Jason’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, incident response management, cybersecurity/data breach issues, and government regulatory matters. Jason’s complex commercial litigation experience is in cyber security/data breach matters, class action defense, and financial services issues in both state and federal courts. Jason’s clients include Fortune 500 companies such as major retailers and financial services institutions, and he often represents clients in high-profile class actions resulting from data exposures, including the largest reported data breach in history.

In addition to his litigation experience, Jason has robust expertise in cyber security, incident response management, and enterprise information security remediation programs. His internal investigation work has involved regulatory, compliance, and enforcement advice with governmental entities such as the FTC, Federal Reserve Bank, FDIC, OCC, FBI, and the US Secret Service. Jason regularly speaks and publishes articles about information security issues as well as class action litigation subjects.

Jason was a law clerk for the Hon. Hugh Lawson of the US District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, and an intern for the Hon. Margaret H. Murphy of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, Emory University School of Law, Bankruptcy Developments Journal, Executive Articles Editor; Moot Court Society, National Team Member, Georgia Intrastate Team Member, and Coach, 2003

BA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, summa cum laude, College Scholars in Spanish and Legal/Cultural Studies; Phi Beta Kappa, Whittle Scholarship, 1999

• Defended and prosecuted a variety of commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts (including multi-district litigation and trial experience) throughout the United States. Many of these matters involved national consumer lenders and creditors in connection with a variety of consumer litigation in Georgia and the surrounding states, specifically with regard to mortgage issues, alleged violations of federal lending statutes such as TILA, RESPA, and FCRA, alleged violations of state statutes regulating mortgage lenders, common law tort claims, and aggressive creditor actions. 
• Defended state and federal class actions involving national banking associations' transaction posting order, insurance companies' claims evaluation software, internet service provider and payment processor's early termination fees, and cyber security issues. 
• Conducted internal investigations regarding cyber security, consumer services outsourcing, banking and other regulatory compliance, cyber intrusions of financial institutions and retailers, and information security remediation. 
• Advised financial institutions and consumer product companies on regulatory compliance for information security issues. 
• Has extensive pro bono experience in both state and federal courts, including multiple appeals.

• Member, American Bar Association, 2006-present
• Member, Atlanta Bar Association, 2005-present
• Lamar Inn of Courts

• “On the Rise” honoree, Daily Report, 2016
• Empire State Counsel Honoree, 2014, 2015 (for pro bono service)
• E. Randolph Williams Community Service Award, 2006-2010, 2012-2013
• Selected as “Georgia Rising Star,” Georgia Super Lawyers Magazine, 2012, 2013
• 2012 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll
• Atlanta Legal Aid Superman Award, 2013

• Federal Court: Seventh Circuit States Data Breach Class’ Allegations Against Neiman Marcus Satisfy Article III Standing, Hunton & Williams Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
• Federal Court: Data Breach Class Action Against Sony Survives Motion to Dismiss, Hunton & Williams Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
• USA - Washington D.C., Chapter 32, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Class & Group Actions
• Chapters on Trials and Statistical Sampling, A Practitioner's Guide to Class Actions (3d edition), American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
• The Increasing Failure of ‘Overpayment’ Claims In Data Breach Litigation Against Retailers, Bloomberg BNA Class Action Litigation Report, 16 CLASS 1174
• Update Chapter on Statistical Sampling as a Basis for Extrapolating Liability, in A Practitioner’s Guide to Class Actions (Marcy Hogan Greer, ed.)
• Federal Court: Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Doctrine Upheld for Materials Associated with Internal Data Breach Investigation, Hunton & Williams Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
• Aggregation Aggravation: Cappuccitti’s Effect On CAFA, Law360: Class Action Law
• The Increasing Failure of ‘Overpayment’ Claims In Data Breach Litigation Against Retailers, Bloomberg BNA Privacy and Security Law Report
• Chapter on Class Action Trials, in A Practitioner’s Guide to Class Actions, (Marcy Hogan Greer, ed.)
• Putative Data Breach Class Action Against Uber Dismissed Without Prejudice, Hunton & Williams Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
• Update Chapter on Class Action Trials, in A Practitioner’s Guide to Class Actions (Marcy Hogan Greer, ed.)
• Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Deskbook (1,400-page treatise and annual updates), Aspen Publishers, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
• Efficacy of FCRA claims based on stolen data in data breach cases, Westlaw Journal: Computer & Internet
• Data Breach Resource Center
• THE BRIEF: Spring 2022 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly
• THE BRIEF: Summer 2022 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly
• THE BRIEF: Spring 2023 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly
• THE BRIEF: Fall 2023 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly
• Class Certification And Multidistrict Litigation Hurdles For Business Interruption Claims, Mealey’s Litigation Report: Insurance
• Chapters on Trials and Statistical Sampling, A Practitioner's Guide to Class Actions (2d edition), American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
• D.C. Circuit Steadies the Barko Bus: Clarification of the Attorney-client Privilege in Corporate Internal Investigations and Post-Barko Developments, Bloomberg BNA Corporate Law & Accountability Report