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Kirsten Thompson

I’m all about data. I help companies protect data, acquire and enrich data, monetize data, develop and implement a data strategy, and effectively handle incidents when their data escapes into the wild. My focus is on guiding companies as they become data-driven and embrace the digital economy, especially in the areas of transformative technologies such as AI, fintech, big data analytics, autonomous vehicles and connected objects/Internet of Things.

I advise and guide clients on privacy laws and compliance, cybersecurity, and other data-related issues. In addition to my advisory work, I also have a litigation practice, and have been counsel on some of the largest and groundbreaking data breach cases and class actions in North America. My legal advice is pragmatic, business-focused, and solution-oriented (see our fixed-fee suite of solutions, Dentons Data).

For fun, I cook extravagant meals, take wine courses, and torment my soon-to-be-wife with my enthusiasm for 1930s/1940s hurtin’ country music and post-war Paris jazz.