Perkins Coie has hired Alston & Bird’s privacy and data security expert Dominique Shelton in Los Angeles to help it build out a new practice group focused on advertising technology and privacy.

Shelton, who was previously a partner in Alston & Bird’s technology and privacy team and chair of the firm’s adtech privacy and advertising data compliance group, has focused her practice on representing companies in issues involving privacy, global data security compliance, data breaches and investigations.