Douglas DePeppe
Practice Expertise
Areas of Practice
- Intellectual Property Law
- Privacy & Data Security Law
- State Attorneys General
Profile
Doug DePeppe is a Special Counsel in the Firm's Denver office with a national practice in data rights, data protection, sports data and licensing, and cybersecurity law. He is Co-Chair of the Firm's Privacy & Data Security Group and a member of the Sports Industry, and Artificial Intelligence Practice Groups.
A retired Army Judge Advocate and national security attorney, Mr. DePeppe's military cyberlaw career began with his Army-funded Master of Laws (LLM) degree from The George Washington University Law School with a cyberlaw focus, followed by his leading the Army JAG Corps' development of a cybersecurity law practice. He next helped develop cybersecurity law capabilities in the cybersecurity divisions at Homeland Security, including serving as the legal advisor to US-CERT. Mr. DePeppe's cybersecurity awards and accomplishments include:
White House 60-Day Cyberspace Policy Review, Lawyers Working Group (2009)
Inducted into the Information Sharing Hall of Fame, ISAO Standards Organization (2018)
Adjunct Professor and curriculum development, University of Maryland Global Campus Masters Program in Cybersecurity (2010-2020)
Chair, Cybersecurity Working Group, Regional Consortium Coordinating Council (RC3), DHS-affiliated Coordinating Council (2013-2020)
Working Group Chair, Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) Standards Organization (2015-2018)
Co-Inventor, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING CLAIMS OF OWNERSHIP RIGHTS, US 20240152645 (patent-pending, published 2024)
In his cybersecurity law practice, Mr. DePeppe assists clients in data breach investigations, orchestrating the incident response and crisis management as a Breach Coach. Mr. DePeppe has assisted clients with cyberattack response services for twenty years. He is well known and respected in the field, has presented at major conferences on nearly every continent across the globe, and has published in Forbes, trade journals, and other online magazines.
Mr. DePeppe also assists clients with data privacy prevention and compliance. Leveraging his interdisciplinary knowledge and cybersecurity resource network, he helps clients with risk assessments, leadership and boardroom training and mentoring, third-party contract and supply-chain risk review, cyber due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, and other cyber risk advisory and services.
With his background in data rights, Mr. DePeppe also advises clients concerning name-image-likeness (NIL) protection and licensing. Universities, collectives, athletes, sports entities and associations, and sports agents have growing needs to protect NIL monetization efforts from infringing misappropriations.
While a Judge Advocate, Mr. DePeppe was a trial attorney in courts-martial for five years and became a certified capital case defense counsel. This criminal law experience aids his client advice concerning cybercrime. Additionally, Mr. DePeppe has used his litigation experience in the representation of sport sector mediations and arbitrations. In particular, he has successfully represented several soccer clubs and athletes in administrative disputes arising from the Ted Stephens Amateur Sports Act and SafeSport.
A life-long soccer player and enthusiast, Coach DePeppe also enjoys helping youth players pursue their dreams as a youth soccer coach.
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A retired Army Judge Advocate and national security attorney, Mr. DePeppe's military cyberlaw career began with his Army-funded Master of Laws (LLM) degree from The George Washington University Law School with a cyberlaw focus, followed by his leading the Army JAG Corps' development of a cybersecurity law practice. He next helped develop cybersecurity law capabilities in the cybersecurity divisions at Homeland Security, including serving as the legal advisor to US-CERT. Mr. DePeppe's cybersecurity awards and accomplishments include:
White House 60-Day Cyberspace Policy Review, Lawyers Working Group (2009)
Inducted into the Information Sharing Hall of Fame, ISAO Standards Organization (2018)
Adjunct Professor and curriculum development, University of Maryland Global Campus Masters Program in Cybersecurity (2010-2020)
Chair, Cybersecurity Working Group, Regional Consortium Coordinating Council (RC3), DHS-affiliated Coordinating Council (2013-2020)
Working Group Chair, Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) Standards Organization (2015-2018)
Co-Inventor, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING CLAIMS OF OWNERSHIP RIGHTS, US 20240152645 (patent-pending, published 2024)
In his cybersecurity law practice, Mr. DePeppe assists clients in data breach investigations, orchestrating the incident response and crisis management as a Breach Coach. Mr. DePeppe has assisted clients with cyberattack response services for twenty years. He is well known and respected in the field, has presented at major conferences on nearly every continent across the globe, and has published in Forbes, trade journals, and other online magazines.
Mr. DePeppe also assists clients with data privacy prevention and compliance. Leveraging his interdisciplinary knowledge and cybersecurity resource network, he helps clients with risk assessments, leadership and boardroom training and mentoring, third-party contract and supply-chain risk review, cyber due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, and other cyber risk advisory and services.
With his background in data rights, Mr. DePeppe also advises clients concerning name-image-likeness (NIL) protection and licensing. Universities, collectives, athletes, sports entities and associations, and sports agents have growing needs to protect NIL monetization efforts from infringing misappropriations.
