Josef Ansorge

Josef (Joey) offers his clients a comprehensive background in cyber/data/privacy litigation, with a focus on information technology, privacy, international trade and business litigation. He has extensive experience representing clients in government investigations and in state and federal court. Joey also has a passion for pro bono work, with a focus on impactful litigation for persons with disabilities.

Joey’s representative experience includes:

• Successfully defending a large technology company in multiple data privacy class actions
• Obtaining a complete stipulated dismissal of a putative class action for a technology company
• Obtaining a settlement for a technology company with no fine and no admission of wrongdoing
• Obtaining a complete dismissal of a putative class action on behalf of an automotive company
• Arguing and obtaining reversal on behalf of a manufacturer at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Before joining Cooley, Joey practiced as an of counsel in Washington, DC, for a large litigation firm.

Joey has published and spoken on dozens of topics related to privacy, technology, international matters and beyond – including authoring a book. He is bilingual in English and German.

Joey’s select publications include:

• Author, “Identify and Sort: How Digital Power Changed World Politics,” London: Hurst; New York: Oxford University Press, 2016
• Co-author, “Military Manuals” in “Making Things International 2,” Mark B. Salter (ed.), University of Minnesota Press, 2016
• Co-author, “Utile Forms: Power and Knowledge in Small War,” Review of International Studies, May 2014
• Author, “The Sovereign’s Data: Ritual, Archival, Digital,” Current Intelligence, October 2013

Joey’s select speaking engagements include:

• Lecturer, “An Overview of the US Privacy Litigation Landscape,” 11th Annual BCLT Privacy Law Forum, March 2023
• Panelist, “From Legal Versus Engineering to Legal With Engineering – How To Work Together to Truly Embed Privacy by Design Into Your Organization,” Privacy + Security Forum Conference, November 2022
• Panelist, “The Antitrust-Privacy Collision,” Privacy + Security Forum Conference, November 2022
• Panelist, “Data Privacy in Product Design,” Privacy + Security Forum Conference, November 2022
• Lecturer, “Comprehensive Accountability Regimes,” Accountability and Prevention of Human Rights Violations, March 2015
• Lecturer, “Comprehensive Accountability Regimes,” 6th US AFRICOM Academic Symposium, June 2014
• Panelist, “What Time Is It in ‘Auxiliary Space’?” International Studies Association Annual Convention, March 2014
• Panelist, “Building Peace in the Postcolony: Challenges to an Emerging Paradigm,” International Studies Association Annual Convention, March 2014
• Lecturer, “Identify & Sort: State Policies and Practices,” Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, November 2013
• Lecturer, “SSR and DDR Programs in Peacekeeping Operations,” The George Washington University, October 2012
• Panelist, “EU Security Policy in the Mediterranean Region,” Belgrade Security Forum, September 2013
• Speaker, “Ships of State: Technology, International Relations, and Identity Dominance,” IISS-SAIS Merrill Center Young Strategists Programme, August 2013
• Lecturer, “Digital Power in World Politics,” Universidad del Rosario, July 2013
• Lecturer, Weeklong course on international security, University College ISPE, March 2013