Junior Associate for Health Care and General Privacy Counseling

Job Description Summary:

Fenwick & West is looking to expand its Chambers-ranked Privacy & Cybersecurity practice by adding an associate with two (2) to four (4) years of experience in health care privacy and other areas of privacy law. We’re looking for a privacy associate who can assist in advising clients as they develop products and services; draft and update privacy policies, procedures, training, notifications, forms of consent, and related documents; and provide other general privacy counseling.

This solicitation is for the firm’s Silicon Valley, Santa Monica, and Washington D.C. offices.

Job Description:

Fenwick & West is dedicated to serving technology and life sciences companies, from innovators to market leaders, in digital health care, artificial intelligence, social media, gaming, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and other exciting areas. We help companies of all sizes and at every stage manage their collection, use, and disclosure of consumer, health, financial, employee, and other sensitive information. We provide comprehensive cybersecurity legal services, from governance, preparedness, and compliance to data breach response, and defense of regulatory investigations and multidistrict class-action litigation.

Our ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of:

• Health information privacy (including human subjects research); Federal (HIPAA) and state (CMIA, Washington My Health My Data Act, Nevada SB 370) health care privacy laws;

• Consumer privacy;

• Other federal privacy laws, such as GLBA, FCRA, COPPA, and the FTC Act;

• Comprehensive state privacy laws, such as the CCPA;

• International privacy laws and regimes, such as the EU’s GDPR; and

• General technology and data flows.

Candidates also should have:

• Experience drafting privacy policies, negotiating privacy-related contracts and data processing agreements (BAAs, DPAs, DUAs), providing product counseling, and conducting privacy compliance assessments;

• Experience responding to and drafting notifications for privacy and data security incidents;

• Experience with adtech (desirable but not essential);

• Superior academic credentials;

• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills;

• Strong professional references; and

• California or District of Colombia bar membership (as appropriate) or eligibility to take the next available exam is required.

Applicants should complete our online application and include a cover letter, resume, and law school transcript.

Agency recruiters: please submit separately via your agency's Workday portal.

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Benefits and Compensation Details:

At Fenwick, we believe that our partners and employees are our most important asset. Helping you and your families achieve and maintain good health - physical, emotional, and financial - is the reason we offer a comprehensive benefit program. We provide benefits to eligible employees under plans such as Healthcare, Life Insurance, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Wellbeing.

The anticipated range for this position is:

$235,000 - $310,000

Depending on the role, the actual base salary offered may depend upon a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

A discretionary bonus for eligible employees may also be available based on performance.  Additional information about employee eligibility for benefits and discretionary bonus will be made available upon request.