Scott C. Hall | Coblentz Law

Scott Hall is co-chair of the firm’s Litigation practice and leads the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy group. He advises a wide range of clients on data privacy and cybersecurity issues, including in connection with regulatory compliance for federal and state privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), assisting companies in responding to data breaches, and advising on data privacy implications of business transactions. He is certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a Certified Information Privacy Professional for U.S. laws and regulations (CIPP/US) and for European laws and regulations (CIPP/E), including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

Scott also practices complex civil litigation in federal and state court at the trial and appellate levels. He has broad experience in a wide range of commercial litigation, including consumer class actions, general business disputes, trademark and copyright infringement actions, and in defending claims brought under various federal and state statutes, including the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and California Proposition 65. He has conducted numerous internal investigations on behalf of audit and special committees in connection with inquiries and proceedings by law enforcement and regulatory agencies. Scott’s clients include companies in the advertising, financial, food and beverage, electronics, entertainment, technology, and telecommunications industries.

He is a frequent author and speaker on privacy and cybersecurity-related topics, including the California Consumer Privacy Act, data breach response and data security, and privacy issues related to drone law.

Scott also serves as the firm’s assistant general counsel.

Prior to joining Coblentz, Scott practiced litigation at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP in Silicon Valley. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable William W Schwarzer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation on the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Third, Sixth and Ninth Circuits.

Scott is a member of the State Bar of California and the Bar Association of San Francisco. He is admitted to practice in all federal districts in California, as well as before the Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

He earned his law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he served as an Executive Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Scott received his B.A. in Political Science, cum laude, from Brigham Young University.

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