Kara K. Trowell is an associate with the firm's technology, privacy, and security practice group. She focuses her practice on helping clients navigate complex legal issues in the fields of data privacy and cybersecurity. Kara has counseled a variety of clients, ranging from enterprise retail corporations to political campaigns, on their data privacy obligations under state, federal, and foreign laws and regulations. Her background in complex commercial litigation and internal corporate investigations allows her to identify and address potential gaps in clients' data privacy frameworks before a threat materializes.
Kara teams with her clients' legal, technology, and information security professionals to ensure their compliance with applicable privacy laws and regulations. She works with clients at all stages of development in a data privacy program, and has experience authoring privacy policies, devising incident response plans, and helping clients to understand how the latest developments in the data privacy and cybersecurity field may impact their entity.
Admitted to Practice
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New York, 2016
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U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2017
Education
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J.D., New York University School of Law, 2015
- Marden Moot Court Competition
- Black Law Student Association
- Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Fall 2014
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B.A., Global Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 2011
- College of Letters and Science Honors Graduate
- Library Prize for Undergraduate Research
Memberships & Affiliations
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- Public Relations Co-Chair, 2019, Treasurer of the Board of Directors, 2016-2019 – The Mitchell Education Foundation
- Public Relations Co-Chair, 2019, Treasurer of the Board of Directors, 2016-2019 – The Mitchell Education Foundation
Background
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- Associate Attorney, 2015-2019, Summer Associate, 2014 – Jenner & Block, New York, N.Y.
- Intern to General Counsel, Office of the Manhattan Borough President, Scott M. Stringer, New York, N.Y., 2013
- Federally Certified Non-Attorney Representative, Anderson & Associates, PLLC, Detroit, 2011-2012