Katelyn Burgess, CIPP/US

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A.W. Chesterton Company

Assistant General Counsel

Katelyn is an associate in the Corporate Department, and a member of the Information Privacy and Security Group. She advises businesses on transactional matters related to entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, contract drafting, and corporate governance. Katelyn also works with businesses on information privacy and security assessments and policies, due diligence in transactions, and properly addressing vendor management, including appropriate privacy and security agreements. 



Katelyn earned her J.D. with concentrations in Privacy Law and Intellectual Property & Innovation from Northeastern University School of Law in 2020. During law school, Katelyn was a summer associate at McLane Middleton and additionally interned at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and a large wealth management company in Boston. As a clinic member in the IP CO-LAB at Northeastern, Katelyn advised entrepreneurs on various intellectual property matters, including trademark eligibility and applications.



Prior to law school, Katelyn worked as the office manager in a small law firm and earned a graduate certificate in Foundations of Business from the University of Massachusetts. She received her B.A., cum laude, from Dartmouth College in 2013.