Janis Kestenbaum

Janis Kestenbaum represents companies being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state attorneys general, and foreign data protection authorities regarding such issues. She also advises clients on compliance with privacy, data security, and consumer protection requirements under federal and state laws, such as the FTC Act, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and Restore Online Shoppers Confidence Act (ROSCA). She represents companies, from leading public corporations to startups, in high-stakes regulatory and compliance matters. 

Janis draws on her experience at the FTC in her advice to clients. As the senior legal advisor to an FTC chair, Janis oversaw the full range of privacy and data security enforcement and policy matters brought before the FTC. She also advised on advertising substantiation, social media influencer marketing, telemarketing, and consumer fraud issues. Janis served on U.S. delegations to the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Data Privacy Subcommittee, and the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities Forum.  

Ranked in both Chambers USA and Chambers Global, Janis’ clients said she is “incredibly knowledgeable, very sharp and has a real sense of the nuance of how laws are applied in the field.”