Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Associate — High-Impact Counsel

Lateral Link; Maryland; On-site; USD 260,000 - 370,000; Full time

Job summary

Lateral Link in Washington, DC is seeking a mid-level associate (3–6 years) in data privacy and cybersecurity to counsel clients across financial services, health care, life sciences, technology and asset management.

You will lead incident response, advise on GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and other privacy frameworks, draft privacy policies and data processing agreements, and handle data litigation and regulatory investigations with real responsibility.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of privacy and cybersecurity experience at a law firm.
• Real reps applying GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other global privacy frameworks
• Experience managing data breach investigations and incident response
• Strong legal writing; DC bar admission

Responsibilities

• Incident response — managing data breach investigations from first call through regulator notification
• Compliance counseling under GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other U.S. state and international privacy frameworks
• Drafting privacy policies, data processing agreements, and cybersecurity protocols
• Data litigation, regulatory investigations, and enforcement actions

Skills

Privacy law

Data breach response

Regulatory investigations

Legal writing

Education

DC Bar admission

Job description

Lateral Link in Washington, DC is seeking a mid-level associate (3–6 years) in data privacy and cybersecurity to counsel clients across financial services, health care, life sciences, technology and asset management.

You will lead incident response, advise on GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and other privacy frameworks, draft privacy policies and data processing agreements, and handle data litigation and regulatory investigations with real responsibility.