About

Nyssa is an international tech, human rights, data security, and privacy lawyer; writer; mentor; world traveler; global citizen; hotel aficionado; design enthusiast; founder of the award-winning travel website, The Cultureur; monthly mentorship columnist at Colorado Lawyer Magazine (subscribe on Mentor in Law); and creator of Curated by Nyssa newsletter on design and coffee table books (subscribe at Curated by Nyssa).

Based in Denver, Nyssa is a lawyer in the Privacy and Data Security group at Perkins Coie LLP. She advises online platforms, communications providers, and other global technology clients on international privacy, data security, free speech, and human rights issues associated with electronic communications and activity. These matters range from domestic and cross-border government demands for communications data in criminal investigations to intergovernmental agencies investigating atrocity crimes in humanitarian crises. In the area of cross-border digital evidence, Nyssa advises clients on issues arising from the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (CLOUD) Act, the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), and other international and domestic mechanisms utilized by governments and litigants to obtain evidence from a platform in one country for use in another country. She also provides guidance on government search and seizure issues, and works on matters related to digital safety, platform regulation, data preservation, and content liability. Through her work, she has cultivated a global network of local counsel in over 100 countries, which she leverages to assist companies in processing non-U.S. requests for communications user data.

Currently, she co-chairs the Data Privacy and Security group at the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) and serves as Denver City Lead for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). Additionally, she is the recipient of NAPABA’s 2024 Best Under 40 award and the American Bar Association’s 2022 On the Rise Top 40 Lawyers award, and she is on the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list for technology law in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.

Previously, she worked at Microsoft as an intellectual property lawyer and was part of the Pro Bono Steering Committee. She was also an LCLD Pathfinder; a Washington Leadership Institute Fellow at the Washington State Bar Association; an Aspen NextGen Fellow as part of the NextGen Network of the Transatlantic Initiative at the Aspen Institute; and a World Affairs Council Fellow.

As the proud daughter of immigrants, Nyssa is a vocal champion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (particularly amplifying the voices of women and minorities) and a fierce advocate of both giving back to the community through pro bono work and paying it forward through mentorship.

Prior to law school, she worked at U.S. Embassies in New Delhi, Paris, and London through the Department of State; freelanced as a travel writer for international publications (featured in AFAR, Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, among others); volunteered at several global NGOs related to education and women’s empowerment; and co-founded a health and wellness company.

Additionally, she was a Fulbright Scholar in Germany and received a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego; an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science; and a J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law.

Outside of work, Nyssa finds inspiration in design, travel, and storytelling. Originally from Southern California, she has lived, studied, and worked in cities around the world—including Paris, London, Berlin, New Delhi, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Diego, and Denver, with briefer stints in Marburg, Mussoorie, and Reykjavik. She is the creator of Curated by Nyssa, a newsletter celebrating coffee table books and the way they capture beauty, memory, and culture. Her love of timeless interiors, curated spaces, and global perspectives is shaped by her travels to over 50 countries and stays in some of the world’s most thoughtfully designed hotels. Whether exploring seasonal markets, browsing independent bookshops, or hosting intimate gatherings, she seeks out experiences that combine aesthetics, meaning, and connection.