Elizabeth B. Vandesteeg

Elizabeth B. Vandesteeg, CIPP is a partner in the Financial Services & Restructuring Group at Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC in Chicago, where she focuses on identifying risk exposure and mitigating liability for clients, with a concentration in the areas of bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, commercial litigation, and data security and privacy. She represents secured creditors, debtors, unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, landlords and shareholders in bankruptcy courts throughout U.S., as well as clients in civil litigation in federal and state courts. She also advises clients on data security and data privacy compliance and regulatory issues. Ms. Vandesteeg is a Certified Information Privacy Professional for the U.S. Private Sector by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and she advises clients on cybersecurity and privacy compliance and regulatory issues. She also guides clients in developing and implementing information security programs that are reasonable and appropriate for their specific business needs and risks, as well as advising them in responding to data breaches, and was instrumental in launching the ABI Journal’s Cyber U column. She is especially well-versed with ethical concerns for lawyers related to cybersecurity and AI use. Previously, Ms. Vandesteeg was with Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP, where she was a partner and member of the firm’s Executive Committee. She also is a member of ABI’s 2017 inaugural class of “40 Under 40,” and sits on ABI’s Board of Directors. Ms. Vandesteeg received her B.A. from Columbia University and her J.D. from Boston College.