Cyber and Data Privacy Attorney

Kennedys, a Legal 500 and Chambers‑ranked global law firm, is seeking motivated and dynamic attorneys to join its national and international cyber and data privacy practice.

Kennedys' cyber team is a fast growing and energetic group that acts for a wide variety of cyber insurers and major corporates. The team provides nationwide litigation defense, as well as 24/7/365 breach response services. It also works closely with Kennedys' global cyber team, which covers almost 25 global jurisdictions.

This position is based out of our New York office, but our culture fosters global collaboration daily.

• Litigation: minimum 3‑6 years of federal litigation experience, including proposing litigation strategy, communicating with clients and opposing counsel, drafting reports, pleadings, discovery, and motions, taking and defending depositions, arguing motions, and participating in mediations and trials.
• Incident Response: minimum 2‑6 years cyber incident response work, including crisis management and wider regulatory and data risk issues, as well as advising clients with incident response, investigations brought by regulators arising out of data breaches and privacy related issues.

We want to help you build a career here, and provide significant business development training, dedicated associate and partner mentors, and a firm‑wide associate committee to liaise with the partners. We want you to be the future of Kennedys.

Competitive salary, annual performance‑based raises, discretionary bonus and benefits package offered. 1920 hour requirement. Will consider hybrid work arrangements.

Attorney compensation ranges from $140,000 to $220,000 annually. Salary is contingent upon level of experience, practice group, location and other job‑related factors permitted by law.