Jennifer helps clients manage crisis situations; address regulatory challenges and compliance risks involving data privacy, cybersecurity, and cross-border digital frameworks; and respond to complex national security–related challenges. As the former deputy homeland security advisor at the White House and acting general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, she brings extensive legal and policy experience with responding to the nation’s most complex public safety and homeland security challenges, leading diplomatic negotiations, and overseeing strategic litigation decisions.
Jennifer advises clients on complex data transfer and lawful access issues across all sectors, including the complexities of international privacy regulations, cloud-based investigations, and government access to data—offering strategic counsel and actionable legal advice. Her insight spans both technical and regulatory landscapes, domestic and global. Jennifer supports clients in responding to crisis situations and navigating multijurisdictional matters, such as those involving regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), controls on sensitive data, responses to government requests for data, and U.S. surveillance and security law. She also supports clients with breach response, litigation strategy, response to government oversight and investigations, and public policy engagement.
Jennifer maintains an active academic and policy voice, helping clients anticipate legal trends and engage effectively with regulators and global stakeholders.