A Hacker-Lawyer's View on Blockchain, Big Law and Cybersecurity
In this episode of Unprecedented, Alexander Urbelis of New York's Blackstone Law Group talks about how he went from teenage hacker to Big Law attorney, and how that unusual path has shaped his legal practice.
March 08, 2018 at 02:41 PM
2 minute read
There probably aren't many attorneys who started down the road to law by attending hacker meetups— but Alexander Urbelis of New York's Blackstone Law Group is not your typical attorney.
In the latest episode of Law.com's Unprecedented podcast, Urbelis speaks with host Ben Hancock about his unusual career path from getting involved with 2600: The Hacker Quarterly, to becoming a lawyer for the U.S. Army JAG Corps and the CIA, and later joining Big Law. He also discusses the evolution of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the biggest legal challenges facing the internet, how his background has shaped his information security-focused legal practice.
“Having that mindset of questioning the rules and questioning authority I think is a really great, complementary skillset to being a lawyer,” Urbelis says. “And I think that if you take the natural extension of what my definition is of a hacker, I think that probably the best lawyers would qualify as hackers as well.”
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