Lucy L. Thomson

Lucy Thomson, CISSP, is Founding Principal at Livingston PLLC, a Washington, D.C. law firm that focuses on legal and technology issues related to cybersecurity, global data privacy, compliance and risk management.

She is Past Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Science & Technology Law and editor of the ABA best-selling Data Breach and Encryption Handbook. A career white collar crime prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice and a former senior engineer at a global technology company, she worked as a government Information System Security Officer (ISSO) and Privacy Advocate.  Appointed Consumer Privacy Ombudsman in 25 of the largest federal bankruptcy cases, she has overseen the disposition of 250 million electronic consumer records.