Elliot Katz has a multi-faceted practice, handling: legal and policy issues pertaining to connected and automated vehicles; privacy, intellectual property, and complex business litigation; and privacy counseling.

As Chair of McGuireWoods’ Connected and Automated Vehicle practice, Elliot counsels automakers, global tech companies, ridesharing companies, and municipalities on policy, legal, and regulatory issues pertaining to these types of vehicles, and the greater mobility and smart city ecosystems. An advocate who recognizes the important societal benefit of highly automated vehicles, Elliot regularly speaks at automated vehicle events across the country and throughout the world, and has recently discussed his views with media outlets such as The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, Wired, Forbes, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, The National Law Journal, Law360, and TU Automotive. The following is an interview Elliot recently did with Forbes regarding automated vehicles: “Autonomous Vehicles: ‘Zero Human Intervention Is Still Several Years Away’”.