Becky Burr

Former DOC lawyer. It's all her fault.

J. Beckwith (“Becky”) Burr is a partner at Washington, DC law firm, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP. She is a veteran of the Federal Trade Commission and the National Telecommunications & Information Administration. Becky left the government in October of 2000, to practice law. At WilmerHale Becky focuses on the regulatory and transactional aspects of e-commerce law. Ms. Burr has broad experience in e-commerce, information technology, intellectual property licensing, and the international regulation of communications and information technology.

As an Attorney-Advisor at the Federal Trade Commission (January 1995 - June 1997), Ms. Burr was responsible for competition and consumer protection policy in connection with information industry/electronic information infrastructure. At the Commission, she participated in developing the FTC’s approach to competition and consumer protection in the digital marketplace.

At the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA”), first as Senior Internet Policy Advisor (June 1997 - December 1997) and subsequently as Associate Administrator and Director of International Affairs (December 1997 -October 2000), Becky was responsible for the formulation, analysis, and implementation of Internet and information technology policy as well as international telecommunications and information technology policies. As a member of the Clinton Administration’s inter-agency task force on e-commerce, she was responsible for development and implementation of Administration policy on Internet governance and privacy and chaired the US working group on privatization of the Internet domain name system.

Ms. Burr represents multinational corporations from a variety of industry sectors in developing and implementing enterprise-wide data protection compliance programs. She advises existing and prospective operators of Internet top-level domain Registries with respect to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Ms. Burr also advises clients on international privacy and data security regulations, consumer protection, consumer credit regulations, financial privacy, and anti-money laundering regulations.

Becky is an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School, and writes and speaks frequently on privacy and e-commerce issues. Her writings have appeared in Privacy and American Business, the Privacy Officers Advisor, and E-commerce Law. She has addressed Congress (Internet governance) and international audiences, including the WTO, the ITU, and the OECD (international communications and information policy). Becky is on the board of directors of Alan Westin’s Center for Social and Legal Research and is a founding member of the board of directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Becky has a BA in American Studies from Yale and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center