Abby Lemert
Associate Chicago
I graduated summa cum laude from Purdue University with a B.S.E. in Multidisciplinary Engineering. As a Marshall Scholar, I earned two master’s degrees in computer science and international relations in the United Kingdom, both with highest distinction. I received my J.D. from Yale Law School and clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. I handle antitrust cases.
Perfect Vacation
Road trip though a new part of the world
Desired Superpower
Teleportation
How I Get to Work
Train
Favorite Game
Scrabble
Curriculum Vitae
ABBY LEMERT is an Associate at Edelson PC, where her practice focuses on antitrust. She has experience in the fields of data privacy; digital market competition and antitrust; and the regulation of social media, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies.
Before joining Edelson, Abby served as a law clerk to the Honorable David F. Hamilton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Abby received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she co-founded a new clinic, the Tech Accountability & Competition (TAC) Project, supported by Professor Jack Balkin and the Yale Information Society Project. TAC’s mission, as the only second-generation tech clinic, is to hold public and private actors accountable for the power they wield through emerging technologies. In its first two years, TAC established partnerships with the Center for Democracy & Technology, Consumer Reports, and the D.C. Attorney General. In Gonzalez v. Google, the Supreme Court’s first-ever case interpreting Section 230, TAC was hired to prepare an amicus brief on behalf of Section 230’s authors, Senator Ron Wyden and former Representative Joseph Cox.
In addition to her work with TAC, Abby was Submissions Editor on the Yale Journal of Law & Technology, a regular contributor to Lawfare on tech-related issues, and a Kerry Fellow on digital authoritarianism. She served as a research assistant to David Dinielli and Professor Fiona Scott-Morton on digital regulation in the European Union.
At Purdue, Abby co-founded Purdue Immigrant Allies and was the College of Engineering student commencement speaker. As Purdue’s only Marshall Scholar in the past 30 years, Abby earned an M.Sc. in Informatics from the University of Edinburgh and an M.A. in Public Diplomacy & Global Communications from University College London, both with distinction. Abby has completed internships with the Facebook Oversight Board, Harvard’s Cyberlaw Clinic, Privacy International, Ethical Intelligence, the U.S. Department of State, and the National Security Agency’s Civil Liberties & Privacy Office.
- Illinois
- Seventh Circuit