Stephanie Siemek is a trainee in the Strategic Demoracy Initatives Program.

Sherrese Smith is the global managing partner of Paul Hastings. In this role, Smith helps direct the growth, management, and strategy of the firm. She previously served as vice chair of the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practice. She 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, Smith served as chief counsel to Chairman Julius Genachowski at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Prior to joining the FCC, she was vice president and general counsel of Washington Post Digital. She 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. 

Smith holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina and a Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.