Lucy Thomson

Principal and Attorney, Livingston PLLC

Lucy Thomson, Esq., CISSP, CIPP/US/G, focuses her legal practice on cybersecurity, global data privacy, and compliance and risk management. Appointed Consumer Privacy Ombudsman in 20 major bankruptcy cases, she has overseen the sale of 240 million consumer records. A career Justice Department Attorney, she litigated complex white collar crime cases and drafted legislation and policy in the Criminal Division. Working as a Senior Engineer at CSC, a global technology company, she was appointed a DHS ISSO. A Past Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Science & Technology Law, she is a member of the ABA Cybersecurity Legal Task Force and Editor of the ABA Data Breach and Encryption Handbook. She earned a master’s degree from RPI and holds a J.D. degree from Georgetown.