Leonard Bailey

Leonard Bailey led the Cybersecurity Unit in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and was Special Counsel for National Security. At CCIPS, he prosecuted computer crime cases and regularly advised on cybersecurity, electronic evidence seizure, electronic surveillance, critical infrastructure protection, and the interplay between national security and criminal legal authorities. He was a founding member of CCIPS’s Cybersecurity Unit, which was created to help channel DOJ’s prosecutorial expertise into the prevention of computer crime. During his DOJ tenure, Bailey also served as Associate Deputy Attorney General overseeing the Department’s cyber policy, and as Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, where he managed national security cyber policy. Additionally, he held roles as Special Counsel and Special Investigative Counsel in the Office of the Inspector General.

Leonard is a graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School. He has taught courses on cybersecurity and cybercrime at Georgetown University Law Center and the Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C., as well as on critical infrastructure protection at NYU’s School of Law and Tandon School of Engineering. His contributions have been recognized with numerous honors, including the Criminal Division’s John C. Keeney Award for Integrity and Professionalism, the Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Information Technology, Georgetown Law’s Charles Fahy Distinguished Adjunct Professor Award, the Cyber Defenders Award from MeriTalk, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute for Security and Technology.