Ms. Smullin joined the Litigation Group in 2017 as an experienced public interest litigator and policy advisor. Most recently, Ms. Smullin was an attorney at the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, where she analyzed the privacy and civil liberties protections in federal counterterrorism programs. Earlier, Ms. Smullin helped launch the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Ms. Smullin spearheaded multiple consumer protection initiatives. At the CFPB, Ms. Smullin also served as an enforcement attorney, pursuing financial companies that violated consumers’ rights. Before joining the federal government, Ms. Smullin was an attorney at Altshuler Berzon LLP, where she litigated civil rights, employment, labor, and immigration law cases. Previously, Ms. Smullin clerked for the Honorable Marsha S. Berzon on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.