Jeff Kosseff, CIPP/US, is a privacy and communications associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Covington & Burling, LLP. He clerked for Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eastern District of Virginia. He is an adjunct professor of communications law at American University, and serves on the board of directors of The Writer’s Center. Before becoming a lawyer, he was a journalist for The Oregonian and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and recipient of