Skylar W. Schossberger

Skylar Schossberger is an associate in the firm’s Intellectual Property & Internet Law practice group in Boise. Skylar has experience in data privacy law and related technology and internet litigation (including claims under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA)), trademark and Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) matters, and entertainment law (including rights clearance and content licensing). Her practice also includes reviewing and drafting Software as a Service (SaaS) agreements, website terms of use, and privacy policies, and advising clients on the legal implications of artificial intelligence usage.

Skylar received her J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law in 2023, where she earned the CALI Award for Internet Law, given to the highest-scoring student in the class. During law school, she served as a judicial extern at the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho with the Honorable Debora K. Grasham and the Honorable Candy W. Dale and completed Hawley Troxell’s summer associate program. Skylar earned her B.A. in Political Science, magna cum laude, from Middlebury College in 2020, where she was also a three-time ITA All-American tennis player.

Skylar is the author of “From Myth to Reality: Is AI the Pandora’s Box of Our Time?” (The Advocate, Vol. 68 No. 1, January 2025), which examines artificial intelligence and legal personhood through the lens of classical philosophy and science fiction. She also co-authored “Smart Farming and Managing Data” in the International In-House Counsel Journal (December 2022), which explores the legal complexities of data ownership and risk management in modern agriculture.

Outside of work, Skylar practices yoga, climbs mountains, reads philosophy, writes poetry, and creates music.