Phillip J. Wiese counsels and defends companies in privacy and cybersecurity, as well as in complex commercial and consumer class action litigation. He helps clients manage data security and other crisis incidents and represents them in any ensuing litigation. Phillip represents clients in US federal and state courts through each phase of litigation, from pre-trial strategy assessments to trial and appeals.
Phillip regularly advises technology and retail clients on compliance with data privacy and cybersecurity requirements, information security policies, and incident response plans. His experience includes the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), state data breach notification laws, among others, in the ever-evolving privacy landscape. Phillip also represents these clients and others through class action lawsuits and consumer protection allegations, finding creative approaches to resolve the matters. While he is adept at counseling clients through legal issues and advocating for favorable settlements, he is equally comfortable taking cases to trial.
Phillip is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He is also a member of the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity practice, as well as its class action working group. He routinely writes articles on recent legal developments related to the data privacy space.
Phillip has an active and wide-ranging pro bono practice. He helped a transgender inmate secure the first-in-the-country sex reassignment surgery and, more recently, worked with the ACLU to support indigent criminal defense in counties across California.
While in law school, Phillip served as a judicial extern for Judge Virginia M. Kendall in the Northern District of Illinois. He was a journalist at a community newspaper before he attended law school.
Member, American Bar Association
Member, San Francisco Bar Association
Former Member, Board of Directors, Eviction Defense Collaborative