Roland Leslie Trope

Roland Trope is a partner in the New York City offices of Trope and Schramm LLP and an Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Law and of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he has been teaching since 1992. He is Public Liaison on the ABA Cybersecurity Legal Task Force, Vice-Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee for the ABA Public Contracts Law Section and Co-Host for the podcast series, Mind the Gap: Dialogs on Artificial...See more

Roland Trope is a partner in the New York City offices of Trope and Schramm LLP and an Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Law and of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he has been teaching since 1992. He is Public Liaison on the ABA Cybersecurity Legal Task Force, Vice-Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee for the ABA Public Contracts Law Section and Co-Host for the podcast series, Mind the Gap: Dialogs on Artificial Intelligence, accessible at https: //www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/podcasts/to_the_extent_that/mind-the-gap/. Mr. Trope has a national security practice in which he advises on government procurement, protection and licensing of intellectual property under government contracts, cross-border tech transfers, export controls, economic sanctions regulations, anti-corruption laws, reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), determinations of foreign ownership, control, and influence (FOCI), cyberspace law, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. Mr. Trope has over 40 years of experience in cross-border legal transactions representing governments and multi- national corporate clients. He represents high tech companies in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia, and U.S. grid owners and operators. He has represented governments in international arbitrations of commercial contracts for design and development of advanced, computer-based systems. His international work includes significant experience in advising Japanese automotive manufacturer and gas/chemical companies, and ministries of defense and aerospace and defense contract clients in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, the Mideast, Norway, The Netherlands, Brazil and Canada. He has written more than 30 articles and co-authored two books: Checkpoints in Cyberspace: Best Practices for Averting Liability in Cross-Border Transactions and Sailing in Dangerous Waters: A Director's Guide to Data Governance. He co-edited and was a co-author for the Guide to Cybersecurity Due Diligence in M&A Transactions. He co-authored a chapter in the ABA Cybersecurity Handbook (1st and 2nd editions) and wrote a chapter for the Handbook's 3rd edition (to be published in January/February 2022). Mr. Trope earned a B.A. from the University of Southern California. As Marshall Scholar and as a Danforth Fellow, he studied English Language and Literature at Oxford University, earning a B.A. and M.A. He earned a J.D. at Yale Law School. He clerked on the Minnesota Supreme Court, and began practicing law in New York City in 1982. Education J.D., Yale Law School, 1980 B.A., M.A., Oxford University, 1972, 1976 B.A., University of Southern California, 1969 Honors Danforth Fellow, Oxford University, 1974 - 1978 Marshall Scholar, Oxford University, 1969 - 1972 U.S. Army Commander's Award for Public Service, 1994, 2000 Professional Affiliations Adjunct Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, U.S. Military Academy (since 2018) Adjunct Professor, Department of Law, U.S. Military Academy at West Point (1992 - 2018) Chair, Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence, New York City Bar Association's Council on Intellectual Property (since 2021) Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence, American Bar Association ("ABA"), Cybersecurity Legal Task Force (since 2021) Member, New York City Bar Association's Council on Intellectual Property (since 2019) Public... See less