Michael Sobol, with Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein.

Tell us about your biggest client wins this year. In [the firm's] children's online privacy cases, the court in allowing the claims to go forward acknowledged, "Current privacy expectations are developing, to say the least … a key issue raised in these cases … [includes] whether a commercial entity that secretly harvests it commits a highly offensive or egregious act." [The firm] settled [its] Google Street View case arising under federal privacy laws prohibiting interception of Wi-Fi communications. The settlement helps ensure privacy in those communications and provides funding to nonprofit organizations working to protect citizens' privacy.

What's the best lesson you learned as a young lawyer? Be prepared, get on your feet, believe in what you are doing. Prepare.

What's been the most significant change in your practice area, and how have you adjusted? [T]he judiciary and society at large appear to now be recognizing the profound jeopardy to our civil rights posed by the pervasive surveillance of our daily lives.

Share an interesting fact about your firm that few know. A product of the firm's long historical record is its depth of experience in a broad range of practice areas.

Submitted by Michael Sobol, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein senior partner.