Lucy L Thomson

Lucy Thomson brings deep knowledge of legal and technology issues with complex emerging technologies; law enforcement, private sector, and government perspectives on challenging cybersecurity and privacy issues; a large portfolio of ABA publications she has authored; and experience as a proven ABA leader. Ms. Thomson is the founding principal of Livingston PLLC, a Washington, D.C. law firm. Through her unique background as an attorney and cybersecurity engineer, and work at the intersection of...See more

Lucy Thomson brings deep knowledge of legal and technology issues with complex emerging technologies; law enforcement, private sector, and government perspectives on challenging cybersecurity and privacy issues; a large portfolio of ABA publications she has authored; and experience as a proven ABA leader. Ms. Thomson is the founding principal of Livingston PLLC, a Washington, D.C. law firm. Through her unique background as an attorney and cybersecurity engineer, and work at the intersection of law and technology - as a white collar crime prosecutor and civil rights litigator in the Criminal and Civil Rights Divisions of the U.S. Department of Justice, senior principal engineer at CSC, a global technology company, and Consumer Privacy Ombudsman (CPO) in 35 federal bankruptcy cases - she is an authority on a broad range of critical cybersecurity and global data privacy issues. Recently appointed the CPO in the Celsius Network case (S.D. N.Y.), one of the largest cryptocurrency bankruptcies, she is responsible for evaluating the sale of "assets" consisting of sensitive personal information and has overseen the disposition of more than 350 million electronic consumer records. Her assessment of the work of the consumer privacy ombudsman and privacy risks in bankruptcy cases is featured in Sensitive Personal Data for Sale in Bankruptcy--An Uncertain Future for Privacy Protection , in the Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, 2017 Ed. She has made significant contributions in the legal profession and inspired others through her leadership on the D.C. Bar Board of Governors (two terms), Bar Secretary, and President of the Women's Bar Association of D.C. and its Foundation. She has been recognized by her peers for excellence in legal practice through her election to membership in the American Law Institute (ALI) and the ABA House of Delegates (since 2004) and as an elected Alumni Trustee of Phillips Academy/Andover. This year she co-authored ABA Resolution 604 on Artificial Intelligence (AI) that was passed unanimously by the House of Delegates at the New Orleans mid-year meeting. She co-authored the election cybersecurity Resolution 118 and two prior cyber resolutions. She has spoken on dozens of ABA programs. She served as 2012-13 chair of the Science & Technology Law Section, and a member of the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2009-11). Ms. Thomson is a founding member of the Cybersecurity Legal Task Force, an ABA Life Fellow, and has served on the Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress and as ABA Advisor to the Uniform Law Commission. A prolific writer, she is co-editor of The Internet of Things (IoT): Legal Issues, Policy, and Practical Strategies and editor of the Data Breach and Encryption Handbook , and a contributing author on cybersecurity America Votes ! (4th Ed.), The Cybersecurity Handbook (3d Ed.), Homeland Security and Emergency Management (3rd Ed.), and Bioinformatics Law . Internationally, Ms. Thomson served as a Legal Advisor to the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). For APEC, she focused on implementing the APEC Privacy Framework in Peru, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, and presented a report on her capacity-building privacy work at the senior officials meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ms. Thomson is a frequent speaker at technology conferences such as RSA, the largest security conference in the world. Her... See less