James P. Melendres

• Stanford Law School (J.D.)
• Dartmouth College (A.B., cum laude, with high honors)

• Lex Mundi Global Cyberbreach Rapid Reaction Force
• Stanford Law School Phoenix Regional Chapter, Co-Chair (2016-present)
• Arizona Supreme Court Task Force on Court Management of Digital Evidence, Member (2016 – 2018)
• Hispanic National Bar Association
• Los Abogados Hispanic Bar Association

Selected Media Coverage

• "Elizabeth Holmes’s Ex-Boyfriend Hopes to Escape the Verdict She Didn’t," Quoted, The New York Times (March 9, 2022)
• "Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Is Convicted on 4 Counts," Quoted, WIRED (January 3, 2022)
• "Closing Arguments Begin in the Trial of Elizabeth Holmes," Quoted, New York Times (December 16, 2021)
• "Ex-Theranos Manager Tells of Unrelenting Pressure From Holmes," Quoted, Bloomberg Law (September 17, 2021)
• "Holmes' Mental State Key To Fraud Defense, Legal Pros Say," Quoted, Law360 (August 30, 2021)
• "US v. Elizabeth Holmes: The Case Against Theranos' Ex-CEO," Quoted, Law360 (August 27, 2021)
• "Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Is Ready for Her Day in Court," Quoted, Bloomberg Businessweek (August 20, 2021)
• "Biden Could Use Obama-Era Tools To Counter Sprawling Hack," Quoted, Law360 (December 17, 2020)
• "John Bolton's book publisher subpoenaed, DOJ investigating disclosures in 'The Room Where It Happened'," Quoted, USA Today (Septebmer 15, 2020)
• "Justice Department Begins Criminal Probe Over Bolton Book," Quoted, The Wall Street Journal (September 15, 2020)
• “Internal Investigation Finds Admission Scandal at USD Limited to One Coach,” The San Diego Union-Tribune (August 29, 2019)
• "Companies Should Up Cybersecurity Efforts as Trump Council Frays," Quoted, Bloomberg BNA (August 30, 2017)
• "Trump Cybersecurity Council Resignations Could Mean Disruption for Cybersecurity Policy," Quoted, Legaltech^© News (August 29, 2017)
• "What Attorneys Need to Know About Trump's Opioid Policies," Quoted, Law360 (August 9, 2017)
• "The Morning Risk Report: Odebrecht Corruption Case Breaks New Ground," Quoted, The Wall Street Journal (April 19, 2017)
• "Cyber Spies," Quoted, Legaltech^© News: A Special Report, Corporate Counsel Magazine (February 2017)
• "Odebrecht Case Shows Cooperation Breakthrough," Quoted, The Wall Street Journal (December 22, 2016)
• "Table of Experts: Cybersecurity," Panelist, Phoenix Business Journal (September 30, 2016)
• "How does DOJ decide how much to fine a company?" CNBC (September 16, 2016)
• "Nationwide Ruling Lowers Hurdle For Data Breach Victims," Quoted, Law360 (September 13, 2016)
• "Spokeo Landscape Gets Clarity In 8th Circ. Charter Ruling," Quoted, Law360 (September 9, 2016)
• "As Cyber Fears Rise, Smaller Firms Struggle to Cope," Quoted, The Record Reporter (August 12, 2016)
• "Here's why James Comey didn't recommend prosecution for Hillary Clinton," CBS (July 7, 2016)
• "Reasons emerge as to why Hillary Clinton is not prosecuted in e-mail scandals," New Europe (July 7, 2016)
• "Criminal charges against Clinton could have set new legal standard," Politico (July 6, 2016)
• "How FBI chief's Clinton email ruling was 'very unusual'," CBS, CBS This Morning (July 6, 2016)
• "Similarities lacking in Clinton, Petraeus investigations," The Associated Press (July 6, 2016)
• "Intent is key in classified information cases," The San Diego Union-Tribune (July 5, 2016)
• "FBI: Clinton, Staff 'Extremely Careless'," MSNBC, Meet the Press Daily (July 5, 2016)
• "Top Privacy Cases of 2016: Midyear Report," Quoted, Law 360 (July 1, 2016)

