Erin M. Prest
Partner, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
McCarter & English, LLP
Erin M. Prest focuses her practice on Cybersecurity & Data Privacy guidance. As the former Privacy & Civil Liberties Officer and Deputy General Counsel at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Ms. Prest’s deep experience lies at the intersection of federal privacy law and data security strategy. She provides counseling and business strategies regarding data privacy, incident response planning, and the evaluation of new enterprise technologies at all stages of the information lifecycle. She advises clients on data breaches, collection and use of sensitive information such as biometric data and commercially available information, and artificial intelligence (AI). In her previous role, she served as one of three executives overseeing the use of AI, provided final privacy and civil liberties approval for various tools and systems, and worked extensively on different data sharing processes.
Ms. Prest earned her JD from Case Western Reserve School of Law and BA from the University of Michigan. After law school, she entered the government as a counterterrorism analyst through the Presidential Management Fellows Program and served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.