Prior to joining the University of Washington faculty, Professor Ramasastry was a staff attorney at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She has also been an associate at the law firm of White & Case in Budapest, Hungary, and assistant professor of law at the Central European University in Budapest. She was the symposium editor for the Harvard International Law Journal and has clerked for Justice Alan B. Handler of the New Jersey Supreme Court. From 20001-2003 Ramasastry was a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School. Professor Ramasastry's research interests include commercial law, ecommerce, and banking and payment systems. She is a regular columnist for findlaw.com and writes about data protection and civil liberties and technology.