Joshua O. "Josh" Stevens

About Joshua

Josh focuses his practice on helping clients achieve their business goals while understanding and complying with federal and state consumer protection laws. As a former in-house counsel, he brings a critical client perspective to his legal practice and understands that businesses want an action plan – not just legal theory. Josh has experience representing clients across a range of proactive and responsive matters, including developing compliance programs, obtaining required licensing, responding to consumer complaints, and negotiating with regulators to bring concerns to resolution. He has worked with many state and federal agencies, including the FCC, CFPB, and attorneys general and other consumer protection regulators in more than 40 states. Josh has substantial experience in privacy and data protection regulation, with particular focus on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the E.U.’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other emerging privacy laws. He has advised dozens of businesses nationwide in assessing, adapting, and developing sound privacy policies and compliance programs. Josh brings additional experience with other complex regulatory federal and state regulations, including Unfair, Deceptive and Abusive Acts and Practices laws (UDAAP/UDAP), the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule, and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). He is accredited as both a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and a Customer Engagement Compliance Professional (CECP) through the Professional Association for Customer Engagement (PACE).

Practice Areas

Education

• University of Cincinnati, J.D., graduated 2012
• Centre College, Bachelor of Arts, graduated 2009

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 2012

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