Kurt Wimmer, 62, Covington & Burling partner and co-chairman of its Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, died Sunday of cancer. A graduate of the University of Missouri and Syracuse University, he earned his law degree from Syracuse in 1985 and…
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joined Covington in 1991. He managed the London office 2000-03. He was Gannett general counsel 2006-09. Covington Chairman Doug Gibson said Wimmer “was an international leader in privacy, cybersecurity, technology, and media law, among many other accomplishments during a career at Covington that spanned more than three decades. He was a tireless pro bono advocate as well." Retired Covington partner Jon Blake said Wimmer was "really, really into journalism," with great-grandparents whose printing press in Germany was destroyed by the Nazi regime. After the fall of the Iron Curtain, Wimmer advised Eastern European nations about laws protecting press freedoms, Blake said. Wimmer was on the Media Institute board for 17 years, until last year. It said he also wrote numerous book chapters, issue papers and court briefs for the institute. Wimmer is survived by his wife, Stephanie, and three adult children.