Forensics Investigations and Legal Theories Relating to Damages in Data Breach Class Actions

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• Casie Collignon, JD, Partner, Baker Hostetler LLP, Denver, CO

  Casie Collignon is a partner in the Denver office of the national law firm of Baker & Hostetler LLP. Named a 2016 "Colorado Lawyer of the Year" by Law Week Colorado, Casie has achieved significant accomplishments in class action litigation, thereby limiting exposure and business risks for her clients. Casie views class action defense with professional maturity, from a business perspective first and a litigation perspective second, taking whatever avenue is most advantageous to get the results her clients desire. While zealous representation is often accompanied by aggressive legal strategy, she also believes there is a time and place for cooperation in most litigation contexts. This approach has led to substantive and economic rewards for her clients. In the data privacy area, Casie assists clients with their most complex issues, including data breach and other privacy-related class actions. She is often sought out to represent healthcare companies, businesses with substantial online services and business in the social media space. With little precedent for certification in such cases, class actions are particularly challenging because damages are pursued based on statutory penalties with no individual damage requirements. Casie's practice also includes complex business litigation experience, involving litigation surrounding the insurance, consumer, financial services and oil and gas industries. In this respect, Casie works closely with her clients to understand the history, context and practicalities underlying any given dispute. It is her experience that these intangibles are just as important as the legal precedent in any litigation involving these industries. Casie is the group leader for the Denver Litigation Group, as well as the hiring partner for the Denver office.

• David Dunn, Managing Director, FTI Consulting, Inc., Philadelphia, PA

  Mr. Dunn has more than 17 years of advising multinational corporations, financial firms and institutional investors on risk and opportunities in markets around the world. In addition, he’s built and lead a series of highly successful consulting teams within the professional services sector. At FTI Consulting Mr. Dunn leads teams that handle a broad range of cybersecurity matters including breach response, complex cybersecurity investigations, advanced cybersecurity assessments and strategy, crisis management, litigation support and investigations, source code review, cyber-regulatory compliance, and advanced threat detection and prevention. Before joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Dunn was Head of Corporate & Global Markets Advisory Services and a member of the Executive Leadership Team at Eurasia Group, a political risk consulting and advisory firm. In that capacity, Mr. Dunn oversaw a number of the firm’s largest clients as well as managed all aspects of the firm’s primary business lines, including leadership of the sales and business development staff located in New York, Washington D.C. and London. While at Eurasia Group Mr. Dunn was responsible for implementing a number of significant firm-wide initiatives including a strategic shift from “information service provider” to “trusted advisor” by creating and building the firm’s corporate consulting practice, marrying political risk with traditional management consulting. Prior to his work at Eurasia Group, Mr. Dunn spent 13 years on Wall Street working with institutional investors and public corporations. He began his career at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette and Credit Suisse First Boston in New York and was most recently Head of Capital Markets at Brean Capital, an independent investment bank and asset management firm. In that role, he managed the firm’s equity research, sales, and trading departments and was responsible for opening and overseeing the firm’s office in Beijing, China. In addition to those responsibilities, Mr. Dunn worked in tandem with the investment banking group where he oversaw the successful placement of approximately $2 bn in equity transactions. Mr. Dunn received his B.A. in European History from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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