Buchanan Adds Counsel in Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Practice Group
NEW YORK - Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney continues its strategic growth with the addition of Kurt Sanger as counsel in its cybersecurity and data privacy practice group. He supports clients in matters involving cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, privacy compliance, public policy and government relations.
"We are extremely excited to welcome Kurt to the Buchanan cybersecurity and data privacy practice group,” said Michael McLaughlin, principal and co-leader of the group. “He is a significant addition to our bench with a deep understanding of cybersecurity, national security, and data privacy issues. He will provide immeasurable value to clients across every industry preparing for, responding to, and recovering from cybersecurity incidents and the evolving protections around data privacy.”
Sanger focuses on helping clients navigate risks to their information technology and build comprehensive security programs to maximize the value of technology's safe and effective use. His experience in law and technology has touched on diverse fields such as insurance, foreign investment, government procurement, cooperative relationships with federal departments and agencies, and information technology and data protection issues arising from mergers and acquisitions.
“I am thrilled to join Buchanan’s impressive cybersecurity and data privacy practice group,” said Sanger. “I look forward to helping it to continue to grow and enhance our support to clients navigating technology’s toughest challenges.”
Prior to joining Buchanan, he served as an attorney in the U.S. Marine Corps for over 23 years, to include assignments in staff judge advocate offices (military equivalent of general counsel offices) for multiple organizations and as senior legal advisor to the Afghan National Army. In litigation, Sanger served as defense counsel for over 175 clients and prosecuted over 70 cases as counsel for the U.S. Government.
At U.S. Cyber Command from 2014 to 2022, he served as lead attorney for plans, policy, domestic and international partnerships, and legislative affairs, later as lead attorney for operations and intelligence, and finally as the Command’s Deputy General Counsel. He retired from the Marine Corps as a Lieutenant Colonel in November 2022. He is a Non-Resident Fellow with the Army Cyber Institute at West Point and a Senior Non-Resident Advisor with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, DC-based think tank.
Sanger holds an LL.M. in National Security Law from Georgetown University Law Center and a law degree from Benjamin Cardozo School of Law.