- Better Business Bureau (BBB)
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
- Consumer Financial Services
- Enforcement Actions + Investigations
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Financial Services
- Health Care + Life Sciences
- Public Records/FOIA
- Regulatory Investigations, Strategy + Enforcement
- State Attorneys General
- National Association of Attorneys General
- Democratic Attorneys General Association
- Republican Attorneys General Association
- Attorney General Alliance (formerly the Conference of Western Attorneys General)
Education
- Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., 1999
- Santa Clara University, B.S., 1995
Bar Admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- Speaker, “Deceptive Advertising and “Junk Fees”/Drip Pricing,” Orange County Bar Association Entertainment, Sports & Marketing Section May Meeting, May 28, 2024.
- Speaker, “Trends in State and Federal Regulatory Enforcement,” 2024 Credit and Collection News Annual Conference, April 11, 2024.
- Speaker, “PFAS Attorneys General Claims with Capstone,” Capstone, August 2023.
- Presenter, “Sand Traps for Private Equity: Mitigating Obstacles in the Industry,” Troutman Pepper Private Equity Perspectives Summit, Torrey Pines, July 18, 2023.
- Presenter, “CFPB Coordination with and Encouragement of State Enforcements,” Annual Consumer Financial Services Conference, May 18 – 19, 2023.
- Presenter, “State Attorney’s General Update: Trends and Areas of Interest for Consumer Products Retailers,” Retail Industry Leaders Association Consumer Products Committee Virtual Meeting, October 5 – 6, 2021.
- Presenter, “Pricing Items in an Anti-Price Gouging World,” Webinar, June 2, 2020.
- Podcast, “Understanding BBB Ratings: Strategic Approaches to Consumer Complaints,” Regulatory Oversight Podcast, August 19, 2025.
- Co-author, “2025 Mid-Year Review: State AGs in a New Era,” Troutman Pepper Locke, July 25, 2025.
- Co-author, “California Businesses Must Consider Auto-Renewal Law Changes,” Bloomberg Law, March 20, 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.
- Podcast, “The Growing Role of State AGs in AI Regulatory & Enforcement Issues,” The Good Bot: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, and the Law, January 21, 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.
- Podcast, “12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 7 – New Rules in Advertising,” Regulatory Oversight Podcast, December 13, 2024.
- Podcast, “12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 6 – Regulatory Shifts in Consumer Financial Services,” Regulatory Oversight Podcast, December 12, 2024.
- Podcast, “12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 2 – AI Under Scrutiny,” Regulatory Oversight Podcast, December 6, 2024.
- Co-author, “2024 State AG Election Re-Cap: Where Things Stand the Day after Election Day,” Troutman Pepper, November 6, 2024.
- Podcast, “Navigating ESG: Preparing for Future Regulations (Part Two),” Regulatory Oversight Podcast, September 5, 2024.
- Podcast, “Navigating ESG: The Growing Importance and Compliance Challenges (Part One),” Regulatory Oversight Podcast, August 20, 2024.
- Co-author, “New State Junk Fee Laws Set Corporate Advertising Bar—For Now,” Bloomberg Law, August 16, 2024.
- Co-author, “A Look at State AGs Supermarket Antitrust Enforcement Push,” Law360, July 16, 2024.
- Co-author, “Money and Power at Odds: PE Meets Increased Oversight From State AGs,” Troutman Pepper, July 12, 2024.
- Co-author, “2023 State AG Year in Review,” Troutman Pepper, January 29, 2024.
- Co-author, “Capital Markets, Professional Perspective – Proposed NY Digital Asset Framework Imposes Consumer Protection-Focused Measures,” Bloomberg Law, August 2023.
- Podcast, “A Conversation With Judge Lawrence VanDyke of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,” Regulatory Oversight Podcast, June 21, 2023.
- Podcast, “AI: Impact and Use in the Health Care Industry (Part Three),” Regulatory Oversight, May 3, 2023.
- Podcast, “AI: Overview and Current Regulatory Landscape (Part One),” Regulatory Oversight, April 5, 2023.
- Co-author, “It’s Not Just the Feds: State AGs Are Reaching Through Your Corporation,” Corporate Compliance Insights, April 5, 2023.
- Co-author, “Regulating AI: AGs Balance Consumer Protection With Innovation,” The Legal Industry Reviews, March 30, 2023.
- Co-author, “2022 Regulatory Privacy Year in Review,” Troutman Pepper, February 2, 2023.
- Co-author, “Key Developments From State Attorneys General In 2022,” Law360, December 22, 2022.
- Podcast, “A Look at the Unique Features of State AG Investigations and What Companies Should Consider in Selecting Outside Counsel,” Regulatory Oversight Podcast, December 2022.
- Co-author, “INSIGHT: AGs Turn Focus to Consumer Credit, Mortgages, Stimulus Checks,” Bloomberg Law, May 27, 2020.
- Author, “INSIGHT: State AGs Use Broad Powers to Fight Coronavirus Fraud,” Bloomberg Law, April 9, 2020.
- Co-author, “The 411 on Mobile Marketing,” Orange County Business Journal, July 30, 2012.
- Author, “Retailers Beware – Why Regulators and Class Counsel May Be Salivating,” ABTL Report, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, Summer 2011.
- Featured and quoted, “Ex-Crowell & Moring Attys Join Troutman’s State AG Group,” Law360, July 25, 2022.
- Co-author, “Attorneys, Generally,” Orange County Business Journal, March 2020.