- American Bar Association
- Chief counsel and director of business regulation, National Association of Attorneys General (1994-1995)
- Director of multistate consumer protection enforcement/assistant deputy attorney general, Missouri Office of the Attorney General (1984-1993)
Education
- Saint Louis University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1984
- State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., cum laude, 1981
Bar Admissions
- Missouri
- Illinois
- California
- Moderator, “Working with your Attorneys General,” 2024 Credit and Collection News Annual Conference, April 11, 2024.
- Speaker, “Navigating the IP Landscape: Intellectual Property Issues, Strategies, and Management for In-House Counsel,” Troutman Pepper Webinar, October 25, 2023.
- Presenter, “Help: A Single Inquiry From a State AG Has Become a Multistate Investigation,” ANA Marketing Law Conference, November 12, 2020.
- Presenter, “Assessing State Anti-Price Gouging Laws,” Conference of Western Attorneys General (CWAG) 2020 Annual Meeting Webinar, July 16, 2020.
- Co-author, “State Attorneys General Step Up Enforcement With Regulatory Shift of Trump Administration,” Reuters and Westlaw Today, August 5, 2025.
- Co-author, “2025 Mid-Year Review: State AGs in a New Era,” Troutman Pepper Locke, July 25, 2025.
- Co-author, “Rising Junk Fee Enforcement Means Businesses Should Be Proactive,” Bloomberg Law, July 18, 2025.
- Co-author, “State AGs Fill the AI Regulatory Void,” Reuters and Westlaw Today, May 19, 2025.
- Co-author, “California Businesses Must Consider Auto-Renewal Law Changes,” Bloomberg Law, March 20, 2025.
- Podcast, “Bipartisan Leadership and Reform at NAAG: Insights From Brian Kane,” Regulatory Oversight Podcast, February 26, 2025.
- Co-author, “2024 State AG Year in Review,” Troutman Pepper Locke, January 30, 2025.
- Co-author, “Predicting Where State AGs Will Direct Their Attention in 2025,” Law360, January 22, 2025.
- Co-author, “Looking Back at 2024’s Noteworthy State AG Litigation,” Law360, January 15, 2025.
- Co-author, “Consumer Protection: Understanding Enforcement Actions Brought by State Attorneys General,” American Bar Association, 2024.
- Co-author, “2024 State AG Election Re-Cap: Where Things Stand the Day after Election Day,” Troutman Pepper, November 6, 2024.
- Podcast, “Emerging Trends in Consumer Protection: A Conversation With NAAG’s Kate Donovan,” Regulatory Oversight Podcast, November 6, 2024.
- Podcast, “A Look Ahead to the 2024 State AG Elections From DAGA President Sean Rankin,” Regulatory Oversight Podcast, October 23, 2024.
- Co-author, “New State Junk Fee Laws Set Corporate Advertising Bar—For Now,” Bloomberg Law, August 16, 2024.
- Co-author, “New Junk Fee Rules Require Staying Ahead of the Regulatory Curve,” Bloomberg Law, May 15, 2024.
- Co-author, “2023 State AG Year in Review,” Troutman Pepper, January 29, 2024.
- Co-author, “Federal Regulators Join State AGs to Scrutinize Junk and Hidden Fees,” Legal Industry Reviews, September 2023.
- Co-author, “False Promises: As States Tackle Residential Solar Complaints, How Companies Can Avoid Problems,” Utility Dive, June 22, 2023.
- Co-author, “It’s Not Just the Feds: State AGs Are Reaching Through Your Corporation,” Corporate Compliance Insights, April 5, 2023.
- Co-author, “2022 Regulatory Privacy Year in Review,” Troutman Pepper, February 2, 2023.
- Co-author, “Prepare for Renewed FTC Regulatory Focus on Hidden and Junk Fees,” Bloomberg Law, December 30, 2022.
- Co-author, “INSIGHT: How to Manage Price Increases Without Triggering an Investigation,” Bloomberg Law, June 26, 2020.
- Co-author, “INSIGHT: AGs Turn Focus to Consumer Credit, Mortgages, Stimulus Checks,” Bloomberg Law, May 27, 2020.
- Co-author, “Customers Complain of Price Gouging, Posing Regulatory Risk Amid State and Federal Calls to Examine Consumer Energy Costs,” The Capitol Forum, January 11, 2022.
- Co-author, “White House Could Shake Up Auto Finance,” Automotive News, March 6, 2021.
- Co-author, “As State AGs Rush Into Policy Battles, Big Law Is Seizing the Opportunity,” American Lawyer, October 22, 2020.
- Co-author, “Attorneys, Generally,” Orange County Business Journal, March 2020.
- Quoted, “How Solar Sales Bros Threaten the Green Energy Transition,” TIME, November 21, 2023.
- Quoted, “Junk Fee Rule Seeks to Restore Speedy FTC Relief for Consumers,” Bloomberg Law, October 12, 2023.
- Featured and quoted, “Ex-Crowell & Moring Attys Join Troutman’s State AG Group,” Law360, July 25, 2022.