Jevan Hutson

Jevan Hutson is an Associate at Hintze Law PLLC. Jevan is a respected expert and thought leader on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) ethics, law, and policy. His practice focuses on the intersection of privacy, security, and data ethics, with particular experience in emerging ethical and policy issues in generative AI, large language models (LLMs), ML, and computer vision (CV). He helps clients assess and mitigate the reputational, regulatory, and legal risks associated with the development and deployment of AI/ML technologies.

Jevan routinely advises clients in identifying, evaluating, and managing complex global privacy and cybersecurity risks and compliance issues. He also helps clients develop and implement privacy programs and guides them on state, federal and global privacy and cybersecurity compliance and data breach notification laws. Substantive areas of expertise include, AI policy, breach response, facial recognition and biometrics, the FTC Act, consumer protection, dating platforms and intimate privacy, M&A due diligence, California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Jevan has significant in-house experience having seconded with Meta’s core AI Policy team and Microsoft’s core Privacy & Regulatory Affairs team.

Jevan co-teaches a technology law and public policy clinic at a leading U.S. law school and regularly publishes papers on policy at the intersection of law, technology, design, and ethics at premier law reviews and international conferences on human-computer interaction, social computing, and usable security and privacy. Jevan is co-chair of the LGBTQ+ Privacy & Tech Network and is a member of QLaw: the LGBTQ+ Bar Association of Washington and Queer in AI. 

Prior to joining Hintze Law, Jevan gained extensive privacy experience as an associate at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in the firm’s Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation practice group. During law school, Jevan held positions as a law clerk for the Federal Trade Commission’s Northwest Regional Office, a policy advocacy intern for the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington’s Technology & Liberty Project, and a legal intern for Nintendo of America. 

As a law student, Jevan also led facial recognition and AI policy development at the University of Washington School of Law’s Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic. As part of that work, he engaged extensively with state and national policy debates around privacy, AI, and facial recognition and he represented the University of Washington on the Port of Seattle’s External Advisory Group for biometrics. Jevan also served as president of the University of Washington Student Bar Association and received several honors and awards, including the Gregoire Fellowship, Jack MacDonald Merit Award, and Pro Bono Honors.

Jevan’s research endeavors and technology policy advocacy are featured in multiple major news outlets, including The Washington Post, MIT Technology Review, Protocol, The Rolling Stone, WIRED, VentureBeat, BuzzFeed News, Reuters, Mother Jones, CNN, The Huffington Post, and The New York Post. 

Memberships

• QLaw: the LGBT Bar Association of Washington

• Queer in AI

• International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Recognition

• Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America 2024 for work in Privacy and Data Security Law

• Honored as a Washington “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, 2023

Education

• University of Washington School of Law, JD, 2020

• Cornell University, Master's Degree, Information Science, 2017

• Cornell University, BA, Art History & Visual Studies, 2016

Bar Admissions

• Washington

Certifications*

• Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP)

• Certified Information Privacy Professional – Europe (CIPP/E)

• Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT)

• Certified Information Privacy Professional – United States (CIPP/US)

• Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)

• Certified Information Privacy Professional – Asia (CIPP/A)

*The Supreme Court of Washington does not recognize certification and certification is not a requirement to practice law in the State of Washington.