Profile details
About Beth George
Beth leads the firm’s strategic risk management practice. With a deep background in national security and technology, Beth regularly advises boards of both private and public companies on risk management and governance, including advising on governance related to artificial intelligence, data practices and cybersecurity, content management, and geopolitical events.
Beth has worked at senior levels across the U.S. federal government, most recently serving as the Acting General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in 2021. Previously, Beth served in various roles for the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), including as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, as a Professional Staff Member and Counsel to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. and in the White House as Associate Counsel in the Office of the White House Counsel. In the White House, Beth provided led responses for the office on cybersecurity and national security matters, including the response to the largest U.S. government data breach at the Office of Personnel Management.
Beth has lectured at the UC Berkeley School of Law on surveillance law and technology, at Stanford University's law and international policy schools on cyber law and policy, and at Stanford Business School on cybersecurity for executives. She serves as a senior adjunct fellow for the New York University School of Law's Center for Law and Security and is a member of the American Law Institute.
Recent work
- Represents clients in inquiries before the Federal Trade Commission and by state Attorneys General
- Serves as the standing cybersecurity advisor multiple multinational companies
- Advised multiple companies on responses and mitigation to open source vulnerabilities, including Log4j
- Conducted an internal investigation regarding alleged foreign agents insider threats for a semiconductor company
- Advised a company on how to prepare for impact that potential geopolitical turmoil in Taiwan would have on its global operations
- Advised multiple companies on ransomware attacks
Qualifications
Education
- Beth received a J.D. degree magna cum laude from New York University School of Law in 2010 and an undergraduate degree summa cum laude from New York University in 2001. Following law school, Beth served as a law clerk at the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel, and then to Chief Judge Theodore A. McKee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.