I’m a gov’t lawyer in South Florida interested in moving to Atlanta and focusing on privacy in-house. I’m not licensed in GA, but obtained the CIPP/US. I’ve been networking on LinkedIN, and staying up to date on privacy info. I also have some experience doing work in government that’s similar to privacy in the private sector. However, it seems companies are interested in attorneys who already have the identical experience not transferable skills. Does anyone have any tips for pivoting?

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I am open to those as well, but seems they are looking for persons who already have privacy compliance experience.

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A variety of government contracts. Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating for software, equipment, services, training programs and speakers, supplies, etc. I’ve also worked on procurements before and after the bidding process.

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