Sean Wieber > Winston & Strawn LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Winston & Strawn LLP Offices
35 WEST WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO, IL 60601-9703
ILLINOIS
United States
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Sean Wieber
Work Department
Complex Commercial Litigation
Career
https://www.winston.com/en/professionals/wieber-sean-g
Sean focuses his practice on a variety of complex commercial and class action litigation matters. As co-chair of Winston’s Global Privacy & Data Security and Regulated Personal Information (RPI) practices, Sean has vast experience advising clients on privacy, data breach, and consumer matters (brought as class actions or as individuals) under various federal and state laws that are primarily enforced through private right of action, such as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA), the Florida Security of Communications Act (FSCA), and the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). He is also the Chair of the firm’s TCPA, BIPA, and GIPA litigation practices.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
Containing ‘experts in the field’, Winston & Strawn LLP represents clients in privacy and data litigation, including acting class actions and biometric-related litigation. The firm is well-versed in state and federal regulatory frameworks including the TCPA, BIPA, CCPA and CIPA. Based in Chicago, Alessandra Swanson, an advisor to healthcare, retail, media and e-commerce companies, and Sean Wieber, an expert privacy litigator, lead the team. Los Angeles-based Kevin Simpson is well versed in privacy and consumer protection legislation.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Industry focus > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: plaintiff
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Government > Government contracts