Colleen Theresa Brown

COLLEEN BROWN provides strategic advice on digital risk management for a diverse range of companies, including those in the financial, insurance, life sciences, tech, energy, telecommunications, media, retail, and manufacturing sectors. Her clients turn to her for compliance advising, digital governance, investigations, litigation and regulatory enforcement defense, and crisis management related to AI, privacy, cybersecurity, and incident response. Colleen is widely viewed as a thought leader and go-to counsel in AI, privacy, and cybersecurity law, having developed an exceptional track record for steering her clients through their most challenging matters and achieving excellent results. As one client noted in Chambers USA 2025, “Colleen bridges the gap between legal and IT.” Another described her as “superb counsel.”

Colleen serves on the Steering Committee of the firm’s AI Working Group and is on the Advisory Boards of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Future of Privacy Forum in her personal capacity. Colleen co-founded Women in Privacy® (WIP), a networking group for women working as in-house counsel, compliance officers, and other professionals in the field of privacy. WIP holds regular meetings in the U.S. and the EU and is dedicated to thought leadership for women privacy professionals.