While a Judge Advocate, Mr. DePeppe was a trial attorney in courts-martial for five years and became a certified capital case defense counsel. This criminal law experience aids his client advice concerning cybercrime. Additionally, Mr. DePeppe has used his litigation experience in the representation of sport sector mediations and arbitrations. In particular, he has successfully represented several soccer clubs and athletes in administrative disputes arising from the Ted Stephens Amateur Sports Act and SafeSport.
A life-long soccer player and enthusiast, Coach DePeppe also enjoys helping youth players pursue their dreams as a youth soccer coach.
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Bar Admissions
Colorado
Education
University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D.
George Washington University Law School, LL.M. - Cyberlaw, Telecommunications, and National Security Law
U.S. Army JAG School, LL.M. - National Security and General Law
University of Rhode Island, B.A., Political Science
Areas of Practice
- Intellectual Property Law
- Privacy & Data Security Law
- State Attorneys General
Professional Career
Articles
Deputizing the Cyber Posse: The Next Frontier of Public-Private Partnership
Combating Lawfare via Web3 - A Call to Action for Cyber Law Professionals
California City Declares State of Emergency After Ransomware Attack
How Attorneys Orchestrate Cyberattack Investigations
Protecting Digital Identity as Property
Cyber Insurance: The Looming Systemic Crisis
Cyber Strategic Ambivalence Will Hit A Tipping Point In 2024
Open Letter to Congress: Cyber Initiative Joint Letter
Lessons from Sandy: Clarity in the Eye of a Cyberstorm
Doug DePeppe Cyber Law, Insurance, & IRP with Doug DePeppe | OnCall Cyber | CPP Special PresentationDoug DePeppe
Cybersecurity and the M&A Market: The Time Has Come For Cyber DD
CISOs Can Learn From Shakespeare
Medium Writings on Data Ownership
2026 Expert Webinar Series: Consumer Finance, Mortgage, Privacy, AI & Bank Regulation
Buchalter Attorneys Co‑Author Colorado Chapter of the 2026 Chambers & Partners Data Protection & Privacy Guide
Buchalter Attorneys Speaking at ACG Inland Empire Event on AI
Doug DePeppe, Daniel Pietragallo and Roy Hadley Speaking at the Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference, June 2026
Buchalter Attorneys Presenting at Cyber Strategy Retreat in Atlanta, July 2026
Is the Cyber Posse a good idea?
Buchalter's Cyber Investigations and Data Rights Enforcement Group Issues Call to Action
College Soccer's Foreign Influx Hurts U.S. Talent Development
Frontier AI Meets Frontier Cyberlaw
Douglas DePeppe to Testify Before Congressional Committee on College Sports September 16, 2026
TWO SUPERPOWERS, TWO SYSTEMS
Written Testimony of Douglas M. DePeppe Before the House Committee on Education and Workforce, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development
The End of Proof
Cybersecurity and the M&A Market: The Time Has Come For Cyber DD
Combating Lawfare via Web3 - A Call to Action for Cyber Law Professionals
California City Declares State of Emergency After Ransomware Attack
How Attorneys Orchestrate Cyberattack Investigations
Protecting Digital Identity as Property
Cyber Insurance: The Looming Systemic Crisis
Cyber Strategic Ambivalence Will Hit A Tipping Point In 2024
Open Letter to Congress: Cyber Initiative Joint Letter
Lessons from Sandy: Clarity in the Eye of a Cyberstorm
Doug DePeppe Cyber Law, Insurance, & IRP with Doug DePeppe | OnCall Cyber | CPP Special PresentationDoug DePeppe
Cybersecurity and the M&A Market: The Time Has Come For Cyber DD
CISOs Can Learn From Shakespeare
Medium Writings on Data Ownership
2026 Expert Webinar Series: Consumer Finance, Mortgage, Privacy, AI & Bank Regulation
Buchalter Attorneys Co‑Author Colorado Chapter of the 2026 Chambers & Partners Data Protection & Privacy Guide
Buchalter Attorneys Speaking at ACG Inland Empire Event on AI
Doug DePeppe, Daniel Pietragallo and Roy Hadley Speaking at the Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference, June 2026
Buchalter Attorneys Presenting at Cyber Strategy Retreat in Atlanta, July 2026
Is the Cyber Posse a good idea?
Buchalter's Cyber Investigations and Data Rights Enforcement Group Issues Call to Action
College Soccer's Foreign Influx Hurts U.S. Talent Development
Frontier AI Meets Frontier Cyberlaw
Douglas DePeppe to Testify Before Congressional Committee on College Sports September 16, 2026
TWO SUPERPOWERS, TWO SYSTEMS
Written Testimony of Douglas M. DePeppe Before the House Committee on Education and Workforce, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development
The End of Proof
Cybersecurity and the M&A Market: The Time Has Come For Cyber DD
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