Overview

Karen Bridges is Counsel in the national Data Privacy and Cybersecurity team at McDonald Hopkins with experience handling hundreds of cyber incidents and data breaches and class actions relating to data breaches.  Her practice includes helping clients respond to data breaches, cyber-attacks, ransomware incidents and business email compromise situations, including coordinating vendors to assist in remediation, identifying applicable cyber-laws and notifications requirements, law enforcement liaising, messaging and public communications surrounding the incident, minimize exposure to possible litigation, and responding to regulators. She has successfully represented numerous entities responding to data breach class actions, including New York cases that set the standard for standing in data breach cases.

Karen provides counseling on matters relating to HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), CCPA, FERPA, PCI-DSS and various state data protection and breach notification laws.

She is certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US), Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) and Certificate of Information Privacy Manager (CIPM).

In addition to her data privacy practice, Karen has experience handling a wide range of complex business litigation matters, trade secret disputes, and appellate briefing and arguments. Karen also has considerable e-Discovery experience.

Karen earned her J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and her undergraduate degree from DePaul University.

Honors & Recognition

Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, 2024

Credentials

Education

University of Illinois - Chicago School of Law

DePaul University

Admissions – Court

Admissions – State

Professional & Civic

Professional Activities

Chicago Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association

Accreditation

Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US)

Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E)

Certificate of Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)

News & Insights

External News & Publications

Municipalities and schools prepared for cybersecurity defense - Westlaw Today, December 2022

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