Adam Bookbinder has been named for a second time as a “Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Go To Lawyer” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Co-head of Choate’s Government Enforcement & Compliance Group, Adam advises clients on a wide range of cybersecurity and data privacy issues, including responding to cybersecurity incidents, conducting internal investigations and cybersecurity reviews, preparing incident response plans, complying with data privacy laws, interfacing with law enforcement agencies, and increasing preparedness. He also defends clients in class action data privacy and data misuse litigation. Prior to private practice, Adam spent fourteen years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, and four years as chief of the Office’s Cybercrime Unit where he supervised the investigation and prosecution of computer and intellectual property crime, including computer intrusions, data breaches, network attacks, theft of trade secrets, copyright and trademark infringement, and online fraud. In this role, he worked with the FBI, Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to identify and respond to priority cybercrime threats, and was chosen as the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s National Security Cyber Specialist, investigating cybercrime committed by nation-states and hackers affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations, and serving as the U.S. Attorney’s Office liaison to the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division for cyber matters. Adam also served in the office’s Economic Crimes Unit, where he led financial fraud, securities fraud and healthcare fraud investigations, prosecutions, and trials throughout his tenure in the office. Adam has been recognized for his accomplishments in privacy and data security by Best Lawyers in America and Legal 500, as well as receiving the “Director’s Award for Superior Performance,” by the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys. Also of note, Adam is a member of the Boston Bar Association’s (BBA) White Collar Crime Steering Committee; and former co-chair of the (BBA) Privacy, Cybersecurity and Digital Law Section Steering Committee and Privacy & Cybersecurity Conference Advisory Committee. In addition to his professional distinctions, Adam is a regular guest lecturer on the topic of cybersecurity and data privacy at MIT, Boston College, and at other colleges and universities, as well as for the BBA and other major conferences.