Overview
Bert is a member of the Constangy Cyber Team and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a member of our incident response team, Bert applies several years of experience managing responses to data privacy and security incidents. He assists clients with a variety of data privacy and security matters, including ransomware, business email account compromises, social engineering, and the recovery of funds stolen in fraudulent wire transfers and ACH payments. These responsibilities include facilitating digital forensics investigations, network restoration projects, ransom negotiations, public relations, consumer notification, remediation services, and responding to state and federal regulatory investigations. As a former litigator, he is keenly aware of the third party liability that can arise during the incident response process, and he guides clients to mitigate that risk.
Bert is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and served five years in the Marines as a Communications officer. He earned his law degree at Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law and is licensed in both state and federal courts in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. During the first four years following law school, Bert gained experience in various types of litigation as an associate. Since 2019 he has focused his practice on helping clients of all types and sizes respond to hundreds of data privacy and security incidents.
Practices
Education
Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law
- J.D., May 2015
United States Naval Academy
- B.A. in History, May 2007
Bar & Court Admissions
- New Jersey, 2015
- Philadelphia, 2015