David Cunningham

Managing Assistant General Counsel and Director of Privacy Law @ The Hartford

About

VP, Managing Associate General Counsel & Director of Privacy and Data Law at The Hartford focusing on privacy, cyber security and AI legal advice and governance, data incident response, contractual support, training and education, and law and regulation implementation. Previously focused on IP areas including patent portfolio building and management, third party patent issues, patent litigation, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights. Manage a team of 6 attorneys and 3 support staff. Specialties Intellectual Property, patent prosecution, patent litigation, patent opinions, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, privacy, cybersecurity, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, social media, contracts.

Country

United States

City

Avon

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

Intellectual Property, Patents, Licensing, Patent Litigation, Due Diligence, Patent Prosecution, Trade Secrets, Social Media, Patent Portfolio Management, Intellectual Property Strategy, Trademark Infringement, Technology Contracts, Domain Name Disputes, Business Methods, Team Leadership, Copyright Litigation, Insurance, Electronics, Semiconductors, Software Patents

Experience

Managing Assistant General Counsel and Director of Privacy Law

The Hartford

2017-8 - Present · 9 yrs 2 mos

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Lead the Privacy Law Unit focusing on privacy and cybersecurity legal advice and governance, data incident response, contractual support, training and education, and law and regulation implementation. Manage team of three attorneys and two support personnel to provide legal guidance on all applicable federal, state and international privacy and information protection laws (e..g, GLBA, HIPAA, CCPA, GDPR and the NY DFS Cybersecurity Regulation).

Assistant General Counsel and Director of Intellectual Property and Privacy Law

The Hartford

2012-6 - 2017-7 · 5 yrs 2 mos

Lead the Intellectual Property Law Unit responsible for all corporate patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret issues. Manage patent portfolio, IP litigation issues and negotiate IP agreements. Also lead the Privacy/Cybersecurity Law team in managing privacy program and policies, incident response protocols and privacy and cybersecurity legal issues. Support Social Media and new technology legal issues.

Assistant General Counsel and Director of Intellectual Property Law

The Hartford

2010-1 - 2012 · 2 yrs

Lead the Intellectual Property Law Unit responsible for all corporate patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret issues. Also serve as chief lawyer advising the corporate Digital Commerce Group on issues including social media, technology contracts, mobile devices and innovation.

Assistant General Counsel and Director of Patent Law

The Hartford

2007-7 - 2009-12 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Created new patent function at The Hartford consisting of two attorneys and two support staff. Responsible for all patent related legal issues including patent strategy, prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, IP due diligence and third party patent issues.

Senior Patent Counsel

Hitachi

1999 - 2007 · 8 yrs

Responsible for all intellectual property issues for Hitachi America, Ltd. and its subsidiaries. Industries included consumer electronics, digital media, automotive, wireless, enterprise storage, telecomunications, semiconductor and industrial systems.

Associate Attorney

Baker Botts/Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond

1993 - 1999 · 6 yrs

Performed patent prosection, patent litigation, patent studies and opinions, licensing, client counseling and copyright litigation. Clients included companies in financial services, software, electronics, univerisites and mechanical industries.