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Dominique Shelton Leipzig

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, Fintech, Technology

"Dominique is extremely strong and very well known in the market."
Chambers USA

Overview

Dominique Shelton Leipzig is a Chambers-ranked partner in Mayer Brown's Los Angeles office and a member of the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice. She leads the firm’s Ad Tech Privacy & Data Management team. She also serves as leader of the firm’s Global Data Innovation team and, in that role, Dominique advises CEOs and Board Members on their fiduciary duty of oversight as it relates to emerging digital and data technologies, including generative AI. She is one of the country’s top privacy, artificial intelligence and data lawyers and her considerable experience helps clients navigate the evolving legal compliance issues related to privacy, artificial intelligence and data security for their digital data initiatives. In her forthcoming book, Trust: Responsible AI and Data Leadership, Dominique has pioneered a step-by-step approach for successfully optimizing digital technology through responsible data stewardship.

Watch Dominique’s interview with Bloomberg on the subject of AI at a recent policy meeting of the US Senate.

Experience

US Privacy Counseling

Ad Tech Counseling

  • Advising website and online services operators on privacy and data security issues relating to ad tech (including behavioral tracking, privacy disclosures for tracking and consent).
  • Advising health tech companies on privacy and data security marketing initiatives relating to health data.
  • Advising fintech companies on privacy and data security initiatives involving health tech.
  • Assisting large retail chains on privacy and cybersecurity compliance in the areas of cloud, Big Data and mobile.

Recognition

  • Named in The Recorder for “Woman Leader in Tech Law”, September 13, 2023
  • Named in Engatica for “Top 40 Data Privacy Pioneers to Follow in 2023”
  • Listed in Chambers USA for Privacy & Data Security, 2020 - 2022
  • Listed in Chambers Global for Privacy & Data Security, 2021 - 2022
  • Named one of the “Top 100 Women Lawyers in California” by the Daily Journal, 2021

Education

  • Brown University, BA
  • Georgetown University Law Center, JD

Admissions

  • California

Courts

  • US District Court for the Central District of California
  • US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • US District Court for the Northern District of California
  • US Supreme Court

Languages

  • English
  • French

Professional & Community Involvement

  • The National Black Lawyers
  • International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Board of Directors, 2020
  • Certified US Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
  • Federal Bar Association of Los Angeles, Board of Directors
  • Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 2011 – 2017
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