Idara E. Udofia

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Partner

Chicago

Guides clients on privacy, emerging technology, marketing, and advertising matters, combining creative insight and in-house experience to shape practical, business-focused strategies
Idara is a partner in the Entertainment & Media Industry Group and is the US Privacy Lead for the Emerging Technologies Diagonal. Their practice focuses on data protection, emerging technologies, media and consumer protection matters. Idara partners with clients to help optimize their business goals admist an ever-changing regulatory landscape, and leverages their prior in-house experience to provide strategic, practical advice.

Recognitions

  • Selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, 2025
  • Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© Ones to Watch list for Entertainment and Sports Law, 2024-2025, and Intellectual Property Law, 2023-2025

Credentials

Education

  • Columbia University School of Law, 2013, J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia Journal of Race and LawColumbia Journal of Gender and Law
  • Columbia University, 2009, B.S., Political Science/Anthropology

Professional admissions & qualifications

  • Illinois
  • New York

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