Bart has a systems engineering and intellectual property background and experience in privacy and information security matters that spans the modern history of the practice area. He provides advice concerning a wide range of matters within his field, including privacy and cybersecurity program development, software and data licensing, cybersecurity crises (such as ransomware extortion), and data breach preparedness and response. Bart regularly supports clients both in the negotiation of information technology transactions and license agreements and as to compliance with privacy and data protection regulations on a national and international scale, including with respect to laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Bart regularly works and speaks on privacy and security matters for the financial services, energy, health care, transportation, construction, and other industry sectors. He holds a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law and a B.S.E. from Princeton University in Civil Engineering & Operations Research with a Certificate in Engineering and Management Systems.
Bart is admitted to practice law in Texas, New York and California, and before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. He has appeared in federal and state courts across the country, including in precedent-setting online copyright and privacy matters.
Bart is a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/US, and he recently completed two terms on the Certifications Advisory Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Bart is a cybersecurity fellow for the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas, and he has served as a visiting fellow of the Center for Information Technology at Princeton University. He is an adjunct professor, teaching Privacy Law: Personal Data Under US and EU Law at the University of Texas School of Law and he has been appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to the Texas Privacy Protection Advisory Council.