Shelly Hall is a partner in the Chicago office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. Shelly has over 15 years of experience handling in government, private practice, and in-house. In government, she was a Law Clerk at the Federal Trade Commission where she mined metadata in a country wide crackdown on internet gambling companies targeting children. She was also a Law Clerk at the Securities and Exchange Commission where she assisted in enforcement. In private practice, Shelly handled complex insurance issues and corporate matters for businesses in private practice. During her time as an in-house lawyer, Shelly served as Claim Counsel handling cyber claims from social engineering to ransomware to one of the largest data breaches of all-time. She also served as a Product Leader as part of a Chief Underwriting Officer team where she developed resources and delivered training internally and externally.

In the data privacy context, Shelly advises companies as they anticipate cybersecurity threats, including by providing incident response plans and facilitating tabletop exercises, and represents them as they address data security incidents and related third-party civil litigation. She assists companies in complying with the requirements of state data breach notification statutes as well as various federal regulations and statutes. She also facilitates forensic investigations and the provision of credit monitoring and identity restoration services to individuals whose information is impacted in data security incidents. Shelly's background as a leader and professor allows her to develop and deliver real-world training on data privacy and cybersecurity issues. Her handling of complex insurance matters and cybersecurity claims provides her with unique insights into liabilities that emanate from data security incidents.

Before joining Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Shelly was working as a professor and instructor at the collegiate, graduate and law school levels. She continues to serve as faculty for select undergraduate law and J.D. level courses.

Publications

Pro Bono & Philanthropy

Certifications

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • Illinois
• State Supreme Courts
  • Illinois Supreme Court
• United States District Courts
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Admissions

Illinois

The Supreme Court of Illinois

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Education

University of Georgia School of Law

Juris Doctor, 2004

• Law Clerk
  • Summer 2003 - Federal Trade Commission
  • Spring 2004 - Securities and Exchange Commission
• Leadership, Honors & Activities
  • University of Georgia Student Bar Association, member and elected Senator in 2001-2002
  • Research assistant by Professor Thomas Schoenbaum for published textbook, The World Trade Organization: Law, Practice and Policy, Oxford University Press, 2003, with name credits
  • London Law Consortium and British Legal Externship program, 2003 (1 of 5 selected)

Illinois Wesleyan University

Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 2001

• Double Major: Economics and Political Science, Minor: International Studies with Diplomatic emphasis
• Economics Research honors
  • John Wesley Powell Research honors conference presentation, “Misery and Militarization: High Military Expenditure and Minimal Development in India, 2001
  • The Park Place Economist, “Chile: The Success of a Developing Country,” co-author, April 2000.
• Leadership, Honors & Activities
  • Pi Sigma Alpha: National Political Science Honor Society, elected President and member
  • Omicron Delta Epsilon: National Economics Honor Society, member
  • Alpha Lambda Delta: Women’s Honor Society, elected Executive Leader and member
  • Titan Law Club: elected President and member
  • United States Marine Corp, Qualifying Officer Candidate and Weekend Warrior