Carl Schwenker is a Texas Top Rated Lawyer and the principal and founder of the Law Offices of Carl F. Schwenker, an AV® Preeminent™ rated boutique firm based in Austin, Texas with a diverse practice specializing in complex and technology-oriented litigation and business matters, including diverse matters faced by tech startups.

Carl has specialized in technology, intellectual property and privacy oriented legal issues for over two decades and counsels individuals and emergent technology businesses regarding digital and consumer privacy issues, including for mobile and IOT products. Also, Carl is plaintiffs’ Class and Liaison Counsel and on the Steering Committee in a ground-breaking nationwide consumer privacy class action against several large mobile app companies concerning mobile apps’ harvesting of iDevice owners’ mobile address books and the adequacy of Apple’s iDevice privacy safeguards.

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