Cindy Cohn

Cindy Cohn is an American civil liberties attorney specializing in Internet law. She represented Daniel J. Bernstein and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in Bernstein v. United States.

Cindy Cohn
Cindy Cohn photographed in Berkeley, California, in 2014
Born	United States
Education	Bachelor of Arts/Science, The University of Iowa Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Michigan London School of Economics

Education

She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa and the London School of Economics and her Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Michigan.^[1]

Law Career

In 1997, Cohn was recognized by California Lawyer Magazine as one of the "Lawyers of the Year" for her work. After serving for 15 years as legal director and general counsel^[2] for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, she became its executive director in 2015.^[3][4]

In addition to Bernstein, some of Cohn's significant cases include Hepting v. AT&T (class action against AT&T for collaborating with the National Security Agency program to wiretap and data-mine Americans' communications), In re Sony BMG Tech. litigation (class action against Sony BMG for placing dangerous digital rights management (DRM) on customers' computers), OPG v. Diebold (Diebold was held liable for sending out unfounded cease and desist notices to internet service providers (ISPs) in an effort to stop public discussion of the flaws in its electronic voting machines), and DVD CCA v. Bunner^[5] (representing Andrew Bunner against the DVD Copy Control Association defending his right to republish a computer program that he found republished elsewhere on the Internet).^[6]

Awards and honors

In 2006, Cohn was named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by the National Law Journal. In November 2018, she was featured among "America's Top 50 Women In Tech" by Forbes.^[7] Cohn also serves on the board of directors of the nonprofits Human Rights Advocates ^{[citation needed]} and the Verified Voting Foundation.^[8]