Attorney Bio

Education: 
East Carolina University (B.A., 1981);
University of Arkansas (J.D., 1986) 

Biography:
Mr. Mann is a shareholder and director of Gill Ragon Owen, P.A.  He is a director of the firm’s Data Security and Privacy Protection group. The International Association of Privacy Professionals has certified Mr. Mann as a Privacy Law Specialist and designated him a Fellow of Information Privacy. Mr. Mann has served as a law clerk to Associate Justice M. Steele Hays of the Supreme Court of Arkansas and a staff attorney for the Arkansas Securities Department. He is Chairman of the Administrative Law Section of the Arkansas Bar Association, a former Chairman of the Securities Law Section and, a Fellow of the Arkansas Bar Foundation, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of the Arkansas Lawyer magazine and the ATLA Docket magazine. Mr. Mann is a member of The Sedona Conference® Working Group on Data Security and Privacy Liability (WG11).  He served as a director of Priority Bank from 1998-2021. Mr. Mann is regularly selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers® in America in Administrative and Regulatory Law and most recently Appellate Practice. Mr. Mann is licensed to practice law in both Arkansas and Texas.

Practice Areas:

  • Administrative Law
  • Physician, Nurse, and other medical professional discipline and licensing matters
  • Privacy Law (FIPCIPT, CIPM, CIPP/USPrivacy Law Specialist)
  • Cloud Computing ((ISC)²: CCSP*)
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
  • Litigation
  • Appellate Advocacy
  • Securities Fraud 

*FIP, CIPT, CIPM, CIPP/US, and CCSP are not certifications in fields of law 

Publications:
“Remote-Work Cyberthreats and What to Do About Them”
“Advising a Client Considering the Cloud”
“Data Security and Privacy: More than I.T.”
“The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: Why It Matters to Clients in Arkansas”

Accreditations & Awards
Drake_Mann_PR_AV_250 (1) Logo in black, red, and white that says "Gill Ragon Owen, P.A." at the top left in black, with "2025" to the right, and in the middle with big red letters "Best Lawyers" with a little black "recognized by" on top of the word "Lawyer". IAPP PLS 2 Drake CCSP