Chris Jay Hoofnagle
Professor of Practice
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Biography
Chris Jay Hoofnagle helps students from different disciplinary perspectives understand the effects of law on technology. He is author of Cybersecurity in Context (with Golden G. Richard III, Wiley 2024), The Quantum Age (with Simson Garfinkel) and Federal Trade Commission Privacy Law and Policy (both published byy Cambridge University Press). Hoofnagle is primarily appointed in the School of Law and holds a dual appointment in the School of Information. An elected member of the American Law Institute, Hoofnagle advises emerging technology companies as counsel to Gunderson Dettmer LLP, with a focus on intel- and defense-tech.
He is licensed to practice in California and Washington, D.C.
Education
B.A., University of Georgia (1996)
J.D., University of Georgia School of Law (2000)