Katherine E. Armstrong is counsel in the firm’s Government & Regulatory Affairs Practice Group where she focuses her practice on data privacy issues, including law enforcement investigations, and research and analysis of big data information practices including data broker issues.

Katherine has more than 30 years of consumer protection experience at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), where she served in a variety of roles, including most recently as a Senior Attorney in the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection. In the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Katherine led Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) initiatives, including law enforcement investigations, consent negotiations, rulemakings, and other interpretive policy initiatives. During Katherine’s tenure at the Commission, she served as an Attorney Advisor to Chairman Janet Steiger and Commissioner Sheila Anthony and was responsible for counseling on matters of consumer protection policy and enforcement.

While at the FTC, Katherine was deeply involved in the analysis of data broker and big data issues, and was part of the team responsible for the May 2014 Commission report, “Data Brokers: A Call for Transparency and Accountability.”

Katherine has spoken frequently before industry conferences, foreign delegations, and other groups on FCRA and FTC consumer protection matters.

In General. Katherine earned her law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School and her bachelor’s degree from Pitzer College.