Anna Mercado Clark

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Phillips Lytle

Partner, Chair of Data Security and Privacy, e-Disc and Digital Forensics

Anna Mercado Clark, Esq., CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP is a partner at Phillips Lytle LLP, a full service law firm in the U.S. and Canada. She focuses her practice in the areas of business and commercial litigation, as well as data security and privacy. As a former district attorney, she also handles white-collar criminal matters and investigations. She leads Phillips Lytle’s Data Security & Privacy and e-Discovery and Digital Forensic Practice Teams and routinely counsels sophisticated clients on these issues. She is a member of EDRM at Duke Law, a community of e-Discovery and legal professionals who create practice resources to improve e-Discovery and information governance, including cross-border discovery in light of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). She regularly speaks at national and international conferences as a subject-matter expert on these issues. She is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University, School of Law.



Ms. Clark obtained her BA in Biology from Rutgers University and J.D. from Fordham University School of Law. She was recognized in Crain’s New York Business Notable Women in Law 2022 publication, named to The Responsible 100 list in City & State magazine, named to the Lawyers of Color’s Inaugural Nation’s Best List and is a recipient of the Hon. Denny Chin ‘78 Alumni Awardee for Excellence in the Legal Profession from the Fordham University School of Law Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, among other awards.

 

Contributions by Anna Mercado Clark

  • Cryptocurrency Developments: Privacy and Security Issues and Regulations
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2022
  • Cross-border Data Transfer in a Post-GDPR World: Effective Management Strategies
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2019