Kathleen Benway

Kathleen Benway is a partner at Alston & Bird and concentrates her practice on government investigations and litigation and corporate compliance related to consumer protection issues, including privacy, security, advertising, fintech, and consumer financial services.

Kathleen has over a dozen years of senior-level experience with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), including serving as chief of staff to three directors of the Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP), senior advisor to a former FTC commissioner, and counsel to two BCP directors, where she provided legal and policy advice across a range of investigations and litigation, rulemaking, and other consumer protection matters.