Cyber/Data/Privacy Attorney: 4th-7th yr (advisory)

Cooley LLP; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 310,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance and AD&D coverage

Paid time off of four weeks

Generous parental leave policies

Job summary

A prominent law firm is seeking an associate for its Cyber/Data/Privacy practice in Seattle. The ideal candidate will have 4 to 7 years of experience in privacy compliance law, including knowledge of CCPA, CPRA, and GDPR. Responsibilities include advising clients on cybersecurity, leading incident response initiatives, and engaging directly with clients. This role offers a competitive salary range of $310,000 to $420,000, along with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and generous parental leave.

Qualifications

• 4 to 7 years of experience advising clients on cyber/data/privacy compliance.
• Experience with CCPA, CPRA, GDPR, and similar privacy laws.
• Strong analytical and writing skills required.

Responsibilities

• Counsel clients on privacy and cybersecurity aspects of corporate transactions.
• Conduct incident preparedness and response.
• Lead significant projects in data breach response planning.

Skills

Advising clients on cyber/data/privacy compliance issues

Strong analytical skills

Excellent writing skills

Client engagement

Education

High level of academic achievement from a nationally recognized law school

Job description

The Cyber/Data/Privacy (c/d/p) practice group is seeking an associate to join the team in our New York, San Francisco, Seattle or Washington, DC offices. Cooley has over 30 attorneys focusing on these issues full time in the US, Europe, and Asia and is continuing the expansion of the US practice. Cooley's c/d/p practice works with a broad variety of emerging companies, public companies, leading technology companies, financial institutions, life sciences companies, national media companies, etc. The group’s work includes a counseling and advisory component, as well as work on privacy and cybersecurity aspects of corporate and technology transactions, incident preparedness and response, state and federal investigations, and/or litigation. Ideal applicants for this role will have four to seven years of experience advising clients on cyber/data/privacy compliance issues, in either a private law firm or in-house position, including CCPA, CPRA, GDPR and other privacy law compliance, information security and privacy due diligence for corporate transactions, data processing agreements and privacy schedules in commercial transactions, and data breach response and incident response planning. Successful candidates will have a high level of academic achievement from a nationally recognized law school, the ability to engage directly with clients and lead significant projects, and very strong analytical and writing skills. EOE.

The expected annual pay range for this position is $310,000-$420,000. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.

We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as accruing vacation time at the rate of four weeks per year and sick time at the rate of two weeks per year and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.