Jesse Snyder

• Jesse Snyder serves as lead counsel for litigations involving an industry-leading AI company offering products and services for legal departments worldwide.
• Jesse Snyder is lead counsel to an industry-leading jet propulsion system manufacturer for the U.S. military, advising on AI, IP, privacy, trade, antitrust, and compliance.
• Jesse is lead counsel to a pioneering and disrupting aerospace defense contractor designing pilot training devices for flight school, including achieving an agency corrective action through a successful bid protest.
• Jesse is lead counsel to one of the largest national defense aerospace companies on AI governance and compliance, data mapping, and cybersecurity.
• Jesse is lead counsel to an industry-leading space company pioneering human habitation in low-Earth orbit, advising on litigation, data security, and AI matters.
• Jesse is lead counsel to numerous large-scale AI companies on governance, compliance, and international trade with an emphasis on national security.
• Jesse is lead counsel to a prominent AI-enabled cybersecurity company on privacy, security, international trade, and intellectual property.
• Jesse is lead counsel to numerous startups on research, design, development, and patenting of AI technology.
• Jesse is lead counsel to an AI-enabled pharmaceutical company on the development and patenting of cannabis-plant-material compounds.
• Jesse represented Google in the pathmarking copyright dispute against Oracle over use of APIs when coding.
• Jesse delivered a complete defense victory for GW Pharma in a patent dispute over one of the few FDA-approved drugs containing cannabis plant materials. See Canopy Growth Corp. v. GW Pharma Ltd., No. 22-1603 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 24, 2023).
• Jesse represented Equifax on various fronts during the 2017 data incident, including advising on congressional oversight, regulatory enforcement, state attorneys general litigation, and private lawsuits.

Jesse litigates prime time technology disputes. No matter the issue, Jesse is always present to help his clients navigate their toughest challenges. 

Jesse helps his clients traverse scores of pressing fronts: novel disputes, government-facing advocacy, compliance, governance, licensing, national security, international trade, as well as practical business-minded matters to drive ROI and to galvanize KPIs. In addition to his well-established administrative law practice, Jesse has served as lead counsel in high-stakes disputes touching on data privacy and cybersecurity, intellectual property, pixel technology, and generative AI. What's more, Jesse regularly counsels clients in highly scrutinized industries on the development and implementation of cybersecurity, privacy, and AI compliance programs and protocols. Moreover, Jesse has been called upon to provide forensic analysis, technical advice, and legal defense to various clients facing exigent online attacks as well as illicit hacking events.

Jesse was nominated by his clients and received recognition by the BTI Consulting Group as a 2025 Client Service All-Star, "the gold standard used by corporate counsel and law firms alike to identify the attorneys delivering the absolute best levels of client service -- better than all others." During 2025 in particular, BTI noted that "only two attorneys earned their organic recognition from multiple clients," and Jesse was one of those two. The University of Mississippi School of Law's Center for Air and Space Law invited Jesse to be a 2025 and 2026 guest lecturer on cybersecurity and AI. The Sedona Conference also chose Jesse to serve on the 2026 working group on AI and trade secrets.

During law school, Jesse served as editor in chief of the flagship law review publication, graduated in the highest percentile of his class, and was inducted into the National Order of Scribes. He is a published author in 24 different law reviews. Jesse clerked for three federal judges: the Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Honorable Jimmie V. Reyna of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Honorable Jorge A. Solis of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Before attending law school, Jesse gained invaluable experience as an engineer at Stryker Corporation and as an officer serving during the attacks on September 11, 2001. Jesse is an avid runner, and he has been so for over 35 years.