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− | '''Alex Urbelis''' is a lawyer specializing with IP law, domain names, online privacy, and [[New gTLD Program|new gTLDs]]. He is an Associate with Steptoe (Steptoe & Johnson LLP), in their New York City office.<ref>[[ICANN 45]] Interview</ref><ref>[http://www.steptoe.com/about.html About, Steptoe.com]</ref> | + | '''Alex Urbelis''' is a lawyer specializing in IP law, domain names, online privacy, and [[New gTLD Program|new gTLDs]], and has extensive experience with portfolio domain management and [[UDRP]] proceedings.<ref name="linkedin">[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alex-urbelis/1/aab/25a Alex Urbelis, LinkedIn.com. Updated 2015 June 8.]</ref> He is currently Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Legal Counsel at Richemont in New York City.<ref name="linkedin"></ref>, and was formerly an Associate with Steptoe (Steptoe & Johnson LLP).<ref>[[ICANN 45]] Interview</ref><ref name="linkedin"></ref> |
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| Mr. Urbelis is a member of the [[IAPP|International Association of Privacy Professionals]], [[INTA]], [[ISOC]] and New York University's Privacy Research Group. | | Mr. Urbelis is a member of the [[IAPP|International Association of Privacy Professionals]], [[INTA]], [[ISOC]] and New York University's Privacy Research Group. |
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| Pro bono services include appellate representation in immigration and death penalty proceedings as well as extensive litigation on behalf of indigent tenants.<ref>[http://www.steptoe.com/professionals-703.html Professionals, Steptoe.com]</ref> | | Pro bono services include appellate representation in immigration and death penalty proceedings as well as extensive litigation on behalf of indigent tenants.<ref>[http://www.steptoe.com/professionals-703.html Professionals, Steptoe.com]</ref> |
| ===Background=== | | ===Background=== |
− | Alex Urbelis recognized the possibilities and need for IT law early on, as he studied as a full-time undergraduate while simultaneously working nearly full-time as a software programmer. He noted the tension technology stirs between free speech and the public interest, and it became the legal area he wanted to explore further. Notable experience includes a 1L internship with the Army JAG Corps, a full-time externship with a Vermont Supreme Court Justice, and a research position at Dartmouth's Institute for Security Technology Studies, which is a national center for cyber security and counterterrorism research and analysis. He also participated in a graduate fellowship in the office of General Counsel of the CIA, where he provided legal advice to the Terrorist Threat Integration Center, now known as the National Counterterrorism Center.<ref>[http://www.vermontlaw.edu/Career_Paths/Alumni_Profiles/Alexander_Urbelis.htm Alexander Urbelis, VemontLaw.edu]<ref> | + | Alex Urbelis recognized the possibilities and need for IT law early on, as he studied as a full-time undergraduate while simultaneously working nearly full-time as a software programmer. He noted the tension technology stirs between free speech and the public interest, and it became the legal area he wanted to explore further. Notable experience includes a 1L internship with the Army JAG Corps, a full-time externship with a Vermont Supreme Court Justice, and a research position at Dartmouth's Institute for Security Technology Studies, which is a national center for cybersecurity and counterterrorism research and analysis. He also participated in a graduate fellowship in the office of General Counsel of the CIA, where he provided legal advice to the Terrorist Threat Integration Center, now known as the National Counterterrorism Center.<ref>[http://www.vermontlaw.edu/Career_Paths/Alumni_Profiles/Alexander_Urbelis.htm Alexander Urbelis, VemontLaw.edu]</ref> |
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− | He has been featured as an expert on cyber security issues on television and radio programs. | + | He has been featured as an expert on cybersecurity issues on television and radio programs. |
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| Mr. Urbelis’s dissertation from Oxford received a distinction from the Law Faculty; it focused on communication carriers’ compliance and privacy issues arising from the European Union’s new data retention directive.<ref>[http://www.steptoe.com/professionals-703.html Professionals, Steptoe.com]</ref> | | Mr. Urbelis’s dissertation from Oxford received a distinction from the Law Faculty; it focused on communication carriers’ compliance and privacy issues arising from the European Union’s new data retention directive.<ref>[http://www.steptoe.com/professionals-703.html Professionals, Steptoe.com]</ref> |
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| + | ===Education=== |
| + | * B.A., Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| + | * J.D., Vermont Law School |
| + | * BCL, Law, University of Oxford<ref name="linkedin"></ref> |
| ==References== | | ==References== |
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