Robert Belair

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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Partner

Robert R. Belair is a partner and practice leader of the Privacy Practice and co-chair of the Government Relations Practice. Mr. Belair is the Managing Partner of AGG's D.C. office.He is an internationally recognized privacy lawyer with more than three decades of experience and is a frequent writer and speaker on privacy topics.



Mr. Belair focuses his practice on advising clients with all aspects of the privacy policy cycle.This has included drafting legislative language, submitting public comments, and engaging Hill and agency staff on the development of privacy policy.With regard to existing privacy requirements, Mr. Belair has assisted clients to develop comprehensive privacy compliance programs, responded to data breaches, and defended against administrative actions and litigation.



Mr. Belair served as Deputy Counsel to the White House Privacy Committee in the Ford Administration and as a lawyer in the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection doing Fair Credit Reporting Act and other privacy-related work. Later, Mr. Belair served as General Counsel of the National Commission on the Confidentiality of Health Records. In private practice, he was a founding partner of Oldaker, Belair & Wittie. He has done work for numerous government entities on privacy matters including the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences, the Department of Transportation and the Social Security Administration. On the Hill, Mr. Belair has served on the Judiciary Committee Advisory Committee for Chairman Joe Biden (D-DE) and as an advisor to Senator Bob Bennett's (R-UT) Health Privacy Task Force. Together with Alan Westin, he was the editor of a preeminent privacy periodical for the business community, Privacy & American Business.