Partner Kirk Nahra, co-chair of WilmerHale’s Big Data Practice and Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice, was featured in the latest edition of IAPP’s “Profiles in Privacy” series. According to the publication, the series “features a monthly conversation with a notable privacy professional to discuss their journey in privacy, challenges and lessons learned along the way, and more.” In his profile, Nahra discusses the evolution of his legal career and his commitment to mentoring young privacy minds.
Excerpt: When Kirk Nahra, CIPP/US, talks about his career, the WilmerHale partner and Cybersecurity Privacy Practice co-chair doesn’t give the impression that he is a leading voice on privacy and cybersecurity matters in the U.S.
Undoubtedly, however, Nahra, who counsels clients from a wide variety of industries, is a go-to resource on data security and cybersecurity issues, analyzing and implementing health care, privacy and data security laws in the U.S. and beyond. For his leadership and knowledge in the space, Nahra was awarded the Vanguard Award in 2021 by the IAPP, an organization he has been involved with from its inception more than 20 years ago — serving as the first editor of The Privacy Advisor publication, as a member of the organization’s board of directors and most recently ending a term on its Publications Advisory Board.