Associate – Privacy & Cybersecurity

3-5 yrs required

Full-time

No

Law Firm Seeks Experienced Associate in Privacy & Cybersecurity for Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, or Washington, DC offices

Experience Required: 3-5 years of practical privacy/data protection/cybersecurity counseling experience

Salary Information:
- Expected pay range for 2024/2023 class compensation years: $225,000
- 2022 class compensation years: $235,000
- 2021 class compensation years: $260,000
- 2020 class compensation years: $310,000
- 2019 class compensation years: $365,000
- 2018 class compensation years: $390,000
- 2017 class compensation years: $420,000
- 2016 and more senior class compensation years: $435,000

Job Title: Associate – Privacy & Cybersecurity

Location: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, or Washington, DC

Job Description:

- Build your big career with the Firm that does Big Law better.
- Join a leading global law firm with over 1,400 lawyers and 1,200 business professionals.
- Recognized as a top workplace by The American Lawyer, Working Mother Magazine, Vault and the Human Rights Campaign.
- Receive personalized guidance, structured mentorship, and confidential career coaching.
- A culture that prioritizes warmth and authenticity, encouraging you to be yourself.
- Enthusiasm for diverse perspectives and providing opportunities for career growth.
- Support for physical, emotional, mental, and financial health with an emphasis on work/life balance.
- First firm to offer billable hours for wellness.
- Generous compensation packages that recognize hard work and excellence.
- Individual merit-based system that enabled 65% of associates to earn above the Cravath scale in 2023.

Responsibilities:

- Advise clients on a range of US-focused privacy, security, and other data-related compliance counseling.
- Guide clients in determining priorities, risks, and implementation of data protection compliance programs.
- Manage compliance projects such as risk and gap assessments.
- Develop policies and procedures, including privacy policies, security policies, incident response plans, and vendor contracting templates.
- Negotiate contracts and M&A deals.
- Manage complex privacy and cybersecurity workstreams, including supervision of junior lawyers.

Qualifications:

- 3-5 years of practical privacy/data protection/cybersecurity counseling experience.
- Excellent management/organizational skills and experience building teams.
- Ability to prioritize workload, exercise good judgment, and provide practical advice based on risks.
- Proven ability to independently manage complex matters.
- Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
- Candidates with large law firm experience preferred (boutique specialists may be considered).
- Technical experience relevant to cybersecurity counseling viewed positively but not mandatory.
- Certified Information Privacy Professionals are preferred but not mandatory, including CIPP/US, CIPT, and CIPM certifications.
- Must be admitted to practice in the jurisdiction in which you are applying.

Apply Now: Candidates must be submitted online through the web-apply portal. Questions can be directed to Amy Gillmore, Lateral Associate Recruiting Manager at .

Experience the McDermott Difference:

- Supportive and inclusive culture where everyone belongs.
- Opportunities for diverse perspectives and career growth.
- Emphasis on wellness and work/life balance.
- Generous compensation packages.
- Accelerated career growth and development.

Join the McDermott team as an experienced Associate in Privacy & Cybersecurity and take your career to the next level. Apply now for consideration!

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Wellness program, competitive compensation, individual merit-based system

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Counseling, risk assessment, contract negotiation, team management, communication

Law degree required

Submit application through the web-apply portal and direct any questions to the Lateral Associate Recruiting Manager

Qualification and Experience Law degree

Legal