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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve viewed cybersecurity problems from a different angle as a law enforcement executive responsible for helping victims through some of the biggest and most challenging cyber breaches the country has ever seen,\u201d Herb said. \u201cAs a leader in the U.S. Government\u2019s cyber response effort, I gained insight into how the bad actors behind the attacks think and the tactics they use.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Herb most recently served as Special Agent in Charge of the FBI\u2019s Indianapolis Field Office, where he led investigations and operational response efforts across a range of critical areas, including cybercrime, national security and public corruption. Prior to that role, he held several senior leadership positions at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., overseeing national programs targeting cyber threats and managing multidisciplinary teams engaged in high-profile, sensitive investigations. \u201cWhen I began thinking about the next chapter in my career, Dinsmore was one of the first to reach out. The Firm\u2019s leadership recognized how someone with my experience could benefit its clients right away,\u201d Herb said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His addition complements the Firm\u2019s cybersecurity and data privacy team, as well as its rapidly expanding white collar defense and government investigations group. \u201cHerb\u2019s firsthand insight into emerging cyber threats, combined with his leadership in high-stakes government investigations and incident response, will provide the Firm\u2019s clients with strategic guidance at the highest level,\u201d said Christian Gonzalez, chair of Dinsmore\u2019s corporate department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Herb began his legal career at one of Huntington, West Virginia\u2019s oldest law firms, Huddleston Bolen LLP, which merged with Dinsmore in 2015. He earned his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law and completed the Chief Information Security Officer Certificate Program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Religion from Centre College in Kentucky. Herb and his wife, Emily, are parents of four great kids. When he\u2019s not cheering them on in their pursuits, Herb enjoys golf and plays a variety of musical instruments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Herbert J. Stapleton, a nationally recognized cybersecurity executive and former senior leader with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has joined Dinsmore & Shohl LLP as a partner in the Firm\u2019s corporate group. Drawing on 21 years of federal law enforcement and cyber operations experience, Herb looks forward to returning to the practice of law\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.dinsmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/srl-crops\/Gonzalez-Christian_Circle.srl-crop-1.png\")
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