Liza Cotter

Liza focuses her practice on privacy, data protection and cybersecurity, advising clients across multiple industries – including technology, consumer products and services, life sciences, digital media and financial services – on national and international regulatory compliance, development and use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, data protection, and identifying, responding to, and remediating data breaches and other security incidents. She also has extensive experience negotiating technology transactions, conducting privacy and data security diligence in corporate transactions, and responding to regulatory inquiries and investigations.

Liza is a member of Cooley's AI task force. She also is an International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certified Information Privacy Professional for the United States (CIPP/US) and a guest lecturer on cybersecurity at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Her past experience includes working in the data privacy practice group of a large, international law firm where she advised clients on the privacy and data security aspects of a variety of transactions and counseled clients regarding compliance with data privacy laws and standards. Liza also maintains an active pro bono practice, which includes assisting nonprofits with privacy-related compliance matters.