Aravind Swaminathan is a global co-chair of the firm's Cybersecurity & Data Privacy team, which is nationally ranked by The Legal 500, and recognized "for having an aggressive yet practical approach to solving cyber issues."
Aravind is accomplished trial lawyer, litigator, and former federal prosecutor, with extensive experience in cybersecurity and data breaches, government and internal investigations, and privacy-related matters. Aravind advises clients in proactive assessment and management of internal and external cybersecurity risks, breach incident response planning, and corporate governance responsibilities related to cybersecurity. Aravind has directed dozens of internal data breach investigations and cybersecurity incident response efforts, including incidents with national security implications. He also represents companies and organizations facing cybersecurity and privacy-oriented class action litigation that can often follow a breach. Aravind is a sought-after speaker on cybersecurity issues, including threat landscapes, mitigation strategies, incident response plans, and threat management in mobile device ecosystems. Aravind also previously served on the City of Seattle’s Privacy Advisory Committee.
Until 2013, Aravind was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, where he served as one of the district's Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Section attorneys. He led the United States Attorney's Office cybercrime outreach program for the Western District of Washington, where he worked with members of the Department of Justice, regulators, law enforcement and other organizations on cybersecurity and related privacy issues. As a prosecutor, Aravind investigated and prosecuted a broad array of cybercrime cases including ones involving hacking, phishing, theft of trade secrets, click fraud, cyber threats, and identity theft.
Aravind also is an experienced first-chair trial and appellate lawyer, who has represented companies and individuals in government and internal investigations involving FCPA, healthcare, tax, money laundering and fraud-related allegations. Aravind draws from his considerable experience as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Complex Crimes Unit where he investigated and prosecuted complex investment schemes, corporate fraud and embezzlement, securities fraud, tax evasion and the nation’s largest bank failure. Aravind has represented clients in a broad array of civil litigation, as well, including securities and shareholder derivative litigation, consumer class action litigation, trade secret litigation, and other complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts, in arbitration and mediation, and in proceedings against the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice.
