Brandon C. Ge

Counsel & CHS Director | He/Him/His

Overview

Brandon C. Ge is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office, where he is a member of the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity and Health Care groups.

Brandon advises clients on a wide range of privacy and cybersecurity laws, regulations, and standards. His practice has a particular focus on advising clients—from start-up digital health companies to large health plans—on all aspects of compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Brandon regularly assists clients with responding to security incidents and has successfully represented clients in Office for Civil Rights investigations. He also counsels digital health companies developing AI tools in the complex and evolving federal and state regulatory landscape, balancing the priorities of oversight authorities with issues related to data privacy and security as well as business goals.

In addition, Brandon counsels clients on a variety of other privacy and cybersecurity issues, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and 42 CFR Part 2. Brandon has extensive experience conducting technical security evaluations of both clients and their prospective vendors. He also frequently works with companies across a variety of industries to incorporate privacy and security by design based on guidance from the FTC, state attorneys general, and NIST.

Brandon is recognized on The Best Lawyers in America’s "Ones to Watch" list for Health Care Law and Privacy and Data Security Law.

During law school, Brandon was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as an articles editor of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. Prior to law school, Brandon worked at a biotechnology company and volunteered at the emergency department of a not-for-profit hospital in Maryland.

Career & Education

    • University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., 2007
    • Columbia Law School, J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 2012
    • University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., 2007
    • Columbia Law School, J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 2012
    • District of Columbia
    • Maryland
    • District of Columbia
    • Maryland

Brandon's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 03.11.26

Senate Advances Bipartisan Health Care Cybersecurity Reform

On February 26, 2026, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 22-1 to advance the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026. Sponsored by a bipartisan group — led by HELP Committee Chair Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA); and Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and John Cornyn (R-TX) — the bill represents perhaps the most significant federal legislative effort to overhaul health care cybersecurity since the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, and would compel health care companies to make major investments in cybersecurity....

Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Health Care Law, 2023–2026; Privacy and Data Security, 2024–2026

Brandon's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 03.11.26

Senate Advances Bipartisan Health Care Cybersecurity Reform

On February 26, 2026, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 22-1 to advance the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026. Sponsored by a bipartisan group — led by HELP Committee Chair Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA); and Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and John Cornyn (R-TX) — the bill represents perhaps the most significant federal legislative effort to overhaul health care cybersecurity since the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, and would compel health care companies to make major investments in cybersecurity....

Brandon's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 03.11.26

Senate Advances Bipartisan Health Care Cybersecurity Reform

On February 26, 2026, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 22-1 to advance the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026. Sponsored by a bipartisan group — led by HELP Committee Chair Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA); and Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and John Cornyn (R-TX) — the bill represents perhaps the most significant federal legislative effort to overhaul health care cybersecurity since the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, and would compel health care companies to make major investments in cybersecurity....