CyberDataPrivacy Attorney 4th-7th yr (advisory)

2469ST

Associate

Seattle

Cyber Data Privacy

Wednesday February 18 2026

Legal

SOPHIE LUMSDEN

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. Cooleys 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 groups 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 $310000-$420000. 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 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.

Required Experience:

IC