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B.S., U.S. Air Force Academy
M.S., Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center

Antony Haynes joined Albany Law School in December 2015. He has extensive litigation experience in the intellectual property, securities, and criminal defense areas.
He served as an associate at the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, in Washington, D.C., and before that at Williams & Connolly LLP, in Washington, D.C.
Prior to practicing law, Antony was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he taught courses in programming, developed the Academy’s Information Assurance curriculum, and created the intercollegiate Cyber Defense Exercise. He has extensive experience with a host of software and hardware technologies, including Cisco routers, Motorola microprocessors, TCP/IP networking protocols, SQL databases, and web-based programming. He developed an on-line survey-system for the Department of Epidemiology at a major university.
After the Air Force Academy he was an associate at Chatham Financial Corporation, Capital Markets, Kennett Square, Pa., where he led a company-wide software effort, wrote financial software and coordinated technical developers.

He is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he was recognized as the top computer science graduate. He received his M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, where his thesis focused on machine learning and expert systems.
He is an entrepreneur who leverages his background in computer science, technology, business and the law to advise startup companies. In addition to advising startups, he has spent time acquiring and growing companies.

Books

Publications

Haynes, A. and Stratton, T., Cyber Defense 2003 & Information Assurance Education, 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics

Forthcoming Publications

Selected Achievements

Dean Antony Haynes presented the virtual CLE "Cybersecurity in the Age of COVID-19" on April 23, 2020.
Dean Antony Haynes presented on "Facial Recognition Bias and Implications Within Higher Education and Beyond" at Towson University on March 5, 2020, as part of the President's Inclusive Leadership Institute.
Associate Dean Antony Hayes presented "Algorithmic Injustice: How Artificial Intelligence Embeds Human Bias and Distorts Our Decision-Making" to a crowd at the Women and Public Policy Program of Harvard's Kennedy School on February 13, 2020.
Dean Antony Haynes presented "Algorithmic Injustice: How Artificial Intelligence Embeds Human Bias and Distorts Our Decision-Making" as part of Harvard Kennedy School's seminar series on February 13, 2020.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes participated on the panel "Misinformation in the Age of Social Media" at the New York State Department of Health's Division of Legal Affairs 2019 Semi-Annual Meeting and CLE in Albany, N.Y., on October 3, 2019.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes will be speaking at the 22nd Annual New York State Cyber Security Conference and 14th Annual Symposium on Information Assurance on bias in machine learning at the Empire State Plaza on June 4, 2019.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes presented on bias in machine learning at the 22nd Annual New York State Cyber Security Conference and 14th Annual Symposium on Information Assurance in Albany, N.Y., on June 4, 2019.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes will moderate the panel "Internet of Things: What Do Corporations Need to Know?" at the Association of Corporate Counsel Cybersecurity Summit at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2019.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes moderated the panel "Internet of Things: What Do Corporations Need to Know?" at the Association of Corporate Counsel Cybersecurity Summit at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2019.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was a featured participant in the discussion "Cybersecurity, Privacy, and the Constitution" at the College of Saint Rose on September 17, 2018.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes presented “Immoral Software: How Artificial Intelligence Embeds Human Bias and Distorts Our Decision-Making” at the 6th Annual Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science Conference at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law on May 16, 2018.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes presented the CLE "Legal Ethics and Technology" for the Albany County Bar Association on February 26, 2018.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes participated on the Times Union Leadership Luncheon panel entitled “The Tech Economy: How the Capital Region Can Help the Industry Flourish” at Albany’s Hearst Media Center on November 30, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes participated on the panel “Distance Learning—Challenges and Benefits for Law Schools” at the International Trademark Association’s 2017 Leadership Meeting, November 8 in Washington, D.C.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes participated on the panel "Cyber 101" at the two-day Cybersecurity and the Law conference at Albany Law School on October 20, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes gave an invited-speaker presentation to the Harvard Kennedy School of Government on “Immoral Software: How AI Embeds Human Bias” on September 21, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes presented “Top 10 Issues in Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Law” and “Legal Ethics and Technology” at the 20th New York State Cybersecurity Conference in Albany, N.Y. on June 8, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes participated on the panel "Cybersecurity Issues for Local Governments" at the New York State Local Government IT Directors Association (NYSLGITDA) Spring Conference in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on May 16, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes presented “Cybersecurity Legal Issues in Cloud Computing” at the SIM Albany IT Symposium on April 11, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was a panelist for the Business Review’s “Hodgson Russ Roundtable on Higher Education” on March 29, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes moderated the Business Review’s “Table of Experts” discussion about cybersecurity and the operational impacts of new data privacy regulations on February 24, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes moderated a panel on Table of Experts: Cybersecurity, Albany Business Review, NY on February 24, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes moderated the Warren M. Anderson Legislative Breakfast Series panel "Cybersecurity: Protection, Regulation and Privacy" presented by the Government Law Center on February 14, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was a panelist at the National Black Law Students Association's Dean's Luncheon in Boston, Mass., on January 27, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes participated on the panel "Healing Moments: A Community Conversation on Improving the Criminal Justice System from Community Policing to Criminal Justice Reform" at Albany Law School on January 23, 2017. The discussion was presented by Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was a panelist at Black Solidarity Day/Know Your Rights at Albany Law School on October 26, 2016.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes presented "Legal Ethics & Technology" at the New York State Bar Association on September 23, 2016.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes presented "Primer on Cybersecurity and Data Privacy" for the Government Law Center's CLE series in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on August 5, 2016.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes moderated the panel "Ride-Sharing and the Future of Transportation" at the Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology Symposium on Law and the Sharing Economy on April 19, 2016.

