Michelle Ramsden

Michelle Ramsden

Jones Walker LLP

Michelle Ramsden is of special counsel at Jones Walker LLP. She is a strategic privacy and technology attorney with more than a decade of experience leading comprehensive privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence (AI) programs for complex organizations. Ms. Ramsden advises clients on data protection, cybersecurity resilience and incident response, AI governance and risk management, technology procurement and implementation, and regulatory compliance matters. Drawing on her extensive government experience developing national and international frameworks for responsible technology use, she provides practical, business-oriented counsel that enables clients to innovate while managing risk and maintaining compliance with evolving privacy and technology regulations. A skilled negotiator and consensus-builder, Ms. Ramsden excels at translating complex technical and legal requirements into practical solutions that enable business objectives while protecting individual privacy and organizational interests. Her unique blend of government policy experience and practical technology implementation knowledge enables her to help clients navigate the evolving landscape of privacy, cybersecurity, and AI regulation while building scalable governance structures that support innovation and growth. Ms. Ramsden counsels clients on compliance with U.S. and international data privacy and digital laws and regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act/California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), and Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), as well as on state breach notification laws. She advises on cybersecurity resilience and incident avoidance strategies and leads incident response teams through data breaches, ransomware attacks, and other cybersecurity incidents, working with clients to manage the legal, business, compliance, and public relations dimensions of these events. Ms. Ramsden also provides comprehensive counsel on AI governance, compliance, contracting, enterprise deployment, and risk mitigation, helping clients develop frameworks to responsibly inventory, test, assess, and deploy AI systems while also implementing AI ethics principles and managing the risks associated with emerging technologies. Before joining Jones Walker, Ms. Ramsden served for eight years as senior counsel in the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties at the U.S. Department of Justice, where she managed privacy and AI compliance for department leadership and divisions with varied missions and structures. In this role, she developed the department's first AI governance frameworks and served on its inaugural Emerging Technology board, implementing AI ethics principles and responsible governance practices. Ms. Ramsden led multiple department and government-wide working groups, including the department's Facial Recognition Technology Working Group, and counseled department and U.S. government leadership on high-stakes policy decisions involving digital policy, domestic and international legislation, and the disclosure of particularly sensitive information. She earned her B.S. degree from Shorter College and her J.D. degree from Emory University School of Law.

Michelle Ramsden's Courses

  • Ethics of Agentic AI: Competence, Supervision, and Liability

    Generative AI

    FastTrack

    Credits Available
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    Alaska CLE Reciprocity 1 Total
    Alabama CLE Approved 1 Total
    Arkansas CLE Approved 1 Total
    Arizona CLE Approved 1 Total
    California CLE Approved 1 Total
    Colorado CLE Approved 1 Total
    Connecticut CLE Approved 1 Total
    Florida CLE Approved 1 Total
    Georgia CLE Approved 1 Total
    Hawaii CLE Approved 1 Total
    Iowa CLE Approved 1 Total
    Illinois CLE Approved 1 Total
    Indiana CLE Approved 1 Total
    Kansas CLE Approved 1 Total
    Kentucky CLE Approved 1 Total
    Maine CLE Approved 1 Total
    Minnesota CLE Approved 1 Total
    Missouri CLE Approved 1.2 Total
    Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 1 Total
    Mississippi CLE Approved 1 Total
    Montana CLE Approved 1 Total
    North Carolina CLE Approved 1 Total
    North Dakota CLE Approved 1 Total
    New Hampshire CLE Approved 1 Total
    New Jersey CLE Approved 1.2 Total
    New Mexico CLE Approved 1 Total
    Nevada CLE Approved 1 Total
    New York CLE Approved 1 Total
    Ohio CLE Approved 1 Total
    Oklahoma CLE Approved 1 Total
    Oregon CLE Approved 1 Total
    Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1 Total
    Tennessee CLE Approved 1 Total
    Texas CLE Approved 1 Total
    Utah CLE Approved 1 Total
    Virginia CLE Approved 1 Total
    Vermont CLE Approved 1 Total
    Washington CLE Approved 1 Total
    Wisconsin CLE Approved 1 Total
    West Virginia CLE Approved 1.2 Total
    Wyoming CLE Approved 1 Total
    OnDemand
    1 Minnesota CLE