Senior Counsel - Privacy & Cyber Litigation (Hybrid)

GEICO Norwalk; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is seeking an experienced litigation attorney to lead the Company’s privacy and cybersecurity litigation and investigations. You will manage a portfolio of data privacy, data security, and technology-driven disputes, including class actions and multi-plaintiff matters, and coordinate internal and external investigations.

The role partners with business, technology, and information security leaders and reports to the Senior Director for Corporate Litigation, Investigations & eDiscovery.

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school.
• Admitted to practice in at least one US jurisdiction.
• 10+ years of litigation experience in law firms, government or in-house.
• Substantial privacy, cybersecurity, data breach, or technology litigation experience.
• Experience directing investigations involving privacy or cybersecurity issues.
• Working knowledge of federal/state privacy and data security laws.
• Strong analytical judgment and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with non-lawyers.
• Ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
• Proven ability to manage multiple matters and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage and direct privacy, cybersecurity, data breach, and emerging digital-risk litigation, including class actions.
• Lead all phases from discovery through trial preparation and mitigation.
• Assess litigation risk and provide actionable recommendations to senior leadership.
• Coordinate outside counsel, including strategy, budgets, and work product.
• Direct privileged investigations involving data incidents and privacy complaints.
• Collaborate with Information Security, Privacy, Compliance and SIU on incident response.
• Support complex commercial, corporate, and IP litigation with internal stakeholders.
• Counsel internal clients on litigation trends and risk exposure.

Skills

Analytical judgment

Written & verbal comms

Multi-matter management

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Bar admission (US)

Job description

GEICO is seeking an experienced litigation attorney to lead the Company’s privacy and cybersecurity litigation and investigations. You will manage a portfolio of data privacy, data security, and technology-driven disputes, including class actions and multi-plaintiff matters, and coordinate internal and external investigations.

The role partners with business, technology, and information security leaders and reports to the Senior Director for Corporate Litigation, Investigations & eDiscovery.