Kristy McAlister Brown is the chair of the firm's Telecommunications & Technology, and Privacy Litigation Practice Teams. Ms. Brown 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 level. Ms. Brown is an experienced privacy litigator, and she has defended class actions brought under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, as well as class actions asserting deceptive trade practice claims based on privacy practices. Ms. Brown has also defended clients in privacy investigations brought by federal and state regulatory agencies.

Ms. Brown’s clients have included several leading wireless service providers, a leading manufacturer of wireless telephones, a leading rent-to-own company, and a Big Four accounting firm. She has represented clients in complex commercial litigation involving many types of claims, including antitrust, deceptive trade practices, unfair competition, products liability, accountant’s liability and Telecommunications Act claims.