Judith H. Germano advises public and privately-held companies on cybersecurity and privacy matters, and represents companies and individuals on complex white-collar criminal and regulatory-compliance issues. As the founding member of GermanoLawLLC, Judith has counseled clients on matters of corporate governance, internal investigations and crisis management, and criminal as well as civil defense. Judith also serves as a Senior Fellow on Cybersecurity, and Adjunct Professor at NYU School of Law and NYU Stern School of Business, focusing on critical cybersecurity and privacy issues, and leading the Center on Law & Security’s cybersecurity task force of corporate executives and senior government officials. Judith is admitted in both federal and state courts in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
Judith previously was Chief of Economic Crimes at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey. A federal prosecutor for 11 years, Judith supervised and prosecuted complex criminal cases of national and international impact, involving cybercrime, securities and other financial fraud, identity theft, corruption and national security. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Judith worked at Shearman & Sterling in New York, handling a wide variety of corporate civil, antitrust, bankruptcy and white-collar criminal matters. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph M. McLaughlin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the Honorable Dominic J. Squatrito of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Judith received her J.D. degree, with honors and a full academic scholarship, from St. John’s University School of Law, and received her B.S. degree from Cornell University.
Judith lectures nationally and internationally on issues related to cybersecurity, privacy, financial fraud, private and public-sector corruption (including FCPA), ethics, and national security. Directors & Boards Magazine has recognized Judith as a “cybersecurity expert.” Judith recently was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Jersey’s special committee to examine ethical issues regarding metadata. Judith’s recent publications include: “Cybersecurity Partnerships: A New Era of Collaboration,” and “After the Breach: Cybersecurity Liability Risk,” both available at www.lawandsecurity.org/Publications/CLS-Originals.