Judith H. Germano

Founder and Lead Counsel

About Judi Germano

After 11 years as a federal prosecutor in the District of New Jersey, serving as Chief of Economic/Commercial Crimes, and prior work at a global law firm in NYC, Judith founded GermanoLaw LLC to provide organizations and individuals with client-focused counsel and representation on complex cybersecurity, privacy, securities, and other financial fraud and regulatory-compliance matters, federal civil and criminal investigations and litigation, internal investigations and crisis management. Judith's legal counsel combines more than 25 years of legal experience, sound judgment, and a keen sense of strategy in a client-oriented, risk management approach.

Judith successfully completed five IronMan 140.6 mile triathlons (2015 through 2019), placing 10th in her age group in 2018 and ranking as an IronMan All World Athlete after an 11:43-hour finish at IronMan Florida in 2019.

Experience

Judith began her career in the United States Federal Courts in 1996, and had judicial clerkships for the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She then began as a litigation associate at Shearman & Sterling. After her time with them, Judith worked as Chief of Economic Crimes and Chief of Commercial Crimes in the United States Attorney’s Office in New Jersey. She also worked in Special Prosecution, Terrorism/National Security, and Public Protection while there. Judith also has been an adjunct professor at New York University and has been a chair member of multiple associations on campus.

Education

Judith H. Germano got her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and graduated cum laude from St. John’s University School of Law, where she had a full tuition academic merit scholarship.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Judith Germano’s publications include:

Third-Party Cyber Risk & Corporate Responsibility
Proposed NY Cybersecurity Regulation: A Giant Leap Backward?
Law Enforcement Online: Innovative Doesn’t Mean Illegal
One More Reason for Companies to Report Data Breaches
Cybersecurity Partnerships: A New Era of Public-Private Collaboration
After the Breach: Cybersecurity Liability Risk
Cyberthreat Spawns New Era of Public-Private Collaboration

Board Positions

TruePic, Inc., Expert Industry Advisor (2020-)
Advanced CyberSecurity Center, National Advisory Board (ACSC) (2020-)
Volatility and Risk Institute at NYU Stern, Faculty Advisory Board (2019-)
Montclair State University, Paralegal Studies Program Advisory Board (2010-)
The Third Way Cyber Enforcement Initiative, Advisory Board (2018-)
FAME GC (Friends of Arts & Music Enrichment GC), Board President and Co-Founder (2021-)

AWARDS

Awarded Edward L. Bernays Primus Inter Pares ("First Among Equals") Award, and Betsy Plank Friends of PRSA National Scholarship. Coordinated national conference in NYC with 80 speakers and more than 800 attendees for the Public Relations Student Society of America, 1990.

Awarded Best Advocate, Criminal Trial Competition. Received the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Advocacy Award during her time at St. John’s University School of Law.

PRESS MENTIONS

Judith has been quoted in Forbes, the Washington Post, NY Times, and elsewhere, and has appeared on BBC News, HuffPost Live, and Microsoft’s Small Business Academy series. Judith was recognized as an NJBiz Top 50 Women in Business in 2019.