Nathaniel L. Kim*

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2024
    • Technology Law & Policy Scholar
    • Westin Scholar Award
    • Senior Solicitations Editor, Georgetown Law Technology Review
  • Harvard Kennedy School of Government, M.P.P., 2020
    • Associate Editor, Kennedy School Review
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., 2014
    • Samsung Scholarship
    • MIT Burchard Scholar

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk, Judge John Z. Lee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2024-2025

Government Service

  • Policy Analyst, Privacy Branch, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 2022-2024
  • Social Science Analyst (PMF), Office of Science & Data Policy, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2020-2022

Admitted

  • 2024, Illinois
  • 2025, Massachusetts

Nathaniel L. Kim* joined Kellogg Hansen as an associate in 2026.

Before joining the firm, Nate served as a law clerk to Judge John Z. Lee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a Technology Law & Policy Scholar, received the Westin Scholar Award, and served as Senior Solicitations Editor of the Georgetown Law Technology Review. He also holds a Master in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School and a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a Samsung Scholar and MIT Burchard Scholar.

*Not admitted in the District of Columbia. Practice is supervised by members of the firm.

Articles, News & Events

  • “National ID for a Public Purpose,” 7 Geo. L. Tech. Rev. 272 (2023)
  • Co-author, “Legacy Switches: A Proposal to Protect Privacy, Security, Competition, and the Environment from the Internet of Things,” 84 Ohio St. L.J. 101 (2023)
  • Co-author, “When Thoughts Go Digital: Securing the Rise of Neurotechnology,” Cybersecurity L. Rep. (Feb. 11, 2026)

Certifications

  • IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy; CIPP/US; CIPP/EU; CIPM, 2024