Stacey Schesser, the supervising deputy attorney general with the privacy enforcement and protection unit in the California Department of Justice, has been spearheading the rule-making process for the California Consumer Privacy Act, the state’s groundbreaking new privacy law. Schesser, who is among the 21 lawyers chosen by The Recorder as Women Leaders in Tech Law as part of this year’s California Leaders in Tech Law and Innovation Awards, recently reflected on what she calls her most challenging professional year.

What’s your proudest professional achievement of the past year and why?