Amber Leong - Coblentz Law

Details

P 415.268.0535

F 415.989.1663

aleong@coblentzlaw.com

Education

J.D., magna cum laude,

University of California College of Law, San Francisco (2015)
B.A., cum laude,

University of California, San Diego (2010)

Practices

Litigation

Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Amber Leong advises on a variety of litigation matters. Her experience includes tackling various aspects of business litigation at all stages of litigation, including pre-trial motions, jury trials, post-verdict motion practice, and California state court appellate matters. Amber also counsels clients on a wide range of issues, including data privacy, cybersecurity, and labor and employment issues. Specifically, she counsels clients on compliance with federal and state privacy and labor laws.

Before joining Coblentz, Amber clerked for the Honorable J. Michael Seabright and the Honorable Helen Gillmor in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. She also clerked for the Honorable Claudia Wilken in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Before that, Amber was an associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, where she was a part of a trial team that secured four favorable jury verdicts for a Fortune 500 Company. She also secured favorable verdicts in appellate matters in the California Court of Appeal.

Amber is National Mentoring Co-Chair for the American Bar Association’s Judicial Internship Opportunity Program.

Amber earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of California College of Law, San Francisco (Hastings). During law school, she served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Edward M. Chen in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and was the Executive Managing Editor of the Hastings Law Journal. She was elected to the Order of the Coif and a member of the Thurston Honors Society. Amber was also a recipient of the Milton D. Green Top Ten Citation Award (awarded to the ten people with the highest cumulative GPAs after the first year), and a CALI and Witkin Award Winner in Copyright, Legal Ethics, and Law Practice Management. Amber earned her B.A., cum laude, from the University of California, San Diego.

“Are You Ready? CPRA Regulations Are In Effect Immediately: Attorney General Rob Bonta Wins a Reversal at the California Court of Appeals” (February 13, 2024)

“How to Catch a Phish and Protect Your Data Privacy: Your Duties as a Lawyer,” Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, San Francisco, CA (January 26, 2024)

“You’ve Worked To Make Your Website Cookies, Pixels, and Chat Function Compliant With Privacy Laws; Now What Is A “Pen Register”?” (January 19, 2024)

“Citizenship and Immigration Status Is Now Categorized as Sensitive Personal Information under California Law” (October 30, 2023)

“Plaintiffs Continue Website Privacy Lawsuits Using 35-Year-Old Statute” (October 17, 2023)

“Companies Should Keep in Mind Chatbots, Session Recordings, Mouseclicks: New Consumer Privacy Suits Continue Under Decades-Old Wiretapping Statutes” (October 17, 2023)

“California Privacy Protection Agency Signals Intent To Keep The Gas On Privacy Enforcement Despite Recent Court Decision” (August 8, 2023)

“Attorney General Seeks Information from California Employers on Compliance with California Consumer Privacy Act” (July 17, 2023)

“Enforcement of CPRA Regulations Postponed, But Statute Still in Effect and Enforceable” (July 12, 2023)

“Webinar: Preparing for CPRA Enforcement and Other Privacy Law Developments” (June 6, 2023)

“Spring / Summer 2023 Privacy Law Report: A Comprehensive Look at New Developments in Data Privacy Laws” (May 26, 2023)