Publications

• ''The Department of Justice Is Building a Data Security Protection and Enforcement Program,'' Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (April 15, 2024)
• ''Department of Justice Announces Groundbreaking Whistleblower Program in its Ongoing Effort to Incentive Voluntary Self Disclosures,'' Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (March 7, 2024)
• "European Commission Adopts Adequacy Decision for Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework," Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (July 12, 2023)
• "2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy: Businesses Are Asked To Bear More of the Burden," Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (May 3, 2023)
• "DOJ Incentivizes Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Corporate Criminal Misconduct in Policy Directive to U.S. Attorneys’ Offices Nationwide," Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (March 6, 2023)
• "DOJ Revisits its Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policy Offering Companies Additional Incentives to Self-Disclose, Cooperate, and Remediate," Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (January 24, 2023) 
• "The European Union Opens 'Tech Embassy' in Silicon Valley Ahead of New Technology Regulations," Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (August 31, 2022)
• "Supreme Court Narrows Scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act," Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (June 3, 2021)
• "White House Issues Executive Order on Improving Nation’s Cybersecurity," Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (May 21, 2021)
• "Go With the Flow: Developments in Cross-Border Data Flows Following Schrems II and the Release of New Draft International Standard Contractual Clauses," Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Global Connection Newsletter (March 15, 2021)
• "New Year, New Laws – Congress Passes Major Anti-Money Laundering Act," Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (January 15, 2021)
• "Federal Financial Regulators Propose Rule Accelerating Cyber Threat Reporting Requirements," Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (January 13, 2021)
• "In Liu v. SEC, Supreme Court Upholds – But Limits – SEC's Ability to Obtain Disgorgement, Leaving Many Questions for Lower Courts to Decide," Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (June 25, 2020)
• "Paycheck Protection Program Enforcement Actions Begin: DOJ Charges Two Men for Defrauding Federal Government Under the CARES Act," Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (May 11, 2020)
• "Hospital and Healthcare Company Ransomware Attacks Increasing During COVID-19 Pandemic," Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (April 8, 2020)
• "ABA Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation, Criminal and Enforcement Litigation," (2017-2018)
• "Breaking Down the DOJ's Enforcement and Corporate Leniency Policies," Co-Author, Denver Business Journal (June 11, 2018)
• "Handling Cyber Threats: Ransomware," Co-Author, Orange County Business Journal (August 28, 2017)

Speaking Engagements

• “Cybersecurity Legal Update,” Co-Presenter, Association of Corporate Counsel, Arizona Chapter (August 15, 2023)
• “Internal Investigations: Overview & Current Developments,” Presenter, Snell & Wilmer Virtual CLE Series (June 6, 2023)
• "Selected Cybersecurity Issues for Attorneys," Presenter, Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (February 8, 2022) 
• "Government Enforcement and COVID-19," Co-Presenter, Snell & Wilmer Virtual CLE Series (June 8, 2021)
• “Conducting Internal Investigations: Best Practices and Current Trends,” Moderator, The Network of Trial Law Firms, San Diego, CA (November 8, 2019)
• “An Insider’s View of the Cyber Insurance Landscape,” Panelist, IT Security Leadership Exchange, Phoenix, AZ (October 29, 2019)
• “Effective BEC and Ransomware Mitigation,” Co-Presenter, Kroll Reputational Risk Webinar Series (October 2, 2019)
• “Cybersecurity and Benefits Plans,” Keynote Speaker, Western Pension & Benefits Council 2019 Spring Conference, Scottsdale, AZ (May 9, 2019)
• “Recent Developments in Criminal and Enforcement Litigation,” Panelist, ABA, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee 2019 Spring Meeting, Vancouver, Canada (March 29, 2019)
• “Data Breach Response: Preserving the Privilege,” Lockton Phoenix Inaugural Cyber Day, Phoenix, AZ (February 26, 2019)
• “Law of Leaks,” Panelist, 2018 Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Anaheim, CA (July 24, 2018)
• "Data Breach Response:  Preserving the Privilege,” SCCE Scottsdale Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference, Scottsdale, AZ (April 13, 2018)
• “Cybersecurity and the Obligations of Companies: An Ethical Perspective,” ABA, Section of Litigation, Corporate Counsel Seminar, La Quinta, CA (February 16, 2018)
•  "Cybersecurity and Data Protection Guidance for Law Firms: Protecting Your Clients' Crown Jewels in the Age of the Internet," ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (September 14, 2017)
• "Cybersecurity Preparedness: Building a Legal Firewall to Prepare for the Inevitable," Utah State Bar Convention, Sun Valley, ID (July 27, 2017) 
• "Strategies for Communicating with DOJ," SCCE Regional Compliance and Ethics Counsel Conference, Scottsdale, AZ (April 7, 2017)
• "Cybersecurity: What Life Sciences Companies Need to Know to Defend Themselves Against the Inevitable," Co-Presenter, Medmarc Loss Control Webinar Series (June 29, 2016)
• "National Security-Related Cybersecurity Challenges and Solutions," Atlantic Council – Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge, Washington, D.C. (March 11, 2016)
• "Information Sharing Under the EU-US Privacy Shield," National Cyber-Forensics Training Alliance, San Diego, CA (March 4, 2016)
• "Cybersecurity, Data Protection and Privacy Committee Panel," American Bar Association, Public Contract Law Section, Washington, D.C. (February 23, 2016)
• "The Current Cyber Threat Landscape," Speaker, National Security Cyber Specialists Network 2015 Conference, Tysons Corner, VA (October 21, 2015)

• Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona, AzBusiness Magazine (2024)
• American Bar Foundation, Fellow 
• National Law Journal's General Litigation Trailblazer (2023)
• The Best Lawyers in America^®, Criminal Defense: White Collar (2019-2024)

• United States Department of Justice, National Security Division, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General (2016)
• National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force, Department of Justice Representative (2015-2016)
• United States Department of Justice, National Security Division, Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, Trial Attorney (2014-2016)
• United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of California, Assistant United States Attorney (2007-2014)
• United States District Court, District of New Mexico, Law Clerk to Hon. Bruce Black (2006-2007)
• LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP, New York, New York (2003-2006)

• Arizona
• California
• New York

• Supreme Court of Arizona
• Supreme Court of California
• Supreme Court of New York
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• United States District Court, Central District of California
• United States District Court, District of Arizona
• United States District Court, District of Colorado
• United States District Court, Southern District of California
• United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina