Charina Michaud represents businesses and individuals in a wide range of cybersecurity and data privacy claims, including ransomware, business email compromises, and other privacy breach matters. She also assists clients with state and federal regulatory investigations and advises clients regarding data security events that trigger notification obligations under applicable federal and state law.

Before joining Wilson Elser, Charina was a litigation associate in a mid-sized Chicago law firm, defending corporations and other businesses in insurance litigation matters. As part of her practice, she took and defended depositions and regularly appeared in state and federal courtrooms.

    Education

    • DePaul Law School (J.D., 1994)
    • University of Illinois (B.A., summa cum laude, 1991)

    Bar Admissions

    • Illinois

    Court Admissions

    • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

    Languages

    • Tagalog