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Biography

Luke Dembosky co-chairs Debevoise & Plimpton’s global cyber and data privacy practice. He joined the firm in March 2016 after serving as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Justice Department, where he oversaw DOJ’s first national security cyber portfolio. Prior to that, Mr. Dembosky served in various roles over 14 years with DOJ, including as Deputy Chief for Litigation at the Computer Crime and IP Section, DOJ representative at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, and as a federal cybercrime prosecutor in Pittsburgh. He was the senior DOJ official on the Target, Sony Pictures, Home Depot, Anthem and OPM breaches, among many others, and received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for leading the GameOver Zeus botnet takedown. He participated in the negotiation of a 2013 cyber accord with Russia and the historic 5-point agreement signed by President Obama and President Xi Jinping of China in 2015. At Debevoise, Mr. Dembosky advises companies on managing cyber risks, responding to cyber incidents, and handling related internal investigations and litigation matters. He was recently named by the National Law Journal to its list of “Cyber Security Trailblazers,” and is a member of the first International Bar Association Cybersecurity Task Force.