Ryan Mrazik
- Firmwide Chair, Tech Amicus Practice
- Seattle
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For more than 15 years, Ryan has represented online service providers on their core legal issues: user data privacy, content moderation and liability, platform integrity, and privacy litigation.
Ryan Mrazik works with the largest online technology companies, startups, and companies at every stage of growth to help them protect themselves, their users, and their data; promote free speech and expression online; and stop child and victim exploitation on their services.
Online communications and storage providers engage Ryan's assistance when responding to government surveillance and legal process demands for their users' information. In domestic and international settings, Ryan deals with requests for online user data that arise under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Wiretap Act, Pen Register/Trap and Trace Statute, Stored Communications Act, and state equivalents. Ryan supports his service provider clients across the entire range of a legal process response program. In this part of his practice, Ryan handles cutting-edge privacy issues including the Fourth Amendment implications of government surveillance, the boundaries of anonymous speech under the First Amendment, and cross-border discovery and data compulsion in criminal matters.
Ryan's work draws on his knowledge of constantly changing legislation and caselaw in the area of content moderation and liability. He has defended providers against dozens of claims about unlawful content moderation, primarily under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment. Ryan's domestic litigation practice has expanded into counseling clients about their content moderation practices and procedures; tracking and consulting on proposed domestic legislation and advising on changes in caselaw; and supporting companies' compliance with recently enacted and imminent international content moderation regulations around the world.
Lastly, Ryan helps his clients stop child and victim exploitation online. He works with clients on reporting as required to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, complying with emerging child safety regulations, and analyzing complex related legal issues. This dovetails with Ryan's pro bono practice, where he represents survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in privacy-related matters.
Areas of focus
Education & Credentials
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, Senior Articles Editor, Georgetown Journal of International Law, 2008
- Georgetown University, B.S., Foreign Service, 2003
Bar and Court Admissions
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Washington
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
Related Employment
- Perkins Coie LLP, Internet Law Fellowship, 2008
- Professor Andrew Schoenholtz, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., Research Assistant, 2007-2008
- Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, Summer Associate, 2007
- Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of National Courts, Washington, D.C., Legal Intern, 2007
- District of Columbia Law Students in Court Program, Washington, D.C., Intake Specialist and Investigator, Summer 2006
- Association of Academic Health Centers, Washington, D.C., Program Assistant, 2003-2006
Professional Recognition
Listed in Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers, 2024
Listed in Super Lawyers Magazine, “Rising Stars of Washington Law,” 2014-2021
Impact
Community Involvement
- Court-Appointed Special Advocates for Children, Washington, D.C., Court-Appointed Special Advocate, 2004-2006
- District of Columbia Employment Justice Center, Washington, D.C., Intake Volunteer, 2004
