John Heitmann and Jameson Dempsey
Communications and privacy lawyers; formerly Kelley Drye & Warren
There are ten billion devices already connected to the Internet of Things and within ten years, people estimate it will be hundreds of billion.
John Heitmann is a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in Washington, D.C., where he leads a communications and technology practice ranked by Chambers USA, having moved his team from Kelley Drye & Warren in 2022. He counsels communications providers and technology companies on FCC regulation, privacy and data security, and consumer protection, and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). He has been recognized by Chambers USA, The Legal 500, and Best Lawyers in telecommunications and data privacy, and named a "Trailblazer" by the National Law Journal.
Jameson Dempsey is a technology attorney and community builder. After practicing in the communications and privacy groups at Kelley Drye & Warren, he became a residential fellow at CodeX, the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and serves as a global director of Legal Hackers, the worldwide movement fostering creative problem-solving at the intersection of law and technology. He has been recognized in The Legal 500 for data protection and privacy and received a Fastcase 50 award. He clerked for Magistrate Judge Roanne L. Mann of the Eastern District of New York and was Editor-in-Chief of the Brooklyn Law Review.