Liberty McAteer
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My name is Liberty McAteer.

I'm a New York based lawyer. I practice intellectual property and corporate law, have a degree in physics and math, and i'm not afraid of code. I'm passionate about privacy and security, remix culture and open-source software, science fiction and vintage video games, new technology and old recipes.

You can read my thoughts on law, intellectual property and startups here.

I built this site to act as my digital business card. I know it is not like most attorney sites, but I'm not like most attorneys.
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I'm a business lawyer who codes.

Though my background is as a software developer, I work with clients in finTech, telemedicine, eCommerce, fashion, clients who are broker dealers and registered investment advisers, construction firms, online publishers, medical practices and a wide variety of online and brick-and-mortar businesses.

My representation of technology clients has covered finTech, edTech, healthTech, eCommerce, internet-of-things, cloud products, mobile software, enterprise SaaS, social media, photo-sharing, eDiscovery and more. As a former software developer who tries to keep his skills current (now primarily in Node) I am able to bring something ‘extra’ to the software matters under my representation.

In addition, I have represented clients in financial services, publishing, event production, logistics, energy infrastructure, fashion, design, construction, medicine and a wide variety of online and brick-and-mortar businesses.

Before private practice, I was in-house counsel for a group of tech-startups in downtown Manhattan, all of which employed Agile and TDD. As a result, I have particularly deep experience working with open source components, integrating new software into enterprise environments, ensuring that software meets regulatory requirements (including financial regulations and HIPAA) and helping developers write and understand complex API, sandbox, SaaS, PaaS and VAR agreements.

Feel free to get in touch.
Current: Associate, Moses & Singer LLP

Former
  • Barton LLP Associate
  • Tipping Point Partners Counsel, Secretary to the Board
  • BLIP Clinic Legal Intern
  • Kenyon & Kenyon Summer Associate
  • New York County District Attorney's Office Legal Intern
  • Honorable Judge Dolinger, Southern District of New York Judicial Intern
Education
  • Brooklyn Law School, J.D., cum laude, Certificate in Intellectual Property, Media and Information law
  • Wesleyan University, B.A., with honors, Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy
Bar Admissions
  • New York State
  • Southern District of New York
Writing
  • Healthcare data security: Is cloud encryption alone enough? (co-authored with Ken Rashbaum)
  • Healthcare's New "Anthem" is Encryption, But Not Everyone Sings From the Same Hymnal (co-authored with Ken Rashbaum)
  • Want Venture Capital? Here's What Investors Want.
  • Cybersecurity: Business Imperative for Law Firms New York Law Journal (co-authored with Ken Rashbaum and Jason Tenenbaum)
Mentions
  • So You've got a J.D. Now What?, Crain's New York Business
  • Summer 2012 Clinical Education Newsletter, Brooklyn Law School
  • New legal center to assist Brooklyn entrepreneurs, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
  • Superlawyers - Rising Star: Technology Transactions
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