Julia Tama
Julia brings significant experience navigating complex enforcement matters under "unfair or deceptive" legal standards and other laws. She has represented entities in dozens of matters before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), members and committees of Congress, and state attorneys general. Julia provides creative and sophisticated advocacy aimed at resolving regulatory or legislative scrutiny of clients' privacy, security, and advertising practices. She also keeps clients informed on policy and legislative developments and prepares comments on proposed laws and agency rulemakings.
With a particular focus on children's privacy, location data, adtech, and video streaming platforms, as well as the food and beverage industry, Julia helps clients manage risk through day-to-day product counseling, targeted risk assessment, and smart compliance programs. Julia draws from her enforcement and policy advocacy experience to provide clients with a risk-based and forward-looking perspective. She advises extensively on U.S. state privacy laws; the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA); financial privacy laws such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and state analogues; and the Digital Advertising Alliance's Self-Regulatory Principles. Julia also helps clients tackle data security challenges through policy development, tabletop exercises, and breach response.
Julia serves on the Venable Foundation Grants Committee. Prior to joining Venable, Julia served as Judiciary Committee counsel to U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), where her portfolio included privacy, data security, consumer protection, child Internet safety, and foreign intelligence surveillance issues.
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Experience
Government Experience
- Judiciary Committee Counsel, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
Insights
Credentials
Education
- J.D. Yale Law School
- M.P.A. School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
- B.A. Swarthmore College
- Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- New York
- District of Columbia
Recognition
- Chambers USA, Privacy & Data Security, Nationwide, 2024
- Thomson Reuters, Stand-out Lawyer, 2024
- Legal 500, Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection), 2021 – 2024