a full list of all publications, visit Al's bio page at https://www.shb.com/professionals/s/saikali-alfred

Personal

Huge Peloton and tech enthusiast.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Privacy & Data Security: Litigation - USA - Nationwide

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Alfred Saikali is chair of the firm's privacy and cybersecurity practice, and he frequently handles data security compliance matters in addition to acting in privacy class actions. His regulatory practice encompasses both domestic and global matters.

Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity - USA - Nationwide

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Alfred Saikali is chair of the firm's privacy and cybersecurity practice, and he frequently handles data security compliance matters in addition to acting in privacy class actions. His regulatory practice encompasses both domestic and global matters.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Al is the type of lawyer that puts his client first and clearly understands the importance of clear and direct communication.

    Privacy & Data Security: LitigationChambers Guide to the USA
  • I love working with Alfred. He is extremely knowledgeable and provides a level of service that is unmatched.

    Privacy & Data Security: LitigationChambers Guide to the USA
  • Al is a go-to attorney on data breach and privacy statute class actions.

    Privacy & Data Security: LitigationChambers Guide to the USA
  • Al is a thought leader in the space and is great to work with.

    Privacy & Data Security: LitigationChambers Guide to the USA

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