Anne Peterson > McGuireWoods LLP > Pittsburgh, United States > Lawyer Profile
McGuireWoods LLP Offices
TOWER TWO-SIXTY, 260 FORBES AVENUE
SUITE 1800
PITTSBURGH, PA 15222-3142
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Anne Peterson
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Anne focuses her practice on data privacy and security, incident response, information governance and e-discovery. She routinely advises clients on a broad array of issues related to federal, state and industry compliance, as well as defensible internal policies and procedures to protect and leverage sensitive information.
Anne has handled numerous data breach events from initial discovery to resolution including investigation, federal and state notification analysis, remediation and corrective action. Her experience spans diverse industry sectors, including energy, healthcare, manufacturing, banking, retail, travel, technology services, education, private equity, global food services and construction. Anne also routinely counsels international clients regarding global privacy and security, cross-border data transfers and defensible policy implementation.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
The data privacy and security team at McGuireWoods LLP is recommended for its ‘depth of knowledge‘, experienced in the development and implementation of privacy policies along with incident response and planning. Andrew Konia heads the Virginia-based team from Tysons, with Janet Peyton among the team members in Richmond. The pair are described as ‘exceptional’; Konia focuses on preventative measures to protect against breaches, while Peyton combines intellectual property and data privacy expertise. In New York, Anne Peterson handles breach response matters along with regulatory compliance.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense