Sherrese Smith is the global managing partner of Paul Hastings, a global law firm. She helps direct its growth, management, and strategy. She previously served as the vice chair of its data privacy and cybersecurity practice. 

Smith is known as one of the country’s preeminent data privacy and cybersecurity, and media and technology, attorneys, and is consistently ranked as a leading lawyer in Chambers USA and Legal 500. Before joining Paul Hastings, she served as chief counsel to Chairman Julius Genachowski at the Federal Communications Commission. Prior to joining that agency, she was vice president and general counsel of Washington Post Digital.

Smith serves on the board of directors of Gen Digital and Cable ONE. She is also vice chair of the Northwestern Pritzker Law Board and a member of the University of Maryland’s journalism school board. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina and a law degree from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.

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