Brian J. Chen is Data & Society’s policy director, leading the organization’s work to shape tech policy. With a background in movement lawyering and legislative and regulatory advocacy, he has worked extensively on issues of economic justice, political economy, and tech governance. 

Previously, Brian was a senior staff attorney at the National Employment Law Project, where he led campaigns to strengthen the labor and employment rights of digital platform workers and others in precarious industries. Before that, he worked at the Policing Project, leading programs to promote democratic accountability in policing, including community oversight over the adoption and use of police technologies. He holds a JD from New York University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.