Tor Ekeland Explained

Tor Bernhard Ekeland is a New York City based computer, trial and appellate lawyer. He is best known for representing hackers prosecuted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA"), as well as white-collar defendants, in federal criminal court and on appeal across the United States.

Biography

He graduated cum laude from Fordham University School of Law in 2006, where he served on the Fordham Law Review. After law school, he practiced complex commercial and securities litigation at Sidley Austin in New York City.[1] He is the Managing Partner of Tor Ekeland Law, PLLC.[2] H

Notable Representations

Personal life

In February 2019, Ekeland became engaged to Carrie Goldberg, an attorney specializing in revenge porn and other sex crimes; they had worked together in a lawsuit against Grindr.[15]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tor Ekeland Law PLLC Tor Ekeland Law, PLLC. Tor Ekeland Law, PLLC. en-US. 2022-06-03.
  2. Web site: Tor Ekeland Law PLLC Tor Ekeland Law, PLLC. Tor Ekeland Law, PLLC. en-US. 2018-05-31.
  3. Web site: Andrew Auernheimer's conviction over computer fraud thrown out. McCarthy. Tom. 2014-04-11. the Guardian. en. 2018-05-31.
  4. News: The Troll's Lawyer. Kerr. Orin. 2015-01-07. Washington Post. 2018-05-31. en-US. 0190-8286.
  5. Web site: Watch recording for USA v. Matthew Keys, No. 16-10197. www.ca9.uscourts.gov. en-us. 2018-05-31.
  6. News: U.S. appeals court voids Libor convictions of ex-London traders. Stempel. Jonathan. U.S.. 2018-05-31. en-US.
  7. Hacker Claims Feds Hit Him With 44 Felonies When He Refused to Be an FBI Spy. WIRED. 2018-05-31. en-US.
  8. Oops: After Threatening Hacker With 440 Years, Prosecutors Settle for a Misdemeanor . Andy Greenberg . WIRED . 26 November 2014 . 8 April 2020 . Not every hacker victim of prosecutorial overreach will win the attention of a pro bono lawyer, either. "I feel sorry for all the people that don’t have the support that Fidel had," says Ekeland. "There are a ton of Fidel Salinases out there that aren’t as lucky." .
  9. News: Computer security sleuth who mocked FBI agent on social media will go free. 2018-03-22. Dallas News. 2018-05-31. en.
  10. News: Hacking suspect wins extradition appeal. 2018-02-05. BBC News. 2018-05-31. en-GB.
  11. News: Here's the first guy hackers call when they're in trouble with the FBI. Mother Jones. 2018-05-31. en-US.
  12. Web site: Is Matt DeHart Being Prosecuted Because FBI Investigated CIA for the Anthrax Leak? – emptywheel. www.emptywheel.net. 20 March 2015. en-US. 2018-05-31.
  13. News: FISA Court's Secrecy Threatens to Subsume Our Open Court System. 2017-12-14. Motherboard. 2018-05-31. en-us.
  14. News: How a federal spy case turned into a child pornography prosecution. Nakashima. Ellen. 2016-04-05. Washington Post. 2018-05-31. en-US. 0190-8286.
  15. Web site: Revenge Porn Lawyer Carrie Goldberg Has Taken On Psychos, Stalkers, and Trolls. Now She Confronts Her Own Worst Demons. Elle. Testa. Jessica. July 17, 2019. March 13, 2022. February 16, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220216124031/https://www.elle.com/culture/books/a28401678/carrie-goldberg-nobodys-victim-interview/. live.