Ilya Smith provides counsel to clients related to privacy, data security, and regulatory compliance that clients can implement.
Education
J.D., University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 2002, Fulbright Fellow—Mexico City for the study of International Business and Trade
B.A., Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, 1999
State Bar Licenses
Illinois
Experience*:
- Successfully managed three class action lawsuits following a major, enterprise-wide security incident while advising client on the implementation of proactive risk mitigation strategies contributing to a favorable settlement with plaintiffs and recognition by regulators of best in class incident response and vendor management programs.
- Effectively managed a cross-functional team to perform enterprise-wide GDPR gap assessments and designed and implemented policies, processes, notices, and consent frameworks for clients in the clinical research, health services, education services, and professional services industries.
- Designed and implemented inaugural Privacy Program and Privacy and Data Governance frameworks fora major public R1 research Higher Education Institution.
- Successfully negotiated hundreds of negotiations with client vendors leading to robust Privacy and Cyber Security protections of client data and the inclusion of terms transferring risks to vendors.
*Experience completed prior to joining Clark Hill.