Jesse Snyder is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of King & Spalding and a member of the firm’s Technology, Government Matters, Appellate, and Administrative Law practice groups. Jesse’s practice focuses on AI, data privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, appeals, strategic counseling, and bespoke cross-disciplinary solutions for clients facing significant risk. In short, Jesse solves his clients' toughest problems. 

Jesse leads his clients through scores of pressing fronts including technology 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 appellate and administrative law practice, Jesse has served as lead counsel in numerous litigations, including high-stakes disputes touching on data privacy and security, intellectual property, medical care, 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 generative 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. He also routinely advises clients on AI algorithm and large language model development, data mapping, as well as various considerations and strategies when implementing AI into existing and nascent processes. In addition, Jesse takes pride in his dedicated practice aimed at advancing the talents of entrepreneurs to compete and to succeed, thereby providing steady advice and pragmatic guidance to help propel his clients forward to achieve their business objectives.  

In view of his achievements in these areas, 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. Building further, the University of Mississippi School of Law's Center for Air and Space Law invited Jesse to be a 2025 guest lecturer on cybersecurity and AI. 

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, covering a variety of topics ranging from the Antiterrorism Act and First Amendment to patent law and Twenty-first Amendment. He also serves as an ex officio member of Texas A&M’s faculty committee on clerkship placements. Before joining King & Spalding, Jesse served as a term law clerk to 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 amassed experience as an engineer at Stryker Corporation and as a commissioned military officer serving in the Air Force during the attacks on September 11, 2001. His medical-device experience covers a wide array of technology platforms for use in endoscopic procedures. And as a graduate of the Air Force Academy, Jesse is a proud combat veteran of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Multinational Corps-Iraq, and Combined Joint Task Force 7. During his service, he received multiple medals and awards. In addition, as an extension of his sustained commitment to public service, Jesse pioneered the firm's Armed Forces Attorney Coalition, a group whose purpose is to promote veteran interests in the legal profession as well as more broadly. Jesse also carries an abiding dedication to pro bono legal services, as demonstrated by his past multiyear recognition as a member of the North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society. Jesse is an avid runner, and he has been so for over 35 years.

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