Thomas Dougherty is a Senior Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS). In 2015, he was detailed from CCIPS to the DOJ’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial, Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) to serve in Southeast Asia as the first ever International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (ICHIP) Attorney Advisor for Cybercrime. As the ICHIP, he was responsible for implementing justice sector technical assistance programs designed to strengthen the cybercrime, intellectual property crime and digital evidence capabilities of Southeast Asian judges, prosecutors, investigators, and digital forensic analysts. In August 2020, Mr. Dougherty transferred to the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia to open the new Central and Eastern European ICHIP office.