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 lead 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.
