Veronica Canton

Veronica Canton

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Veronica Canton is a partner at Pierson Ferdinand LLP. She is a cybersecurity, data privacy, and artificial intelligence lawyer who advises organizations on regulatory risk, governance, and compliance across the full data and AI lifecycle. Ms. Canton counsels startups, growth-stage companies, and enterprise clients navigating complex privacy frameworks, evolving cybersecurity obligations, and emerging AI regulations. A significant component of her practice focuses on cybersecurity incident response and regulatory crisis management. Ms. Canton regularly guides organizations through high-stakes security incidents, including data breaches, ransomware events, and unauthorized access matters, advising on breach notification obligations, regulatory exposure, risk assessments, and communications with government authorities. She works closely with executive leadership, forensic investigators, and internal stakeholders to develop defensible response strategies that mitigate legal, operational, and reputational risk. Ms. Canton is recognized for translating the rapidly developing legal and regulatory landscape into clear, operationally practical guidance. Her practice sits at the intersection of innovation, risk management, and regulatory strategy, where legal requirements must align with real-world business, security, and technical realities. In her prior in-house role as Senior Principal Legal Counsel and Global Privacy & ESG Manager at a global AI company, Ms. Canton led global privacy and AI-related compliance initiatives supporting connected and AI-enabled technologies across EMEA, APAC, and North America. She advised product, engineering, security, and executive teams on privacy-by-design, data governance, vendor risk management, and regulatory strategy. Ms. Canton's background as a SaaS startup co-founder further informs her commercially pragmatic approach, enabling her to align legal guidance with innovation, scaling, and business objectives. She earned her B.A and M.A degrees from San Francisco State University and her J.D degree from University of Notre Dame Law School.

Veronica Canton's Courses

  • AI Hallucinations, Sanctions, and Your License: A Legal Ethics Guide

    Generative AI

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    Credit Status Total
    Alaska CLE Reciprocity 3 Total
    Alabama CLE Approved 3 Total
    Arkansas CLE Approved 3 Total
    Arizona CLE Approved 3 Total
    California CLE Approved 3 Total
    Colorado CLE Approved 4 Total
    Connecticut CLE Approved 3 Total
    Delaware CLE Approved 3 Total
    Florida CLE Approved 3.5 Total
    Georgia CLE Approved 3 Total
    Hawaii CLE Approved 3 Total
    Iowa CLE Approved 3 Total
    Idaho CLE Approved 3 Total
    Illinois CLE Approved 3 Total
    Indiana CLE Approved 3 Total
    Kansas CLE Approved 3.5 Total
    Kentucky CLE Approved 3 Total
    Louisiana CLE Approved 3 Total
    Maine CLE Approved 3 Total
    Minnesota CLE Approved 3 Total
    Missouri CLE Approved 3.6 Total
    Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 3 Total
    Mississippi CLE Approved 3 Total
    Montana CLE Approved 3 Total
    North Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
    North Dakota CLE Approved 3 Total
    Nebraska CLE Approved 3 Total
    New Hampshire CLE Approved 3 Total
    New Jersey CLE Approved 3.6 Total
    New Mexico CLE Approved 3 Total
    Nevada CLE Approved 3 Total
    New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
    Ohio CLE Approved 3 Total
    Oklahoma CLE Approved 3.5 Total
    Oregon CLE Approved 3 Total
    Pennsylvania CLE Approved 3 Total
    South Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
    Tennessee CLE Approved 3 Total
    Texas CLE Approved 3 Total
    Utah CLE Approved 3 Total
    Virginia CLE Approved 3 Total
    Vermont CLE Approved 3 Total
    Washington CLE Approved 3 Total
    Wisconsin CLE Approved 3.5 Total
    West Virginia CLE Approved 3.6 Total
    Wyoming CLE Approved 3 Total
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    3 California CLE