Full Name
John Carlin
Job Title
Partner
Company
Paul Weiss
Speaker Bio
John P. Carlin is co-chair of Paul, Weiss’s Investigations Practice Group, chair of the Cybersecurity & Data Protection Practice Group and chair of the National Security Practice Group. He advises industry-leading organizations on privacy, cybersecurity, crisis management, CFIUS, sanctions and export control, white collar defense and internal investigations. He has served in top-level roles in both Republican and Democratic administrations, including as Acting Deputy Attorney General of the United States, the top national security official for the U.S. Department of Justice and Chief of Staff of the FBI.
John has been cited as a leading authority on cyber and economic espionage by major media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, and has been featured on CBS’ 60 Minutes. He is co-author of Dawn of the Code War, an analysis of American efforts to defend against cyberattacks by foreign powers, and of the second edition of Cybersecurity Law Fundamentals, a primer on U.S. cybersecurity developments. John is the Founding Chair (now Chair Emeritus and Strategic Advisor) of the Aspen Institute’s Cybersecurity and Technology program, a cross-disciplinary forum for industry, government and media to address emerging digital threats and craft policy solutions.
Appointed Acting Deputy Attorney General and then Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, John occupied “one of the most powerful and under-the-radar posts in the Justice Department,” according to The New York Times, advising on major prosecutions and top DOJ priorities, including FBI oversight, cryptocurrency theft and investigations of actors known to have helped Russia evade sanctions. He also played a pivotal role in instituting the DOJ’s current approach to cybersecurity, national security and corporate criminal enforcement.
John’s practice focuses on advising companies in responding to a variety of urgent global, national security and cyber threats and he advises clients across all industries on crisis management, company-crippling cyber incidents, regulatory strategy and CFIUS issues.
John has been cited as a leading authority on cyber and economic espionage by major media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, and has been featured on CBS’ 60 Minutes. He is co-author of Dawn of the Code War, an analysis of American efforts to defend against cyberattacks by foreign powers, and of the second edition of Cybersecurity Law Fundamentals, a primer on U.S. cybersecurity developments. John is the Founding Chair (now Chair Emeritus and Strategic Advisor) of the Aspen Institute’s Cybersecurity and Technology program, a cross-disciplinary forum for industry, government and media to address emerging digital threats and craft policy solutions.
Appointed Acting Deputy Attorney General and then Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, John occupied “one of the most powerful and under-the-radar posts in the Justice Department,” according to The New York Times, advising on major prosecutions and top DOJ priorities, including FBI oversight, cryptocurrency theft and investigations of actors known to have helped Russia evade sanctions. He also played a pivotal role in instituting the DOJ’s current approach to cybersecurity, national security and corporate criminal enforcement.
John’s practice focuses on advising companies in responding to a variety of urgent global, national security and cyber threats and he advises clients across all industries on crisis management, company-crippling cyber incidents, regulatory strategy and CFIUS issues.
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