Kimberly Peretti, a former senior counselor with the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, has joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as a director in in the firm's U.S. Forensic Technology Solutions practice. Based in the Washington D.C. office, she will help clients respond to cyber attacks and breaches, as well as advise clients on how to reduce risks related to cyber security.

Peretti brings extensive experience in investigating, prosecuting, managing, coordinating, and advising organizations on issues related to multidistrict, multi-agency computer crimes both domestically and internationally. She was lead prosecutor in U.S. v. Gonzalez, the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted by the DoJ, in which over 170 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen from over fourteen major U.S. retailers by an international hacking ring. Peretti successfully convicted the ringleader and several foreign defendants in four districts.

Prior to joining the DoJ, Peretti practiced law in Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison’s Technology division. There she formed one of the first information security and privacy practice groups. She was also previously with Mayer, Brown & Platt’s Financial Regulatory Practice Division, where she advised financial institutions on electronic commerce issues and migrating to the Internet.

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