David Bender is Special Counsel, Data Privacy, at GTC Law Group, and is an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center, and at Pace University Law School. He is also the author of Bender on Privacy and of Computer Law, both published by LexisNexis. Dave was a co-founder of the Privacy practice at White & Case LLP and formerly headed that practice; he also founded White & Case’s Intellectual Property practice. He specializes in implementing cross-border transfers of personal data, handling data security breach notification matters, advising clients on diverse privacy issues under various federal and state laws, and developing privacy compliance plans for multinational corporations. For several years, he headed the IP Litigation Department at AT&T, where he was responsible for all IP litigation brought by or against any Bell System company. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, and has delivered over 300 presentations on Privacy and IP issues across the United States and in 19 other countries. He is a past president of the International Technology Law Association. Dave is admitted to practice law in New York, and to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Before turning to the law, Dave served as an engineer with the aerospace division of the Ford Motor Company, and as a mathematician with Hughes Aircraft. He has an Sc.B. in Applied Mathematics from Brown University, an LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, an LL.M. in Patent Law from George Washington University Law School, and an S.J.D. from George Washington.