Gene Fishel
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Member of CLM Since: 2022
CLM Committees
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CLM Contributions
- Speaker - 2022 CLM Focus: November
Articles
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Practice Areas
- Cyber Liability
- Social Media/Technology (Data Security/Privacy)
Biography
Gene Fishel currently serves as Senior Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the Computer Crime Section in the Virginia Attorney General's Office. In this capacity he enforces Virginia's privacy and database breach notification laws, directs prosecutions of child exploitation, computer trespass, computer fraud, and identity theft cases in state courts across Virginia, and serves as Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia where he prosecutes digital-based crimes in federal court.
During his nineteen-year tenure, Gene has helped to draft and enact sweeping reforms to privacy and computer crime laws in Virginia and has handled many novel and complex federal and state prosecutions.
Prior to his time at the Attorney General’s Office, Gene served as law clerk for the Second Judicial Circuit in Virginia Beach, VA. He received his JD from Wake Forest University and his BA, magna cum laude, from James Madison University
Education
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Admissions/Licenses
- Bar Admissions: VA