Hintze Law PLLC is delighted to announce the Chambers & Partners recognition of Susan Hintze, Mike Hintze, Sam Castic, and Mason Fitch in its USA Guide 2025. These recognitions include the firm’s sixth year being nationally ranked in Privacy and Data Security, and third year in Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare.
Susan Hintze, co-managing partner, and Mike Hintze, partner, have been recognized for their privacy and data security law expertise for seven years by Chambers & Partners. This is the first year Sam Castic, partner, and Mason Fitch, senior associate, have been ranked by Chambers & Partners.
Sam Castic is a partner with Hintze Law, chair of the firm’s Retail Group, and co-chair of the Cybersecurity and Breach Response Group and FinTech + Financial Services Group. As a former chief privacy officer, he helps companies build, scale, and right-size privacy programs and strategies. In Chambers’ review, clients are quoted, praising Sam’s “technical levels of expertise that impress the engineers as well as being hyper-focused on all applicable legislation.” Sam is known amongst clients for being “practical, knowledgeable and easy to work with,” and his “dead on and practical” advice that “provides exactly the right amount of awareness you need.” Clients also commended Sam’s “great expertise in the financial privacy space.”
Mason Fitch is a senior associate and a member of the firm’s Health & Biotech Team. Mason’s significant in-house experience allows him to provide clients with practical, actionable advice. This is his first year being recognized by Chambers & Partners as an Associate to Watch in the 2025 USA Guide—Healthcare: Texas. Mason’s clients praise his “excellent knowledge of the industry and where the industry is going,” and for “provid[ing] practical advice.” Clients also told Chambers & Partners that “Mason is great to work with and fully delivers what we need him to.”
Hintze Law’s Health & Biotech Team has been recognized by Chambers & Partners for three years. Led by Hintze Law partner Kate Black, the team is comprised of “experts who are in-house experienced advisors, able to distil complex matters into tangible and proportionate steps.” This team works with biotechnology, medical device, digital health, and consumer wellness companies, as well as data analytics and machine learning platforms that work with health information. The dedication and expertise the health & biotech team provides to clients makes Hintze Law a perfect “one-stop shop for tech companies.”
Susan and Mike have been recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers & Partners in the Privacy & Data Security: Privacy area. Susan has a reputation for her “impeccable ability to explain the details of the law” and "her experience across a range of companies, keen awareness of the regulatory environment, and ability to distil complex topics into guidance.”
Mike was also ranked for his work in Privacy & Data Security: Adtech. This is his second year being recognized in this area of expertise and clients’ praise. “Mike's extensive experience in-house ... makes his counsel not only expert but practical, risk-based, and actionable. He isn't afraid to weigh in and say what he would do in my shoes." Mike is now recognized in the Band 1 rankings of Chambers & Partners.
Chambers ranking bands are a way of organizing and recognizing law firms and individual lawyers based on their performance and reputation, with Band 1 representing the highest tier. Being ranked in any band is a significant achievement, as it indicates that the firm or individual has demonstrated strong technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, and other qualities valued by clients.
Hintze Law’s lawyers work exclusively on privacy, cybersecurity, and AI issues. The firm is pleased to be recognized by Chambers & Partners as an Elite Law Firm for Privacy and Data Security.
Founded in 2014, Hintze Law has been honored to receive accolades showcasing the firm’s expertise and client service on privacy, data security, and AI matters. The firm and lawyers have been ranked for years by peers and colleagues as among the top legal professionals in privacy. Achievements include recognition in Chambers’ Global & USA Privacy and Data Security rankings, the Legal 500’s U.S. Cyberlaw rankings, Best Law Firms local and national rankings, and Global Data Review’s GDR 100 as one of the world’s best data law firms.
Hintze Law PLLC is a Chambers-ranked and Legal 500-recognized, boutique law firm that provides counseling exclusively on global privacy, data security, and AI law. Its attorneys and data consultants support technology, ecommerce, advertising, media, retail, healthcare, and mobile companies, organizations, and industry associations in all aspects of privacy, data security, and AI law.
