Joseph J. Lazzarotti

Joseph J. Lazzarotti

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Organization: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Professional Bio

Joe has had the honor of being a part of the AmLaw 100, nationwide law firm, Jackson Lewis, which has 60+ offices around the country, for nearly 25 years. After practicing in the northeast for most of his career, Joe is resident in the firm's growing Tampa office.

In 2005, as an associate, Joe founded and currently co-leads the firm’s national privacy, cybersecurity, and AI practice groups, which touts 25+ attorneys navigating complex and emerging challenges, particularly around the collection, use, disclosure, and retention of personal information, the deployment of artificial intelligence, and overall governance, risk and compliance in these areas, including FTCA, HIPAA, NIST, CCPA, CPRA, BIPA, GIPA, NY SHIELD, CIPA, etc. Joe has handled hundreds of data breaches, stood up cybersecurity compliance programs, and established AI governance programs.

TRAIGA: Texas’s New AI Law Now in Effect
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report ·
Facial Recognition and AI in Hiring: A Reminder for Maryland Employers
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report ·
Delaware Consumer Privacy and Data-Breach Law Updates
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report ·
Deadline Imminent for Connecticut’s Expanded Electronic Monitoring Law
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report ·
AI-Powered Sextortion: A Growing Threat Your Workforce Needs to Know About
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report ·

Education

University of Missouri-Kansas City (1996-1999)
Pace University

Bar Admissions

Joe is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the Cybersecurity Committee for the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO), and the Economic Club of Tampa. He recently was selected to the Leadership Tampa Bay Class of 2027.  In 2025, Joe was nominated to the Cybersecurity and Privacy Committee for the Florida Bar, where he currently serves as the Planning Chair. In 2026, he was named as a winner in the Distinguished Leaders category for the 2026 Florida Legal Awards. For the last 6 years, Joe has been named as a readers’ choice top author on data privacy and cybersecurity topics for JDSupra and other publications.