Amy L. Carlson
Experience
Amy Carlson is Of Counsel in the Corporate group with more than 20 years of
experience assisting clients with a wide range of privacy matters. Using her
understanding of the intersection of law and technology along with her understanding
of business, she helps companies develop and implement privacy policies, plans and
audits, as well as manage data breaches. Amy also has experience with e-commerce,
intellectual property, telecommunications, security policy, international privacy and
export control issues. Amy is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and a
Certified Information Privacy Manager by the International Association of Privacy
Professionals.
Before joining Stoel Rives, Amy was the Chief Privacy Officer at Leidos, Inc. (20132015), Chief Privacy Officer and Vice President for Legal (2007-2013) and Corporate
Counsel (2004-2007) at SAIC, a partner at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (2001-2004) and at
Of Counsel
Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds (1994-2001), and an associate at Dewey
Washington, DC
Ballantine LLP (1992-1994).
(202) 398-1762 direct
(202) 621-6394 fax
Representative Work
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Assisted multibillion-dollar companies which have international health, national
security and engineering business lines.
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Managed the response to the largest reported U.S. health data breach affecting
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Education
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approximately 4.9 million individuals and another health data breach affecting
approximately 880,000 individuals.
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University of Southern California, J.D.,
1991
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Provided privacy counseling and negotiated contracts in the following areas:
University of Southern California,
Marshall School of Business, M.B.A.,
Privacy Act of 1974, state privacy laws, Federal government and state agency
1991
privacy regulations, GLB, FCRA, FACTA, CAN-SPAM, EU Data Protection Directive,
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UK Data Protection Act, Canada PIPEDA, PCI DSS, BYOD, outsourcing of IT and
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, M.S.,
Electrical Engineering, 1987
Recipient, GTE Corporation Fellowship
other corporate functions, ethics and compliance, genetic testing and biometrics.
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Carnegie Mellon University, B.S.,
Professional Honors and Activities
Electrical Engineering, 1986
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Recipient, Excellence in Ethics: Mind Our Business Campaign, Leidos, 2014
Delta Gamma Tau Beta Pi
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Recipient, Achievement Award for Excellence in Corporate Responsibility, Team
Eta Kappa Nu (electrical and computer
engineering honor society)
Member of the Protecting Information Program, SAIC, May 2013
Presentations
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“Cyber Security and Patient Privacy,” Alaska State of Reform Health Policy
Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 2015
Admissions
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District of Columbia
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California
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New York
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Virginia
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U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Amy L. Carlson
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Trade Secrets and Data Breaches: A Privacy Perspective," ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law Annual Meeting, Chicago,
Illinois, July, 2015
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Presenter, Data Protection & Privacy Law Compliance Seminar, Marcus Evans Conference, Arlington, Virginia, July, 2012