A boutique law practice focused on privacy, AI, and cybersecurity
Adam Connolly is an experienced legal advisor and problem solver with 18 years in practice. He counsels clients on data, privacy, and cybersecurity issues when they are developing products, designing compliance strategies, negotiating deals, or responding to incidents and investigations.
Adam founded Berkeley Data Law PC to help meet the growing demand for alternatives to big law firms among companies seeking data, privacy, and cybersecurity counsel. Before starting BDL, Adam was a San Francisco-based partner in the cyber/data/privacy practice of Cooley LLP, a leading global law firm. While his practice focuses on venture-backed companies at all growth stages, Adam has advised hundreds of businesses ranging from pre-seed startups to the Fortune 100, as well as leading venture capital investors and financial institutions. Adam's practice draws on experience in multiple industry sectors, including tech, energy, financial services, life sciences, healthcare, retail, media, and entertainment.
Previously, Adam was Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Data Protection Officer at Opower (acquired by Oracle), a cloud-based software company that pioneered the use of data-driven behavioral science to help utilities and their customers achieve energy efficiency goals. As a former in-house lawyer, Adam strives to provide the kind of outside counsel he valued most when he was the client - practical, actionable, efficient. Before going in-house, Adam spent six years representing clients in corporate and transactional matters at leading law firms.
Kristin Marshall focuses her practice on guiding companies through complex data, privacy, and cybersecurity challenges. She partners closely with clients to craft pragmatic, business-minded strategies – whether they're launching new products, building compliance programs, negotiating deals, responding to incidents, or fielding regulatory inquiries.
She has counseled hundreds of businesses across a broad range of industries – from early-stage startups to Fortune 100 companies – spanning technology, financial services, cryptocurrency, education, ad tech, consumer products, retail, insurance, real estate, healthcare, life sciences, and others. Her breadth of experience allows her to meet clients where they are and support them as they scale.
After many years working at leading global law firms, Kristin joined BDL to support clients seeking sophisticated legal advice with the personalized service and greater flexibility of a boutique practice. Prior to joining BDL, Kristin was a Washington, D.C.-based associate in Cooley LLP's cyber/data/privacy practice and O'Melveny and Myers LLP's data strategy, security, and privacy, and white collar defense practices. She clerked for Judge Stephen R. Bough in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri in Kansas City, Missouri. Before law school, she worked as a legislative staffer in the U.S. Senate on technology, commerce, and financial issues.
Kristin is based in Kansas City.
*Admitted to practice law in Washington D.C., Missouri and Kansas. Not admitted to practice law in California. Working under supervision of Berkeley Data Law PC lawyers admitted to the California Bar.