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Gerald L. Jenkins

Principal

D: 312.201.3902
gerald.jenkins@goldbergkohn.com

Credentials

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1975

    – cum laude

  • Eastern Illinois University, B.A., Physics, 1971

    – with high honors

Admissions

  • Illinois (1975)

Presentations

  • “Defend Trade Secrets Act Is Now Law,” a Goldberg Kohn CLE program, June 2016. 
  • “The Curious and Not So Secret Case of the Non-Disclosure Agreement,” CBA Commercial Finance Committee, 2014 
  • “RFPs and Other Ways of Buying Goods and Services,” Goldberg Kohn’s Commercial Contract Series, 2014 
  • “Acquiring, Transferring and Promising Technology,” Goldberg Kohn’s Commercial Contract Series, 2014 
  • “Protecting Your Brand With the Law,” the 7th Annual Entrepreneurship Law Conference at Northwestern University School of Law, March 2012 
  • TechExpo, Chicago Department of Business Affairs, Chicago, 2010, 2009 
  • “Doing Business in Illinois,” Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, 2009 
  • “Green Marketing—The Science, the Facts and the Fiction,” Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Chicago, 2008 
  • “Electronic Commerce Law: A Contractual Perspective” as a professor at John Marshall Law School’s Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law, 2002-2005 
  • “Telecom Contracts: Assuring Service, Addressing Bankruptcy and Maintaining Flexibility,” Small Law Department Division of the American Corporate Counsel Association seminar, 2002 
  • “Transnational Data Flows,” as a professor at John Marshall Law School’s Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law Center, 2000-2002 
  • “Contracting in Cyberspace,” American Corporate Counsel Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., 2002 
  • “Practical Information Security for the Medium Sized Business Enterprise,” NIST Seminar, Chicago, 2002 
  • “Existing and Proposed Civil Claims Under Computer Crime Laws,” National Cybercrime Conference presented by the American Bar Association and John Marshall Law School, 2002 
  • “Legal and Regulatory Implications of Security Risk Management,” Safety and Security in the Electric Power Industry Seminar, The Center for Business Intelligence, 2002 
  • “The Privacy Landscape,” Privacy of Consumer Financial Institutions and Identity Theft Seminar, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, 2001 
  • “Computer Security, Information Warfare and Economic Espionage,” as a professor at John Marshall Law School’s Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law Center, 2001 
  • “Computer Security: Protecting Yourself in an Unruly World,” Seminar, Chicago, 2001 
  • “Essentials of Computer Security Assessment,” Privacy and Security of Financial Institutions Seminar, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Indianapolis and Des Moines, 2001 
  • “Risk Issues Associated With Account Aggregation,” Implementing Account Aggregation & Risk Management Workshop, Bankers Administration Institute, Chicago, 2001 
  • “Fundamentals of Privacy and Security in a Banking Environment,” Privacy and Security of Financial Institutions Seminar, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Des Moines, 2001 
  • “Managing Collateral Consequences of the Privacy Rules Imposed on Financial Institutions,” Privacy Regulation Compliance for Financial Institutions Seminar, Institute for International Research, New York, 2000 
  • “Raising Money for the Hi-Tech Company,” Chicago Bar Association, 2000 
  • “Seed Investing as Team Sport,” National Association of State Venture Funds, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, 2000 

Publications

  • Co-Author, “The Fourth Amendment Beyond Katz, Kyllo and Jones: Reinstating Justifiable Reliance as a More Secure Constitutional Standard for Privacy,” Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, 2013 
  • Author, “Overview of the ECPA, SCA and EEA,” National Cybercrime Conference, American Bar Association and John Marshall Law School, 2002 
  • Author, “A Legal Analysis of Computer Security Issues,” Internet Law and E-Commerce, IICLE, 2002