BOSTON – June 27, 2024 – Jeffrey W. Greene, co-chair of the Boston Litigation Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP and co-chair of the firm’s global eDiscovery & eRetention Practice, was named a 2024 “Go To” Lawyer for Cybersecurity and Data Privacy by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Greene and his fellow honorees are featured in the publication’s June 24 edition. He also received this recognition in 2022.
“Go To” Lawyers are nominated by their peers and chosen by a panel from Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Honorees are selected for demonstrating in-depth knowledge in their field and deep experience with a record of success, according to the publication.
“We congratulate Jeff on receiving this well-deserved recognition. His handling of cybersecurity, data privacy, and security governance issues is unmatched, and has set him apart as a trusted advisor to our clients,” Co-Managing Shareholders of the firm’s Boston office David J. Dykeman and Terence P. McCourt said in a joint statement.
Greene is an experienced trial lawyer who focuses his practice on litigation and investigations that involve complex legal, factual, and data-management issues. In addition to his litigation practice, Greene represents companies on a broad range of data privacy and security governance issues, including managing transnational data flows, navigating conflicts between foreign privacy laws and U.S. compliance obligations, regulation of advertising and marketing practices, privacy regulation of employee data, due diligence in sales of corporate assets, records management, and responses to government surveillance requests.
Greene also has deep experience guiding companies through virtually all facets of cybersecurity, including developing policies and procedures before an incident arises, addressing the important actions immediately following a breach. Having served as lead counsel responding to hundreds of data breach, ransomware, and other data privacy situations, Greene leads his clients through security incidents, including investigations, containment, remediation, communications, and contractual and legal obligations.