Professional Biography
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Lynnyetta O. Keller Associate

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.3762

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    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.3762

    LKeller@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Lynnyetta O. Keller counsels entrepreneurs, startups, and multinational companies on the structuring, drafting, and negotiating of domestic and international business transactions. She is particularly well-versed in providing strategic legal and business advice to clients on corporate and transactional matters, including technology, privacy law, contract negotiations, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), entity formation, and corporate governance.

Lynnyetta has experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating a broad range of complex commercial agreements, including technology, outsourcing, M&A, e-commerce, asset sale, intellectual property, cloud services, and licensing agreements. She also advises clients on privacy law matters, including online terms of use, data privacy policies, end-user license agreements, and compliance efforts under privacy and data protection laws, regulations, and policies under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Prior to beginning her private practice, Lynnyetta clerked for the Hon. Victoria A. Roberts of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and externed for both the Hon. Steven C. González of the Washington State Supreme Court and the Hon. Madeline H. Haikala of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

During her tenure at the University of Washington Law School, Lynnyetta held multiple leadership positions in student associations, including the Black Law Students Association, Student Bar Association, Parents Attending Law School, Education Law and Policy Society, and Women's Law Caucus.

Professional Recognition

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Corporate Law, 2023-2024
  • Loren Miller Bar Association, Phillip L. Burton Memorial Scholar, 2016

  • King County Bar Foundation Scholar, 2015

  • Stokes Lawrence Diversity Scholar, 2014

  • Southwest King County Chamber of Commerce, Outstanding Leadership Award, 2011

Professional Leadership

  • National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), Co-Chair of the Privacy & Cybersecurity Affinity Group
  • University of Washington (UW) Law School Alumni Engagement Committee, 2023-present
  • Kiwanis Club of Covington, Board Member, 2012-2013
  • Washington State Recycling Association, Committee Member, 2012-2013

Community Involvement

  • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Mentor
  • Loren Miller Bar Association
  • Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association of Seattle

Related Employment

  • Amazon, Seattle, WA, Seconded Attorney, 2023-2024

  • Meta, Seattle, WA, Seconded Attorney, 2022

  • Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, Seconded Attorney, 2020-2021

  • Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA, Associate, 2019-2021
  • Honigman LLP, Detroit, MI, Associate, 2017-2019
  • Washington Supreme Court, Olympia, WA, Judicial Extern to the Hon. Steven C. González, 2016
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, Judicial Extern to the Hon. Madeline H. Haikala, 2015
  • Sound Transit, Seattle, WA, Legal Intern, 2014
  • Republic Services, Bellevue, WA, Area Revenue Share Administrator, 2010-2013

Clerkships

  • Hon. Victoria A. Roberts, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2016 - 2017

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Education

  • University of Washington School of Law, J.D., 2016
  • University of Washington, B.A., Business Administration, 2011