Kristine McAlister Brown

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Kristy takes a strategic approach to complex commercial litigation, and has a strong track record of defeating class certification and securing other cost-efficient results in litigation. With clear and creative advice, Kristy is a go-to litigator, particularly for class actions and cases involving privacy and cybersecurity.

Kristy leads the Privacy & Cybersecurity Litigation Team. Kristy focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on class action and privacy litigation. She has defended putative class actions across the country and has a strong track record of defeating class certification—both at the trial and appellate levels.

Kristy is an experienced privacy litigator. She has defended class actions brought under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and Telephone Consumer Protection Act, as well as class actions asserting deceptive trade practice claims based on privacy practices. Kristy also has significant experience defending Federal Trade Commission and state attorney general investigations relating to privacy and business practice issues.

She has represented clients in complex commercial litigation involving many types of claims, including antitrust, deceptive trade practices, unfair competition, products liability, and accountant’s liability.

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