This is a great read and fantastic to see lawyers like this coming into prominence
When her parents divorced, Star Kashman understood the impact that a good lawyer could have on a family. She initially wanted to be a psychologist, but Kashman, who eventually co-founded a law firm, realized that she could help clients even more if she went into law. It was at the Brooklyn Law School in New York that Kashman paved a path that would eventually propel her career.
“Everyone in law school assumes the same things—that you either work your butt off and make no money until you’re partner, and it will take forever,” says Kashman, a founding partner of the Cyber Law Firm. “Or you prioritize money and working for the enemy, and you work in BigLaw until 4 a.m., hoping to slowly go up the ranks.”
But Kashman decided to carve out her route, instead focusing on publishing her technology law research. She explained to one of her professors that she knew of a method that criminals were using to find sensitive information via Google applications called “Google dorking” or “search engine hacking.”
However, there was no caselaw written on this topic. Her professor gave her a choice: She could either pick another topic in which there was already caselaw—or she could do the harder move and write about her findings.
While daunting, Kashman spoke with judges and prominent people in the media about her work, which would soon be published.
In her cybersecurity law class, Kashman discovered a gap in federal anti-hacking laws, so she spent a few years working and putting together cases that used this advanced search technique.
“Because this information is publicly displayed, albeit unintentionally and unknowingly, there is no clarity in the CFAA [also known as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act] or even caselaw about whether accessing this sensitive information constitutes unauthorized or exceeded access,” she explains.
During the first months of her third year of law school in 2023, her paper was published in the Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts. She began advocating for better hacking legislation and tech laws, even hosting an event at her law school presenting ethical hackers who demonstrated how to log in and look at personal cameras using Google.
“I’m very passionate about cyberstalking, how people can use their tech skills to abuse others,” Kashman says.
Read the full article
https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/this-lawyer-took-an-untraditional-path-to-partner