In the News

Dean Antony Haynes was quoted in the Campus Safety Magazine feature story, "AI-Based School Surveillance Raises Student Privacy Concerns" on Dec. 18, 2019.
Dean Antony Haynes was quoted in the Albany Times Union article "Schools monitor kids with vape, sound detectors and now facial recognition" on Dec. 13, 2019.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was profiled in the Modern Counsel article "Albany Law School's Antony Haynes Has a Human Take on Tech" on October 29, 2018.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was quoted in the American Banker article "Facing up to bias in facial recognition" on May 29, 2018.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was quoted in the State Press (Arizona State University) article "Autonomous weapons and racist computers" on May 21, 2018.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was interviewed for the IAPP Privacy Advisor article "New certificate in cybersecurity and data privacy law responds to student demand" published on April 24, 2018.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes published "The Ethical Duties of Technology Competence and Reasonable (Cyber) Security" in the Albany County Bar Association's February 2018 newsletter.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was quoted in the Times Union article “Biggest barrier to an Albany Amazon HQ? Culture, panelists say” on November 30, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was featured in the University at Albany article "'Smart' Law" about the law school's collaboration with UAlbany’s Center for Technology in Government on May 15, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes took part in the Business Review's higher education roundtable, a transcript of which was published on April 14, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was quoted in the Financial Advisor Magazine article “NY Insurers Prepare For Tougher Cyber Crime Prevention Rules” on March 30, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was featured in the Business Review's "People to Know" series on March 22, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes joined "The Capitol Pressroom" to discuss cybersecurity and data privacy issues — the topic of that day's Government Law Center Anderson Breakfast — on February 14, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was quoted in the Daily Gazette article "Down to Business: Use caution with 'smart' devices" on February 15, 2017.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes contributed expert advice on guarding against identity theft to WalletHub on November 30, 2016.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes discussed the law school's online master's program in Cybersecurity & Data Privacy with the Credit Union Times on August 31, 2016.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes joined "The Capitol Pressroom" on August 18, 2016 to discuss the need for cybersecurity and data privacy experts, and Albany Law School's online master's program designed to meet that demand.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes appeared on iHeartMedia's "Upstate Issues" (Aug. 13, 2016) to talk about the Internet of Things, benefits and concerns of expanding connectivity, and Albany Law's online master's program in cybersecurity and data privacy.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes discussed Albany Law School's online master's program in Cybersecurity and Data Privacy with the Center for Digital Education on August 5, 2016.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes discussed the "Internet of Things" and Albany Law's cybersecurity & data privacy program on WNYT NewsChannel 13 on July 7, 2016.
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Information Systems Antony Haynes was quoted in the article "Albany Law developing academic programs to attract non-JD students" in the Albany Business Review on December 17, 2015. He was also featured in the Business Review's "People on the Move" section (Dec. 18).

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