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Mikella (Mikey) M. Hurley Counsel

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Overview

Mikella (Mikey) Hurley has experience with a variety of legal issues related to privacy and data security, electronic surveillance, national security, and laws applicable to digital discrimination. Mikey routinely represents communications providers in litigation matters involving electronic surveillance issues, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), and the First and Fourth Amendments. She counsels clients in various areas, including financial privacy, mobile advertising and location-tracking technologies, and matters relating to international data transfers. She also assists clients in addressing challenges at the intersection of machine learning, algorithmic fairness, consumer protection, and civil rights.

Mikey is well versed in various statutes and laws, including the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), federal and state nondiscrimination laws, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and state consumer privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Prior to returning to Perkins Coie, Mikey served as general counsel at the technology startup, SignalFrame. She also previously worked in several positions at Gavi, an international development organization based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Related Employment

  • SignalFrame, Washington, D.C., General Counsel, 2018 – 2019
  • Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, D.C., Associate, 2016 – 2018
  • Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington D.C., Summer Associate, 2014
  • Judicial Intern for the Hon. James E. Boasberg, U.S. District Court for The District of Columbia, Washington D.C., 2013 – 2014 

Clerkships

  • Hon. Roy W. McLeese III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2015 - 2016

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • New York

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2015
  • Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, M.S., International Law, 2012
  • Macalester College, B.A., Religious Studies, 2003

Languages

  • French