Christopher Shiflet, J.D.
Specialist, Interhack Corporation

Christopher Shiflet joined Interhack Corporation in 2008 as a Specialist in the firm's Forensic Computing Practice. Using a background that includes both computer science and law, he helps technologists to understand requirements of the law and lawyers to understand the benefits and limits of technology.

Shiflet graduated with honors from the William & Mary School of Law with a Juris Doctor in May, 2007, and joined Interhack as a Specialist a few days after being sworn in as an attorney by the Supreme Court of Ohio. While at William & Mary he served as a research fellow in the Center for Legal and Court Technology. As a law student he acquired legal experience writing patent applications and responding to legal issues regarding computer networks, semiconductors, video games, and computer software.

Before law school, Chris earned a Master of Science in computer science from University of California, Santa Barbara, from which he graduated with honors. His graduate thesis is entitled Address Aggregation in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. Before that, Chris earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science, graduating summa cum laude from Arizona State University, as the only computer science major in his graduating class to submit a bachelor's thesis. His topic was Analysis of Mobility Models in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. Chris' work experience in technology has included consultancies and internships with Verge Networks, The Boeing Company, Object Technology, Inc. (a subsidiary of IBM), and Online Computer Library Center, Inc.