Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Former FTC attorney Aaron Burstein joins Wilkinson Barker Knauer, (Jun 21, 2016)
Organizations Mentioned:National Telecommunications & Information Administration | Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP
Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP has welcomed Aaron J. Burstein as a partner in the firm’s Privacy, Data Protection & Cybersecurity and FTC & Consumer Protection practices. He joins the firm’s Washington, D.C. office from the FTC, where he served as an attorney in the FTC’s Division of Privacy and Identity Protection and senior legal advisor to former Commissioner Julie Brill, the firm announced.
Burstein focuses his practice on privacy, data security, and consumer protection law. As a senior legal advisor to Commissioner Brill, Burstein provided legal and policy advice on U.S. and international privacy and data protection issues, rulemakings, and enforcement actions involving nearly every area of the FTC’s consumer protection authority. Prior to his work at the FTC, Burstein was a policy advisor at the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), where he served as staff lead on data privacy policy development, briefed NTIA and Commerce Department officials on privacy issues, developed NTIA positions on privacy legislation and Executive Branch policies, and represented NTIA in negotiations with other federal agencies.
Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP is a law firm with more than 50 attorneys located in Denver and Washington, D.C.
Attorneys: Aaron J. Burstein (Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP).
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