Profile

Amber serves as the Deputy Chair of Bond’s Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practice and maintains Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) and Certified Information Privacy Professional/European (CIPP/E) credentials through the ANSI-accredited International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Amber represents a wide range of clients across all industries, including retail, hospitality, manufacturing, development, higher education, technology, health care and media. She currently serves as part-time corporate counsel at Paychex, Inc. where she advises on privacy and cybersecurity matters. 

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  • Listed in:
    • The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Privacy and Data Security, 2021-2024
    • New York Super Lawyers® Rising Star, Technology Transactions, 2023 
  • New York State Bar Association 
  • Onondaga County Bar Association
  • CNY Women’s Bar Association 
  • Syracuse College of Law Alternate Dispute Resolution Competition, Winner Fall, 2016
  • Syracuse College of Law Alternate Dispute Resolution Competition, Best Advocate, Fall 2016
  • Business Editor, Volume 67, Syracuse Law Review; Editorial Member, Volume 66
  • Moot Court Honor Society
  • St. Lawrence University, Government Honors, Thesis: Public Financing of Elections: A Comparative Analysis of US Presidential and US Gubernatorial Elections, 2014.
  • Bernard J. Lammers Award, Leadership and Research in the Study of Government, 2014 
  • Omicron Delta Kappa

  • Panelist, Don't Crack Under Pressure: Why Tabletop Exercises are Important!, iSecure, January 31, 2024
  • A Special Episode Celebrating Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Legally Bond Podcast, October 10, 2023
  • Developing a Strategy to Comply with Multiple State Privacy Laws, International Legal Technology Association, October 25, 2022
  • Legal Issues in Cyber Incident Response, MACNY Cybersecurity Summit, September 29, 2022
  • Panelist, Buffalo chapter of The Institute for Supply Management®, “Cybersecurity Risk Mitigation; Lessons Learned from Ransomware Triage,” May 6, 2022
  • Co-Panelist alongside Scott Charney, VP of Security Policy at Microsoft Corporation and Kevin Minsky, Senior Legal Counsel of Product Compliance at DocuSign; Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Career Panel, Syracuse University College of Law, February 17, 2022
  • A Special Episode with Amber Lawyer, World Data Privacy Day, Legally Bond Podcast, January 28, 2022
  • An Interview with Amber Lawyer, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy, Legally Bond Podcast, September 27, 2021
  • NY SHIELD Act – Are You in Compliance?, Human Resources Association of the Twin Tiers, August 12, 2021
  • The ABCs of Data Privacy: GDPR, CCPA, NY SHIELD Act and More, Monroe County Bar Association, April 16, 2020
  • Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Legal Overview: How to Comply With New Data Protection Laws and What to do in the Event of a Data Breach, MACNY Cyber Security Summit, March 13, 2020
  • GDPR, California Consumer Privacy Act, and NY SHIELD Act, American Payroll Association NYS Capital Region Chapter Meeting, September 19, 2019

  • Selection Committee, Kurt Wimmer IAPP Westin Scholar Award
  • Association for Data and Cyber Governance
  • Board Member, Syracuse City Ballet, Inc.