Linda McReynolds is Of Counsel with the firm practicing primarily in the areas of telecommunications and privacy law. Ms. McReynolds is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).   

Ms. McReynolds counsels clients on issues arising under the Telecommunications Act and federal and state laws addressing privacy and data security. As a practitioner, she recognizes clients’ needs to develop good practices and address compliance with applicable laws while achieving business success in the fast-paced technology and telecommunications sectors.

Drawing on experience in private practice at the nation’s leading law firms, Ms. McReynolds offers counsel to companies in regulatory, appellate, litigation and transactional matters. Ms. McReynolds’ clients have included radio and television broadcast stations and networks, competitive and incumbent local exchange carriers, providers of enhanced communications services and advanced communications and cloud computing applications, wireless providers, equipment manufacturers and others. Ms. McReynolds has also offered pro bono advocacy for non-profit charitable organizations throughout her legal career.

As a Certified Information Privacy Professional, Ms. McReynolds assists clients in developing and implementing of privacy and data security policies, information management programs, and managing risks associated with handling personal information without sacrificing a client’s business goals.

Ms. McReynolds defends clients in investigations and audits by the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau and the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). She obtains state and federal authorizations for local, long distance, international, prepaid and wireless communications services. Ms. McReynolds assists telecommunications service providers and equipment manufacturers with development and implementation of compliance practices and strategies on matters related to disability rights laws, the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), the FCC’s CPNI rules, E911, Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) policy, and regulatory taxation and assessment matters. Her advocacy extends to federal rulemaking and other policy proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission.

Ms. McReynolds received a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in French, with honors, from the University of Missouri in 1993. In 1997, she earned her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was the Editor in Chief of the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. From 1997 to 1998, she served as a judicial clerk to the Hon. Duane Benton in her home state of Missouri.

Ms. McReynolds is a member of the District of Columbia and Missouri bars and a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). She belongs to the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the Federal Communications Bar Association.