Hannah’s practice focuses on risk and crisis management and compliance services for companies, political entities, nonprofits, and government agencies, including data privacy, climate, and plastics matters. With substantial experience in comprehensive risk and crisis management for businesses, political entities, and individuals, she brings a well-rounded understanding of risk and employs the necessary skills to address each matter through the lens of the client’s unique needs and concerns.

In her data privacy work, Hannah aids clients in promoting the innovative value of data practices while minimizing legal, financial, and reputational risks. She helps clients safely expand data practices by evaluating their existing frameworks and providing effective and proactive compliance planning and implementation. Governance and compliance issues are central to modern data privacy law, and as artificial intelligence becomes more integrated with standard business operations, companies must be proactive about managing their internal and external data use and storage. Hannah offers a range of high-touch, personalized services tailored to the client’s position, including audits, custom compliance programs, data breach crisis management, and third-party vendor risk management to meet organizational needs in the rapidly growing fields of data privacy and information management.

In her climate and plastics-centered work, Hannah helps companies with various compliance and risk management issues to reduce litigation risks. Hannah’s experience includes a broad spectrum of risk and crisis counsel, from business and political operations to individual high-stakes family and criminal matters. Her strategy has always focused on providing client-focused counsel and tailored mitigation strategies to enhance client resilience and stability. From climate change and supply chain shocks to employment disputes and financial hazards, Hannah excels at guiding clients through complex legal, operational, and reputational challenges by balancing risks and opportunities amid ever-changing business environments while focusing on core client priorities. Her approach helps entities across various industries build a position for long-term success by anticipating and addressing emerging challenges, targeting issues most critical to client success, and navigating rapidly changing business and political environments.

In her time providing counsel to a range of companies, political organizations, and individuals, Hannah has advised political entities on compliance issues, including FARA and FCPA; provided counsel on high-stakes defamation claims; assisted survivors of sexual crimes in maintaining privacy and securing justice; counseled clients in a range of custody, child support, and divorce matters, including high-profile separations; and advised nonprofits on formation, governance, and compliance matters.

Hannah is admitted to practice in New York, Maine, and the District of Columbia.

Hannah Cole

Partner

Bar Admissions & Certifications:

  • District of Columbia

  • Maine

  • New York

  • CIPP/US


Education:

  • The George Washington University
    Law School, J.D.

    • Senior Articles Editor, George Washington Journal of Energy
      and Environmental Law

  • University of Maine, B.A., summa
    cum laude
    , Phi Beta Kappa


Memberships:

  • District of Columbia Bar

  • IAPP

  • Maine State Bar Association