Kristine McAlister Brown

Kristy takes a strategic, results-driven approach to complex commercial litigation, with a strong track record of defeating class certification, shaping effective litigation strategies, and delivering exceptional outcomes. She is a nationally recognized litigator known for providing clear, creative counsel in high-stakes matters at both the trial and appellate levels.

Kristy has deep experience in class actions and government investigations involving privacy and cybersecurity. She has defended class actions and multidistrict litigation arising from some of the largest data breaches in history. A seasoned privacy litigator, she regularly represents and advises clients across industries in high-profile, high-exposure matters under a broad range of state and federal privacy laws.

She is also an accomplished first-chair trial lawyer, often called upon to handle trials and arbitrations of complex business-to-business disputes involving hundreds of millions of dollars in exposure.

Former chair, firm’s Partners Committee; chair, firm’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Litigation Team.

Vanderbilt University

JD

1993

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

BS

1990