Robert Kang

As an adjunct professor of cyber risk management at Loyola Law School, Professor Robert Kang played a leading role in creating Loyola Law School’s Data Privacy and Cybersecurity law program, the first such program in Southern California.

Professor Kang is also in-house counsel at a major US corporation, and holds the distinction of being one of the first in house attorneys in Southern California to create a cyber legal practice. He also practices in the field of national security. Professor Kang is on the Board of Directors for the Southern California chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

As a law professor, and in house attorney, Professor Kang innovates legal and policy solutions to some of the nation’s most important and cutting-edge issues on legal, regulatory and legislative policy fronts. He writes and lectures regularly on managing cyber and technology risks.

Prior to becoming a law professor, Professor Kang worked as an entertainment and IP litigator at Jones Day, where he helped orchestrate the Korean entertainment industry’s first major legal victory in the United States involving Korean pop culture (MBC v. Solafide Inc.) Professor Kang matriculated number 10 from the UCLA School of Law and previously clerked for the Honorable Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Education

• Juris Doctor UCLA School of Law (2000 — 2002)
• Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University (1999 — 2000)
• BA Occidental College (1991 — 1995)

Companies

• Chief Counsel - for Cyber & National Security Southern California Edison (SCE) (2020)
• Business Law Lecturer (contract basis) University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business (2018)
• Adjunct Professor (Cyber & Tech) Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (2018)
• Strategic Advisor (Cyber & Tech) Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (2015)
• Senior Attorney - Cyber & National Security Southern California Edison (SCE) (2009 — 2020)
• Board of Directors UCLA School of Law Alumni Association (2011 — 2018)
• KnowledgeNet Chairperson IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals (2015 — 2017)
• Board of Governors Korean American Bar Association of Southern California (2010 — 2014)
• Senior Associate - IP & Entertainment JONES DAY® (2006 — 2009)

Skills

• Compliance
• Regulatory Affairs
• Regulatory Strategy

Other

Corporate Governance, Courts, Legal Advice, Legal Issues, Cybersecurity Attorney, Corporate Law, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Writing, Trademarks, Entertainment Law, Legal Research, Litigation, Intellectual Property