About the IAPP

Brenda Sharton is the global Chair of Dechert’s, top-ranked Cyber, Privacy and AI Practice. A first chair trial lawyer, she is a top cybersecurity, privacy and commercial litigator. Ms. Sharton is Chambers ranked and was the recipient of Law360 MVP award in Cybersecurity & Privacy for 2022 and 2024. In turn, Dechert’s practice was named Law360 Practice Group of the Year in Cybersecurity & Privacy for 2022. For many years, Ms. Sharton has been ranked as a “Leading Lawyer” by The Legal 500 for Cyber Law and Data Protection/Breach Response. She has defended public and private companies in landmark and high-profile consumer class actions related to privacy and cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). She has litigated these cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States, as well as countries around the globe, including Canada, Israel and Portugal, among others.