Cinthia Granados Motley
Member
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Cinthia Granados Motley is the Director of Dykema’s Global Data Privacy and Information Security Practice Group and also leads Dykema's Business Litigation Practice Group. She has both a recognized U.S. and international practice assisting clients with implementing effective information security practices, addressing current and emerging regulatory compliance issues including cross-border data transfer and information governance as well as litigation readiness and regulatory inquiry matters.
She routinely acts as incident response counsel to national and multi-national entities, as well as privacy litigation counsel. In her litigation practice, Cinthia handles consumer and privacy litigation, international contract disputes, directors and officers liability, ERISA, e-discovery and professional liability matters. She routinely counsels clients in complex commercial disputes both domestically and abroad.
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- DePaul University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2003
- Loyola University Chicago, B.A., 1991
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Bar Admissions
- Illinois
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Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
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Finalist, 2023 Person of the Year – Attorney, Zywave (Advisen) Cyber Risk Awards
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Named to Crain’s Chicago Business “Notable Gen X Leaders in Accounting, Consulting & Law” List, 2021
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Recognized in Latino Leaders Magazine 2019 list of Top Latino Lawyers
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Recognized in Crain's Chicago Business 2018 and 2020 list of Notable Women Lawyers in Chicago
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Recognized in Crain's Chicago Business special report "2018 Chicago’s Notable Minority Lawyers"
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Received the 2017 Corporate International Global Award as Cybersecurity Litigation Lawyer of the Year in Illinois
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Named to the inaugural list of Cybersecurity Trailblazers by the National Law Journal
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Chicago Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” 2012-2013
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Super Lawyers Top Women Attorneys in Illinois in the area of Professional Liability, 2013
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Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals e-Discovery Pilot Program Committee, Privacy and Data Security Project Team, Chair
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DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar
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Chicago Latino Network Association
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IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Adjunct Professor
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Chicago Claim Association, Board Member
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Areas of client focus
Practices
Commercial LitigationData Privacy and Cybersecurity Discovery Management and E-DiscoveryHealthcareHIPAA - Health Information Privacy and SecurityInternational Business DisputesLitigationIllinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)Pixel and AdTech PrivacyArtificial Intelligence and InnovationState Attorneys General![](https://www.dykema.com/a/web/JfsiMHGhXT9Lb3HvtBUeZ/91Du2U/1mm-klein-motley-holmes.jpg)
Cyberattacks in the healthcare industry have increased at an alarming rate, with targets ranging in…
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Colorado just became the first U.S. state to pass a law (Senate Bill 24-205 “SB 24-205” or the…
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During this webinar we will discuss legal challenges and strategies related to ransomware and…