Senior Cyber Incident Response Counsel (Remote)

Wilson Elser (Attorney Careers); Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 155,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Wilson Elser is seeking a Senior Cyber Incident Response Attorney to join our national law firm remotely. This role focuses on defending complex cybersecurity and data privacy matters with significant responsibilities.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of legal experience, strong expertise in data breach and privacy laws, and the ability to lead incident response efforts, oversee junior staff, and engage with clients and regulators. JD required; bar in good standing.

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited Law School is required.
• Must be admitted to Bar in good standing.
• 8+ years legal experience.
• 5+ years of experience in data privacy and security, with particular focus on data breach and incident response.
• Strong knowledge of data breach and privacy laws (HIPAA, GLBA, FERPA, CCPA, GDPR, etc.).
• IT or technical background a plus.
• Some litigation experience is a plus.
• Excellent research, writing, and communication skills (Lexis and Westlaw).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Team player.

Responsibilities

• Incident response for cybersecurity and data privacy incidents.
• Taking lead responsibility in responding to clients and carriers, and overseeing breach response work by Associates.
• Interaction with senior level management and technical personnel at client companies.
• Analysis of state, federal, and international privacy laws.
• Drafting legal notices of a data breach to individuals and regulators.
• Responding to regulatory investigations arising out of a data breach.
• Defending privacy lawsuits.
• Drafting privacy and security policies and procedures pursuant to HIPAA, GLBA, CCPA, and other statutes.
• Triaging data breaches/incident response.
• Advising clients on handling cybersecurity incident from start to finish.
• Oversight of forensics investigations.
• Oversight of third party vendors for e-Discovery, data mining, and notice projects.
• Advising clients on legal notification obligations under State/Federal laws.
• Drafting breach notification letters to individuals and State/Federal Regulators.
• Drafting Crisis Communications for clients.
• Responding to inquiries and investigations by State/Federal Regulators.
• Interfacing with clients.
• Drafting reports to insurance carriers and clients.
• Preparing legal budgets.
• Supervising junior team members.

Skills

Incident response

Data privacy

Data breach response

Legal writing

Litigation support

Lexis/Westlaw

Team player

Education

JD from an accredited law school

Job description

Wilson Elser is seeking a Senior Cyber Incident Response Attorney to join our national law firm remotely. This role focuses on defending complex cybersecurity and data privacy matters with significant responsibilities.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of legal experience, strong expertise in data breach and privacy laws, and the ability to lead incident response efforts, oversee junior staff, and engage with clients and regulators. JD required; bar in good standing.