About Us

Our Firm

Supporting your enterprise through collaboration, innovation, and the strategic use of technology and regulatory compliance.

Octillo is a 360-degree technology law firm and one of the few firms in the United States with a recognized focus solely on data security and privacy compliance, incident response, and litigation.

We partner with executive leadership and cross-disciplinary teams to build privacy and security compliance programs, conduct trainings, negotiate technology contracts, respond to data incidents, prepare for regulatory investigations and defend against consumer class actions or technology and contractual disputes.

Our work is guided by these core values:

Excellence.

We strive to be the world’s leading data security, privacy, and technology law firm, attracting elite talent and providing sophisticated legal counsel. Our clients rely on us for exceptional solutions to their data security and privacy-related challenges.

Drive.

We serve growing businesses in fast-paced industries and our area of the law is constantly changing. We’re responsive, hard-working, and focused on the future.

Originality.

We bring innovative solutions to our clients’ complex legal challenges and questions. As a women-led team, we stand out with out-of-the-box thinking in the data security, privacy, and technology space and will continue to challenge the way that law firms operate.

Octillo is not Big Law. We are a responsive, focused firm and exceptional client service is our highest priority. Consider us your partner for business growth in the digital age.

Our Culture

Talent and ingenuity live here.

If we could sum up our culture in one word, that word would be “growth.”

We partner with our clients to support their strategic initiatives and we also encourage professional and personal growth in our team. This is one of the reasons why Octillo is a sought after workplace and how we attract and retain elite talent.

At Octillo, we believe in collaboration over competition and work as a team to meet the needs of our clients. Senior members are approachable and accessible to associates and staff. Employees enjoy flexible work hours, the ability to work from home, and the opportunity to be part of a team of pioneering trailblazers with the goal of disrupting the industry.

Octillo aims to be the leading data privacy security firm in the United States. Our drive, culture and team will get us there.

Are you a growth-oriented individual searching for a fulfilling career in the exciting area of DSP law? We want to hear from you.

Candidates interested in joining our team may send a resume and cover letter to [email protected].

Diversity

We actively support, recruit, and refer work to women and minority-owned businesses and organizations.

Octillo Diversity Statement:

As a woman-owned law firm operating in the technology space, Octillo understands how diversity benefits both our organization and the legal and technology industry as a whole. We make better decisions when we consider multiple perspectives and are open to learning from individuals who come from different backgrounds and walks of life. It is by these tenets that we lead by example, empowering others and uplifting individuals from underrepresented groups to help build a more inclusive world where our differences are celebrated and not feared.

Octillo DEI Commitment:

Octillo is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace culture built on mutual respect. We support and promote non-discriminatory practices and actively recruit new talent with diversity top of mind. As we grow and focus on the future, we will continue to encourage and support our partners, attorneys, and employees to demonstrate the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion in their everyday activities, roles, and functions.

In addition to prioritizing diversity within our own organization, Octillo is committed to creating positive change in the industries we operate in by empowering underrepresented groups to pursue careers legal, cybersecurity, and technology through mentorship and contributions to not-for-profits and scholarship programs that share this mission.

Octillo’s Key Diversity Initiatives*

• Octillo Maintains an Internal DEI Policy and Committee to monitor hiring practices, recruitment initiatives, audits, and refinement of internal DEI objectives.
• Octillo participates in minority-focused legal groups and committees for enhanced networking and representation opportunities.
• Partners with community organizations such as the GIRL Scouts of America to train the next generation of cybersecurity and privacy leaders.
• Offered Bring I.T. 2022 Scholarship in partnership with the Spencer Education Foundation, awarding two scholarships to two students pursuing careers in STEM.
• Over sixty-five percent of Octillo’s Partners are female while over seventy-two percent of Octillo team members are from diverse backgrounds with different experiences.
• Encourages Octillo team members to advance and overcome obstacles and challenges to reach their greatest potential by providing community service opportunities.
• Provides internal training programs and professional development stipends for all attorneys and staff to develop and refine their skills, gaining transparency and greater knowledge between areas of practice, experience, and skill sets.

Regarding the firm's ongoing diversity efforts, Managing Director Kara Hilburger notes, “There is always more work to be done in the diversity arena, and Octillo is committed to putting action to our words. Our team continues to set and reach new goals in this important initiative. Our Firm will continue to work hard to hire and reward exceptional, diverse legal talent and to maintain our inclusive workplace environment.”

_{*Modeled after 2022 Bloomberg Law Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Framework}