Kelley Drye

	Jodie Z. Bernstein
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	Washington, D.C. Phone: (202) 342-8646 Fax: (202) 342-8451

Jodie Bernstein is of counsel in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. She is widely respected among consumer groups, industry organizations and the private bar as one the country’s leading lawyers, and she counsels clients across the spectrum of privacy and consumer protection law.

Ms. Bernstein’s public service includes appointments as director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), general counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency and general counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In her role at HHS, she supervised the legal divisions of the Food and Drug Administration, as well as the Health Care Finance Administration.

During her tenure at the FTC, Ms. Bernstein expanded the Bureau’s prosecution of unfair and deceptive marketing practices, and the FTC became the leading enforcer of federal privacy laws. She targeted issues including Internet privacy and identity theft; she developed the Commission’s privacy enforcement policies; and she directed the FTC’s implementation and enforcement of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

In private practice Ms. Bernstein has handled a wide variety of cases and projects, including such unique challenges as helping the food industry develop the Children’s Food and Beverage Initiative, a program of self-regulation designed to shift the mix of advertising messaging to children to encourage healthier dietary choices and healthy lifestyles.

In October 2009, Ms. Bernstein will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Lawyer. She is also a recipient of the Miles W. Kirkpatrick Award for Lifetime Federal Trade Commission Achievement, which is presented to an individual whose contributions to the agency are reflected in all facets of the honoree’s work, inside and outside the agency.

Memberships & Associations

Better Business Bureau, board member
EPA Alumni Association

Honors & Awards

Mentioned in US Legal 500 for her work in the Advertising and Marketing, and Data Protection and Privacy areas, 2010

The American Lawyer, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2009

Better Business Bureau, International Torch Award for Consumer Leadership, 2008

National Japanese American Memorial Foundation, Constitutional Rights Award, 2008

Federal Trade Commission, Miles W. Kirkpatrick Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003

Practice Areas

- Advertising and Marketing - FTC and State AG Investigations - NAD Proceedings - Green Marketing - Consumer Class Action Defense - Privacy and Information Security - Food and Drug Law

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