Sherwin M. Yoder, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, and CIPM

Experience

• Serve as GDPR Data Protection Officer and Chief Privacy Officer for software technology provider for clinical research studies
• Coached national on-line retailer of high-end specialty products through data breach involving customer payment card information in 42 states and territories and post-breach compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS)
• Advise international workplace technology provider on GDPR compliance and processor contract negotiation
• Counsel municipality through response to online bank account compromise and fraudulent ACH transaction and complex governance and liability issues
• Advise Regional Education Service Center on compliance with student data privacy laws and negotiate technology vendor contracts
• Negotiated indemnification to recover data breach notification costs from corporate client’s hacked data hosting vendor despite lack of written services agreement
• Coached healthcare practice through HIPAA privacy breach resulting from employee forgery of patient checks and theft of patient credit card numbers
• Advise regional health insurer on compliance of proposed business plan with HIPAA marketing rules
• Coached national builder of mall retail shops through breach notification and other legal issues arising from ransomware attack
• Guide review and implementation of HIPAA compliance program for professional accounting and advisory firm
• Advise and provide webinar training to staff of international national nonprofit organization on development of written information privacy and security audit program
• Guided response of regional nonprofit provider of social services in response to incident involving breach of sensitive medical diagnosis in potential violation of HIPAA Privacy Rule
• Counseled national affordable housing developer concerning compliance issues arising from research and data collection from tenants aimed at providing targeted social services
• Prosecute theft of trade secrets and recovery of HIPAA privacy breach costs arising from theft of competitive and member personal information by departing employee and coach insurer through multiple regulator notification
• In computer crime and misappropriation of trade secrets case, secured employer-friendly federal appellate court decision providing novel interpretation of state statute governing court jurisdiction over out-of-state former employees
• Part of defense team that obtained noninfringement rulings for local distributor and Taiwanese manufacturer of coaxial cable connectors in action brought in the U.S. International Trade Commission
• In pro bono engagement for owner of home damaged by fire, obtained damages award against home improvement contractor that failed to finish job and made client whole through successful application to Connecticut Home Improvement Guaranty Fund
• In pro bono appointment for state inmate, obtained substantial settlement from federal government in civil forfeiture action
• For national internet software retailer, favorably resolved trademark and copyright infringement claims asserted by worldwide software maker
• Served as counsel for all check fraud prosecutions for regional banking institution

Before Carmody

Before joining our firm, Sherwin clerked for the Honorable Alvin W. Thompson of the U.S. District Court in Hartford. Sherwin draws upon his experience with federal court clerks, judges, magistrates and government lawyers in order to counsel clients and out-of-state attorneys about federal practice in Connecticut. Before law school, Sherwin worked his way from examining short- and long-term disability claims for The Hartford Life Insurance Company to drafting group disability policies and advocating before state insurance commissioners.