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A former DOJ cybercrime prosecutor and former director of PwC’s cyber forensics group, Kim delivers top-of-the-line cyber-risk management and cybersecurity counsel to her clients. She led benchmark cybercrime cases as a former senior litigator for the DOJ’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. Kim’s background as a 25+ year information-security professional enhances her practice in managing technical cyber investigations, assisting clients with data-security-related regulatory inquiries, and advising boards and senior executives in cybersecurity and risk matters. She services clients in matters of privacy, national security process and requests, and payment systems compliance and risk mitigation.
Co-chair, firm’s Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team; co-chair, firm’s National Security & Digital Crimes Team; founder, Alston & Bird Ransomware Fusion Center; co-founder, Alston & Bird’s Women in Cyber Network; former director, PwC’s cyber forensics group; former senior litigator, Department of Justice Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section; Cybersecurity Docket “Incident Response 30/40/50” 2016–2025; CNN Declassified; BTI Consulting Group “Client Service All-Star.”
NACD Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight; Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP); U.S. Secret Service Cyber Investigations Advisory Board; Practising Law Institute, Privacy and Cybersecurity Law co-chair, 2022.
University of Munich, Germany
LLM
1997
Georgetown University
JD
1996
University of Wisconsin
BA
1992
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Alston & Bird Adds Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Partner Kelly Hagedorn in London
Alston & Bird has expanded its Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team with the addition of partner Kelly Hagedorn in the firm’s London office. With extensive cyber incident response experience, Kelly advises clients on data protection, regulatory enforcement, and privacy litigation.
Alston & Bird Creates Ransomware Fusion Center
As ransomware actors mature their tactics, Alston & Bird’s Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team has created a Ransomware Fusion Center to help organizations enhance their ransomware readiness and response protocols.
Alston & Bird Adds Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Partner Jennifer Everett
Alston & Bird has further enhanced its Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team with the addition of partner Jennifer Everett to the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Alston & Bird Adds Former U.S. National Security Deputy Assistant Attorney General Kellen Dwyer
Alston & Bird has expanded its national security, cybersecurity, and data privacy litigation capabilities with the addition of former U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) cyber and national security prosecutor Kellen Dwyer as partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Alston & Bird Launches Women in Cyber Network
Alston & Bird has launched the Women in Cyber network, a unique and innovative program that brings together private practice and in-house lawyers, cybersecurity practitioners, and IT professionals to tackle the need for cross-functional engagement in addressing enterprise cybersecurity risk.
Alston & Bird Adds Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Partner Kelly Hagedorn in London
Alston & Bird has expanded its Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team with the addition of partner Kelly Hagedorn in the firm’s London office. With extensive cyber incident response experience, Kelly advises clients on data protection, regulatory enforcement, and privacy litigation.
Alston & Bird Creates Ransomware Fusion Center
As ransomware actors mature their tactics, Alston & Bird’s Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team has created a Ransomware Fusion Center to help organizations enhance their ransomware readiness and response protocols.
Alston & Bird Adds Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Partner Jennifer Everett
Alston & Bird has further enhanced its Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team with the addition of partner Jennifer Everett to the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Alston & Bird Adds Former U.S. National Security Deputy Assistant Attorney General Kellen Dwyer
Alston & Bird has expanded its national security, cybersecurity, and data privacy litigation capabilities with the addition of former U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) cyber and national security prosecutor Kellen Dwyer as partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Alston & Bird Launches Women in Cyber Network
Alston & Bird has launched the Women in Cyber network, a unique and innovative program that brings together private practice and in-house lawyers, cybersecurity practitioners, and IT professionals to tackle the need for cross-functional engagement in addressing enterprise cybersecurity risk.