Fran Faircloth

Fran Faircloth is a partner in Ropes & Gray’s data, privacy, and cybersecurity practice and a Guest Lecturer in 6879 Cybersecurity Law and Policy.

In her legal practice, she represents clients handling complex data, privacy, and cybersecurity matters across a wide range of industries and sectors. She advises clients across industries on issues of data protection, opportunistic cyber attacks, and related class action litigation and enforcement actions by the FTC, state Attorneys General, the SEC, and other government agencies.

Prior to private practice, Ms. Faircloth served as a law clerk for the Honorable Scott M. Matheson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and completed a fellowship with the National Women's Law Center where she focused on education and employment matters.

Ms. Faircloth is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and Yale Law School, where she was managing editor for the Yale Law Journal and a co-chair of Yale Law Women.