David Bender

David Bender is a sole practitioner with extensive Privacy, Intellectual Property, and Information Technology litigation, counseling, and transactional experience. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston Law Center, where he teaches Privacy Law. In 1985 he was a founder of the IP practice at White & Case. Before retiring from White & Case, he headed the firm's global privacy practice. 

      Mr. Bender served in-house at AT&T for ten years, during the latter half of which he was responsible for all IP litigation brought by or against any Bell System company. Before that, he spent five years engaged in antitrust litigation. And before turning to the law, he served as an engineer with the Ford Motor Company's aerospace division and as a mathematician with Hughes Aircraft.

 Bar Admissions: New York; US Patent and Trademark Office

Publications: Bender on Privacy and Data Protection (3rd ed. published in 2013 by LexisNexis); Computer Law published in 1978 and presently in Release #63 (LexisNexis, 6 loose-leaf volumes); over 100 articles in law reviews and conference proceedings.

Memberships

  International Association of Privacy Professionals 
  International Technology Law Association (President, 1999-2000)
  Association of the Bar of the City of New York 

Super Lawyers

 New York City Metro Super Lawyer in Information Technology (2006 -- 2011).
 One of the 25 best lawyers in the Westchester Co. Area (2009 - 2011)

Education

 S.J.D. (Dissertation: Computer Evidence and Procedure), George Washington University
 LL.M. in Patent Law, George Washington University
      Research Fellow to Professor Irving Kayton
 LL.B., University of Pennsylvania
 Sc.B. in Applied Mathematics, Brown University