Brad A. Brooker

Brad Brooker is a partner in Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C., office, where he is a member of the firm's Public Policy & Regulation Group and National Security & Defense Industry Group. Mr. Brooker focuses his practice on matters related to data privacy, technology and national security.

Mr. Brooker advises clients on the full range of domestic, international and cross-border cybersecurity and data privacy issues, including those involving artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies. He also provides strategic counsel on national security issues, including engaging with the defense and national security community, as well as offering guidance on transactions reviewed by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and on supply chain matters.

Mr. Brooker's background and experience also allows him to assist clients with crisis management and strategic responses, including navigating congressional oversight and investigations. 

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Brooker served as general counsel for the FBI and, as deputy general counsel, led the National Security and Cyber Law Branch. At the FBI, Mr. Brooker led and managed a team of several hundred high-performing attorneys and staff, providing legal advice and guidance to the FBI director and other senior leaders on complex and sensitive intelligence and law enforcement operations, cybersecurity law and policy, privacy, congressional oversight and compliance matters. 

Previously, he worked in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), where he served as the principal deputy general counsel and, for three years, acting general counsel. In these roles, Mr. Brooker coordinated legal and policy issues arising in the intelligence community and partnered closely with officials in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He also provided practical legal advice to the director of national intelligence and other national security senior leaders on law, policy, politics and communications strategy.    

Mr. Brooker served as a law clerk for the Honorable Reggie B. Walton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Honorable Eric T. Washington of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

While in law school, Mr. Brooker served as executive editor of the American University Law Review.