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James J. Pizzirusso at Hausfeld LLP leads the firm’s data breach and privacy and consumer protection practice groups. Pizzirusso represents consumers and unions in data privacy and cybersecurity litigation, including class actions involving major data breaches. A standout matter involves representing consumer plaintiffs and leading the case against a multinational credit risk assessment company in data breach litigation.
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As a co-founder of the firm and current member of the firm's Management Committee, James has led Hausfeld's Data Breach/Privacy and Consumer Protection practice groups since the firm's inception and courts have personally appointed him to leadership positions in dozens of successful class actions. He has diverse practice centering on cybersecurity and privacy law, but he has also handled cases involving consumer protection, antitrust law (with an emphasis in agriculture), and sports and entertainment law. James' practice also includes domestic and international environmental and public health litigation.
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George Washington University Law School, J.D., with honors, 2001
University of Tennessee-Knoxville, B.A., summa cum laude, 1998
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