Casey Waughn helps clients navigate and comply with complex regulatory regimes, particularly in the data privacy, cybersecurity, and white-collar spaces.  She assists organizations of all sizes with responding to risk and developing compliance strategies that fit their needs.

As a data privacy practitioner, Casey counsels clients to develop, implement and maintain practical privacy and data protection strategies to fit their organization’s needs. She is knowledgeable in a variety of global data privacy regulations and strategies, including the EU and UK’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California’s privacy regime (the CCPA/CPRA), FERPA, COPPA, state data breach notification statutes, cross border data transfers, vendor management, state and federal consumer protection law, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), CAN-SPAM and other regulations relating to information use and disclosure. Casey uses this knowledge when drafting privacy policies and procedures, assisting clients through data breaches or incidents, guiding clients through regulatory inquiries and reviewing contracts, among other things.

Casey is familiar with the ever-changing nature of the global data privacy landscape. She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional for the United States (CIPP/US) and frequently speaks on and publishes articles about data privacy topics. She is an active member of the privacy bar and serves as the co-chair of the St. Louis chapter of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

As a litigator, Casey has experience representing clients in disputes, particularly in white-collar, financial services and technology matters. She regularly represents clients facing criminal prosecution, civil regulatory inquiries and civil complaints in state and federal courts throughout the country. Casey is an experienced trial attorney and has served as lead or secondary counsel on nearly a dozen cases that have been tried to verdict.