Greenberg Traurig Expands its Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice in the Chicago office with the addition of Reena R. Bajowala as shareholder. Bajowala joins from Ice Miller, where she was a partner and chair of the Data Security & Privacy practice.
Bajowala has deep experience with data security, information technology, and privacy law issues from both a counselling and litigation perspective. She investigates data breaches, including in business email compromise, ransomware, or wire transfer fraud scenarios. Bajowala conducts risk assessments, develops privacy and information security compliance programs, and plans for potential data security incidents. In addition, she helps evaluate legal risks relating to emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, connected devices, and drones. Bajowala also has extensive litigation and trial experience. She represents buyers and providers of IT services facing issues ranging from billing and performance disputes to copyright and licensing disputes.
Bajowala is on the steering committee of the Cyber Fraud Task Force and was selected as a 2021-2023 Business Law Fellow in the Cybersecurity Subcommittee for the American Bar Association. She received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School and her B.A. from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.