Karen H. Shin

Karen Shin focuses her practice on a diverse range of data privacy and information security matters, including compliance with various privacy laws and regulations, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act, General Data Protection Regulation, HIPAA, and state data protection and breach notification laws.

Karen also assists clients develop and implement internal and external privacy policies, drafts various commercial and technology-related agreements on both the customer and service provider side (including contracts for goods, professional service agreements, cloud services and software, mobile applications and data licensing agreements, end user license agreements, terms of service, and data processing agreements/addenda), and performs due diligence reviews related to data privacy and security.

She previously served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Josephine L. Staton, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. During law school, Karen served as a staff editor for the UC Irvine Law Review and a research fellow for the Korea Law Center and Lawyering Skills. She also served as co-chair for the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association and the communications chair for the Entertainment and Sports Law Society.

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  Blank Rome Represents J.F. Lehman & Company in Its Acquisition of Wellman Dynamics

  January 14, 2026

  Peter Schnur, Thomas A. Cournoyer, Peter M. Melampy, Joseph T. Gulant, Margaret Anne Hill, Brooke T. Iley

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  The BR Privacy & Security Download: January 2026

  The BR Privacy & Security Download January 2026

  Sharon R. Klein, Philip N. Yannella, Alex C. Nisenbaum, Harrison Brown, Jennifer J. Daniels, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal

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  Blank Rome Advises Beaulieu International Group on Strategic Acquisition of Congoleum Flooring

  December 5, 2025

  Louis M. Rappaport, Adam R. Seiden, Travis J. Cuomo, Alexander J. Dondershine, Jason E. Reisman, Andrew I. Herman

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  The BR Privacy & Security Download: December 2025

  The BR Privacy & Security Download December 2025

  Sharon R. Klein, Philip N. Yannella, Alex C. Nisenbaum, Harrison Brown, Jennifer J. Daniels, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal

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  Blank Rome Represents Victor Capital Partners in Acquisition of Four Businesses and Establishment of New Security Services Platform

  November 21, 2025

  Linsey B. Bozzelli, Thomas A. Cournoyer, Gary R. Goldenberg, Jonathan T. Keen, Jeffrey M. Rosenfeld, Lauren G. Barrett

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  The BR Privacy & Security Download: November 2025

  The BR Privacy & Security Download November 2025

  Sharon R. Klein, Philip N. Yannella, Alex C. Nisenbaum, Harrison Brown, Jennifer J. Daniels, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal

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  California’s ADMT Regulations Reshape the AI Business Landscape

  Bloomberg Law November 5, 2025

  Sharon R. Klein, Alex C. Nisenbaum, Karen H. Shin

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  The BR Privacy & Security Download: October 2025

  The BR Privacy & Security Download October 2025

  Sharon R. Klein, Philip N. Yannella, Alex C. Nisenbaum, Harrison Brown, Jennifer J. Daniels, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal

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  CJEU Refines Scope of ‘Personal Data’ in Pseudonymization Process for EU Institutions

  Privacy, Security, & Data Protection October 3, 2025

  Sharon R. Klein, Alex C. Nisenbaum, Karen H. Shin, Sierra N. Lactaoen

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  Blank Rome Represents CitiusTech in Acquisition of Health Data Movers

  September 15, 2025

  Alan L. Zeiger, Timothy A. French, Ashley N. Catalano-Leckerman, Nora E. Tidey, Sierra N. Lactaoen, Jeffrey M. Rosenfeld

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• 2026, Ones to Watch, Corporate Law, listed in Best Lawyers in America©
• 2023, Voice for Girls Spotlight Award, by Girl Scouts of Orange County

Memberships

• Orange County Bar Association
• Orange County Korean American Bar Association

Karen serves as a member of the UCI Law Alumni Association.

Admissions

• California

Education

• New York University, BA
• University of California, Irvine School of Law, JD

• Korean