Christopher Ott

Chris Ott, CIPP/US, works with clients on disputes, investigations, and strategy relating to data security, privacy, blockchain, and AI issues. Chris has been the lead attorney on hundreds of matters involving the intersection between white collar matters (accounting, securities, money laundering) and cybercrimes (from international criminal gangs to state actors). Chris spent more than 13 years at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) successfully litigating complex data security matters, conducting hundreds of investigations, and winning dozens of appeals, Chris, who has won more than 30 complex federal trials, has recently brought his problem-solving mindset to cases involving proof of stake, stable coin technologies, and business disputes centered on cybersecurity.