Bridging the Gap: Legal and Security Collaboration for Effective Privacy Compliance

Alexandra Bass is an associate supporting clients primarily within the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group. Alexandra joined the firm after working as a summer associate in 2022, where she assisted attorneys with legal research on various matters, ranging from defamation to wrongful convictions and federal legislation.

Alexandra earned her J.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she furthered her legal research and writing skills serving as a research assistant for multiple professors, most notably assisting the Law Dean, Lyrissa Lidsky, on the Restatement Third of Torts: Defamation. Alexandra also served as a teaching assistant for Legal Research and Writing, where she helped first-year law students gain foundational legal skills. While in law school, Alexandra continued to hone her research and writing skills by participating in the American Bar Association (ABA) First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court and the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition. In her final year of law school, Alexandra was admitted into the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law’s Chapter of The Order of Barristers, a national honorary organization that recognizes individuals who excel in advocacy. Alexandra also served as Vice President of the Black Law Students Association, and as Public Relations Director on the University of Missouri School of Law Board of Advocates.

Prior to joining Lathrop GPM, Alexandra served as a legal intern with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the press, and as a legal and policy intern at the ACLU of Oregon, where she focused largely on protecting First Amendment rights and data privacy matters. Alexandra is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Tedrick Housh practices in the rapidly developing legal world of data security and privacy.

Tedrick serves as a leader of the firm’s work on data privacy, data security and data breach issues. He assesses and reviews companies’ information security and privacy practices, and suggests improvements. He helps clients solve problems arising from the loss or disposal of personal data, protected health information and key proprietary data. He crafts and updates website terms of service and privacy policies. The International Association of Privacy Professionals has designated Tedrick a Certified Information Privacy Professional / United States (CIPP/US) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional / Europe (CIPP/E). 

Tedrick is a leader in the firm’s work involving blockchain, a transformative distributed ledger technology with accompanying privacy and security issues. He has provided advice regarding smart contracts and other related aspects of blockchain. He is a founding member of Blockchain KC, an organization dedicated to the growth and integration of the technology in the region. He serves on the board of the KC Tech Council and on the IT Advisory Board for Johnson County Community College.  

In addition, for over two decades, Tedrick has assisted companies with all types of workplace matters including individual discrimination claims, OSHA citations, wage-and-hour and overtime class actions and non-compete litigation. He also has experience with ADA website compliance matters.

In the area of general litigation, Tedrick has both bench and jury trial experience in state and federal courts. He has argued appeals before the Missouri Court of Appeals, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Kansas Supreme Court. 

Tedrick is a frequent presenter on data privacy and security, social media, employment law and the workplace.

Before entering law school, Tedrick served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and taught English as a Second Language with the Blue Valley (Kansas) School District.