Colton Driver, CIPP/E

Associate

Meridian
1320 Main Street
17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201

T 803.255.9558

colton.driver@nelsonmullins.com

Colton focuses his practice on electronic discovery issues with the Encompass e-discovery team, as well as data privacy implementation and compliance with the firm’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Industry Group. He holds his CIPP/E certification from the IAPP and has helped counsel clients on the contours of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) since its inception, to include working with client data protection personnel in order to help develop and implement effective data collection, processing, and transfer strategies for US-based litigation. He has also assisted multiple clients build and implement compliance programs from the ground up in advance of laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and he regularly counsels clients on compliance obligations under various privacy statutes. Colton is currently a member of the IAPP, The Sedona Conference Working Group 11, and DRI. He is OneTrust certified, including multiple OneTrust expert certifications.

inception, to include working with client data protection personnel in order to help develop and implement effective data collection, processing, and transfer strategies for US-based litigation. He has also assisted multiple clients build and implement compliance programs from the ground up in advance of laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and he regularly counsels clients on compliance obligations under various privacy statutes. Colton is currently a member of the IAPP, The Sedona Conference Working Group 11, and DRI. He is OneTrust certified, including multiple OneTrust expert certifications.

Experience

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Previous Professional Experience

Associate attorney, Columbia, S.C. law firm (2016-2017)
Law clerk at a Columbia, S.C. law firm where he focused on employment, healthcare, and general litigation (June 2015-May 2016)
Summer associate for the Firm (2014, 2015)
Field Sales Representative in S.C. territories, Techtronics Industries (2012-2013)

Internships

Internship with South Carolina Semester Program at USC for South Carolina State Senate (2011)
Legal Research Assistant and intern at a Hendersonville, N.C. law firm (2007-2010)

Educational Activities

Academic Success Tutor for Civil Procedure (January 2016-May 2016)
Assisted Professors Joel Samuels and Colin Miller revise the SC Bar manual South Carolina Civil Procedure (July 2015-May 2016)

Education

University of South Carolina School of Law, JD, summa cum laude (2016)
- Awarded the Dean’s Medallion (Valedictorian)
  - Order of the Coif
  - Order of the Wig and Robe, Chief Justice
  - Order of the Wig and Robe, Associate Justice
  - Technology Editor, South Carolina Law Review
  - CALI Awards
    - Torts
    - Legal Research
    - Constitutional Law
    - Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing II
    - Civil Procedure
    - Business Corporations
    - Legislative Process
    - Transnational Law
    - Law, Society, & Justice
    - Legal Writing for the Courts
    - Individual Employment Law
    - Food and Drug Law
University of South Carolina, Honors College, BA, Political Science, summa cum laude, with honors (2011)

Admissions

South Carolina
U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Practice Areas

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Recognitions

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Cy Young Award Winner
Coleman Karesh Award Winner

Overview

Colton focuses his practice on electronic discovery issues with the Encompass e-discovery team, as well as data privacy implementation and compliance with the firm’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Industry Group. He holds his CIPP/E certification from the IAPP and has helped counsel clients on the contours of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) since its... inception, to include working with client data protection personnel in order to help develop and implement effective data collection, processing, and transfer strategies for US-based litigation. He has also assisted multiple clients build and implement compliance programs from the ground up in advance of laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and he regularly counsels clients on compliance obligations under various privacy statutes. Colton is currently a member of the IAPP, The Sedona Conference Working Group 11, and DRI. He is OneTrust certified, including multiple OneTrust expert certifications.