James Casey, Esq., CPP, is a research and data protection executive in San Antonio, Texas. He is the academic community leader and a founding adjunct associate professor in the CUNY RAC program. Previously he was a consultant to Florida State University, negotiating a wide variety of research contracts and mentoring a new research attorney. Prior to that he was interim associate vice president for research at Florida Gulf Coast University. All told, Professor Casey has worked in university research management and administration since 1994, utilizing his prior local government grant administration experience to make the move to his first university research position at Marquette University. During his career he has worked at major research institutions (Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Texas at San Antonio). Professor Casey has 28 years of teaching experience, including 12 years teaching graduate level research administration at CUNY and Rush University. During 2007-2008 he was a visiting professor of leadership at the Upper Iowa University Center in Hong Kong, China. His European-certified privacy practitioner designation (CPP) is a specialization in the EU-GDPR Data Protection Officer role.

Professor Casey is currently a board member on the American Bar Association Board of Elections and is a former Wisconsin member in the ABA House of Delegates. He has been active in the State Bar of Wisconsin, including as a past president of the Nonresident Lawyers Division. He holds a B.A., cum laude, in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, a M.A. in international affairs from Marquette University, and M.P.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Dayton, where he was a member of the Dayton Law Review. Professor Casey enjoys teaching RAC 600 (Introduction to Research Administration), seeking to instill a thought leadership mindset in his students. Similarly, he enjoys sharing his 31 years of research management and administration experience with students. In 2009 he received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA). Casey is a Patron Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a Life Fellow in the Wisconsin Law Foundation.