Ed is a partner in the Digital Assets and Data Management Group at BakerHostetler.  He counsels clients, leads investigations, and litigates matters focused on cybersecurity, privacy, digital media, criminal, national security, commercial, employment, governance and intellectual property issues. Ed moves seamlessly between boardroom crisis management, digital investigation and courtroom presentation to mitigate liability or to enforce legal rights and remedies. He also advises clients on Internet speech issues, as well as governmental demands for data and assistance in regulatory, civil, and criminal investigations. Ed served as a cybercrime prosecutor and National Security Cyber Specialist at the U.S. Department of Justice from 2006-2016. Prior to his government service, he was a partner and the deputy leader of the litigation department at an international law firm.  He began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Collins J. Seitz, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.