Phyllis H. Marcus is a Partner at the law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, where she focuses on privacy and advertising counseling for retail, consumer products, media and technology clients. Phyllis has unique expertise with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, state children’s and teen privacy laws, and the FTC’s advertising principles. Prior to joining Hunton, Phyllis served for 17 years in the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, including as the inaugural Chief of Staff for Advertising Practices. Phyllis spearheaded the 2010-2012 review leading to the seminal overhaul of the FTC’s COPPA Rule.

Phyllis is a Chambers-ranked leading lawyer for advertising counseling, a Legal 500 Recommended Lawyer in Cyber Law, Data Protection, and Privacy, was named one of the Top 10 Advertising (Transactional & Regulatory) Lawyers in the U.S., identified as a Media and Advertising Trailblazer by the National Law Journal, and recognized as a Best Lawyer for Advertising Law by The Best Lawyers in America©. Phyllis is frequently quoted on FTC, children’s privacy, and advertising issues. In the past, Phyllis has co-chaired the American Bar Association’s Privacy and Information Security Committee, served as a member of the Research Advisory Board for the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop’s By/With/For Youth: Inspiring Next Gen Public Media Audiences initiative, and has participated on Law360’s Privacy & Consumer Protection Editorial Advisory Boards. Phyllis graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan’s Law School in 1993, and magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990, and clerked on the Maryland Supreme Court.