Lori Lesser is a Partner in the Litigation Department and is Head of the Intellectual Property Practice and Co-Chair of the Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice. She advises on all aspects of intellectual property, artificial intelligence (AI), technology, privacy and cybersecurity law, including corporate transactions, litigation, licensing, outsourcing, strategic agreements and counseling. She counsels clients in a variety of fields, including media and entertainment, software and technology, financial information, apparel, retail and consumer products, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, internet, mobile and social media services and nonprofits.
Lori is recognized by Chambers USA in Technology (Nationwide) and in Band 1 for Technology (New York). Lori was recently named “Privacy & Data Protection Lawyer of the Year” at Euromoney’s Women in Business Law Americas Awards and was recently short-listed in the Cybersecurity category. She is recognized in The Legal 500 as a “Leading Lawyer” for Technology Transactions and as an advisor “to watch” for Cyber Law, and has been ranked in the “Top 250 Women in Litigation” by Euromoney’s Benchmark Litigation, “Top 50 Under 45” U.S. IP Lawyers by IP Law and Business, the “Top 45 Under 45” U.S. women lawyers by The American Lawyer and “The 20 Most Influential Women in IP Law” by Law360. She was twice named New York City’s “Information Technology Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America. Lori also received the 2023 Harvard Law School Association Award, the association’s highest alumni award, for her service to the legal profession, society and Harvard Law School.
Updated Oct 2025
