Robert M. Botkin

Robert M. Botkin is an intellectual property lawyer, partner, and AI Services Team Leader at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP who advises companies on privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and emerging technology matters. He works with startups and large corporations across technology, retail, automotive, healthcare, life sciences, and finance. His practice includes AI governance, cybersecurity incident response, data governance, technology contracts, and regulatory compliance. He helps businesses evaluate legal risks connected with new technologies and digital operations.

Robert earned his B.S., cum laude, from Florida State University. He later earned his J.D. from Wake Forest University. His education provided a foundation for work involving technology regulation, privacy compliance, intellectual property, contracts, and complex commercial issues.

Robert advises clients on AI procurement, deployment, governance, licensing, and commercial agreements involving AI-enabled products and services. His work includes privacy notices, data processing agreements, security agreements, SaaS agreements, software licenses, and data sharing arrangements. He handles cybersecurity incidents and advises businesses on privacy laws such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and GLBA. His background includes working at a large transatlantic law firm and on a major bank’s data protection and sourcing team.

Robert M. Botkin brings regulatory, transactional, and technology experience to businesses managing privacy, cybersecurity, AI, and intellectual property concerns. He is admitted in North Carolina and New York. His credentials include Certified Privacy Law Specialist, Certified Information Privacy Technologist, and Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional. He is an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and leads Parker Poe’s AI Services Team. His work focuses on practical legal strategies for evolving technology and compliance challenges.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
• Member, North Carolina State Bar
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Strategic Advisor, The Plant Era
• Chairman of the Board, Chabad Young Professionals Board of Directors

Licensed State

• North Carolina
• New York

Education

• Wake Forest University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Florida State University
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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