They’ve Got Next: Privacy and Cybersecurity Fresh Face Eli Wade-Scott

Eli Wade-Scott began his legal career bringing cases against landlords on behalf of low-income tenants dealing with issues like bedbugs and no heat in his hometown of Chicago.

“I learned a lot about how to bring a case during that time,” he said of his work as a Skadden Fellow at Legal Aid Chicago, Cook County’s federally funded legal aid provider.

Now, as a partner at Edelson PC, he works with consumers and governments raising data protection concerns.

“We’re on the right side of every case we bring, whether it’s privacy issues or companies misleading the public,” he said of ...