Brian Maxey Appointed to WADEPS Data Governance Advisory Committee

Baker Sterchi attorney Brian Maxey of the Seattle office has been appointed to the Washington State Data Exchange for Public Safety (WADEPS) Data Governance Advisory Committee.

The committee includes regional and national experts in data analytics, criminal justice operations and research, public policy and law. It meets twice each year to review WADEPS progress, discuss industry data analytics standards and provide insight on potential improvements.

With more than two decades of public-sector experience as a litigator, policing executive, consultant and member of federal monitoring teams, Maxey focuses on risk management planning, crisis response and strategic litigation for public-sector clients. He has served as lead counsel in Section 1983 matters and previously held executive leadership roles overseeing policy, training, investigations and administrative operations for a major city police department.

Maxey is active in several public-sector organizations, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Police Executive Research Forum, and serves on the Board of Advisors for the National Association of Professional Staff in Public Safety. He earned his law degree from Fordham University School of Law and an M.P.A. from the New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He is licensed to practice in Washington, California and New York and before the Supreme Court of the United States.