Zachary Heck
- E zheck@taftlaw.com
- T (937) 641-2053
- F (937) 228-2816
- C (937) 474-9861
Summary
Zach’s practice focuses on privacy and data security. Specifically, Zach assists clients in the areas of privacy compliance, defense litigation, class action defense and guidance in the aftermath of an information security event, including data breach. Zach has experience advising clients with respect to FTC investigations, federal privacy regulations such as HIPAA, FCRA, TCPA, and GLBA, as well as state laws governing personally identifiable information. For his clients, he also provides regulatory analysis, risk management, policy development, training and audits. Zach speaks and writes regularly on cutting-edge data privacy and cybersecurity issues and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional in the field of United States laws and regulations.
The Dayton Business Journal named Zach a member of the 2018 Forty Under 40 class of emerging leaders and the Dayton Bar Association recognized him as a 2018 Rising Star of the Bar. He is an adjunct professor of cybersecurity law at Wright State University, where he earned the 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award for Adjunct Faculty. He is active in several legal and community organizations and serves as Legal Advisor for the Centerville High School Mock Trial Team. In 2018, Zach was inducted in the Centerville Education Foundation’s Hall of Fame for his ten years of service to the Centerville community.
Zach earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, where he served as managing editor of the Indiana Law Journal and as Executive Problem Co-Author of the Sherman Minton Moot Court Board.
Awards
Dayton Bar Association’s Rising Star of the Bar, April 2018
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Honoree, Forty Under 40, Dayton Business Journal Class of 2018
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2018 Citizen Advocate Award, Centerville Education Foundation Hall of Fame
2017 Wright State University College of Engineering & Computer Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award for Adjunct Faculty
Dayton Bar Association Leadership Development Class of 2018
Order of the Barrister
Order of the Coif
CALI Excellence for the Future Award
Education
- Indiana University Maurer School of Law (2014)
magna cum laude
- University of Dayton (2011)
Admissions
- State - Supreme Court of Ohio
- Federal - Southern District of Ohio
Professional Affiliations
- International Association of Privacy Professionals
- Wright State University
- Federal Bar Association
- Dayton Bar Association
- Ohio State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Centerville High School Mock Trial
Legal Advisor
- Dayton Bar Association Editorial Board
Co-Chair
- Cincinnati IAPP KnowledgeNet
Co-Chair