Neil litigates commercial cases and advises clients on privacy, cybersecurity, and technology law. He litigates in state and federal courts, handling major industrial accident, business tort, environmental, insurance, and construction claims before trial and appellate courts. Additionally, he has argued before the General Accounting Office, defended clients in enforcement actions before the SEC, arbitrated broker-customer disputes before the Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and arbitrated construction claims before the American Arbitration Association.  He has a special interest in privacy and security issues affecting software developers and manufacturers supplying products for the “Internet of Things.” He holds Certified Information Privacy Professional—United States (CIPP/US) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) designations from the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Neil was Co-Editor in Chief of the Sedona Conference’s Commentary on Law Firm Data Security, and is a former Steering Committee member for the Sedona Conference’s Working Group 11 on Data Security and Privacy Liability (WG11).