Bio

Raymond Aghaian focuses his practice on high-stakes litigation, internal investigations, cybersecurity, and data privacy. Ray is an experienced trial lawyer and a former federal prosecutor and serves as co-chair of the Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Governance Practice at Kilpatrick Townsend. Ray is a recipient of the prestigious CLAY Award (California Lawyer Attorney of the Year) and his experience in the area of cybersecurity has been recognized by the National Law Journal, where he was selected as one of the nation's "Trailblazers." On two occasions, the Los Angeles Business Journal recognized Ray as one of the “Most Influential Minority Lawyers” and one of the “Most Influential Lawyers in White Collar & Cyber Crimes Law.” Ray has been recognized as a Top Southern California “Super Lawyer” for White Collar Criminal Defense by Super Lawyers magazine every year for the past 10 years, listed by The Best Lawyers in America® in 2023 for White-Collar Criminal Defense, and has been prominently ranked by US Legal 500 in the area of trade secrets and other surveys in the area of white collar criminal defense. Ray has also appeared before senior officials at the White House on behalf of a client. One of Ray's data privacy battles with the Justice Department was featured in hundreds of news outlets, including the editorial section of the New York Times. As a federal prosecutor with the Cyber & Intellectual Property Crimes Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ray helped lead the U.S. Justice Department’s efforts in investigating and prosecuting an array of white collar crimes, including cyber intrusions and DDoS attacks, copyright and trademark infringement, healthcare fraud, theft of trade secrets, bribery, mail, wire and bank fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, and mortgage fraud. Ray has also briefed and argued a number of cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.