James Watson

Jim Watson is a partner in Ice Miller’s Litigation Practice Group. Jim has spent more than 20 years working in federal law enforcement in cyber security and data privacy. His experience in information security, data protection, privacy, crisis management, ethics, compliance, cryptocurrency, internal investigations and emerging technologies allows him to ready companies for cyber events through cyber risk assessment, incident response preparedness, and data breach response, to assess the privacy issues with emerging technologies, and to utilize his investigative skills in sensitive matters. Jim is an FBI Certified Cyber Instructor and holds Global Information and Assurance Certifications (GIAC) in the Law of Data Security & Investigation (GLEG) and a GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC).  His work has been recognized by the FBI with its Medal of Excellence and by the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association with the National Award for Investigative Excellence.  He was also recognized by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children with a Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award.