MJ is an associate in the Firm's Memphis office and a member of the Advocacy Department. As part of the Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity Team, she advises clients on U.S. and international data privacy compliance, cybersecurity risk and incident response, AI governance, product counseling, and technology transactions. She helps clients navigate evolving state, federal, and international privacy laws and regulations – including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and emerging comprehensive state privacy laws – and advises on the regulatory and contractual dimensions of AI development and deployment. MJ also counsels clients on website and mobile application privacy, including terms of use, privacy policies, cookie notices, and ad tech compliance.
On the advisory and transactional side, MJ supports technology agreement negotiations – including software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreements, statements of work (SOWs) for AI-enabled product development, and vendor master services agreements (MSAs) – with an emphasis on data protection and cybersecurity.
MJ's experience also includes assisting with contracts, managed care, and complex commercial litigation. Since joining the Firm, she has handled a variety of complex civil matters through all stages of litigation, including drafting pleadings, discovery requests, dispositive motions, and Daubert challenges, and supporting class action defense in data breach and wiretapping matters.
Prior to joining Baker Donelson, MJ served as a health law legal extern for the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health, where she conducted extensive legal research and regulatory analysis in support of public health initiatives, including evaluation of state health statutes and proposed regulatory frameworks.