Overview

Travis Brown represents companies in high-stakes investigations, enforcement actions, and litigation brought by state attorneys general, multistate coalitions, and federal regulators. He provides practical, business-aligned guidance in matters involving consumer protection, financial services, fintech, digital advertising, privacy, and unfair or deceptive trade practices. Travis also handles complex business disputes and fiduciary litigation across the country.

Travis spent more than seven years with the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office, where he served as lead counsel on major enforcement matters and, for three years, led the State’s consumer financial services investigations and litigation. His work included matters involving lending practices, loan servicing, credit reporting and credit-practices issues, subscription and recurring-billing models, data-handling failures, internet and social media marketing, and other deceptive or unfair trade practices. He regularly coordinated multistate investigations, collaborated with federal agencies, and negotiated significant resolutions with national impact.

In private practice, Travis defends companies across the country in AG and FTC investigations, other regulatory inquiries, and complex civil litigation. He represents fintech firms, subscription-based businesses, lenders, marketing platforms, and data-driven companies, advising on compliance frameworks, marketing and disclosure risk, product-launch assessments, and rapid-response strategy when enforcement exposure becomes imminent.

Travis also handles complex commercial and fiduciary disputes in state and federal courts across the country. He serves as first-chair trial counsel in disputes involving contracts, business torts, breaches of fiduciary duty, shareholder and governance conflicts, and complex trust and estate matters. His litigation experience strengthens his regulatory practice by positioning clients for success whether a matter resolves quietly or proceeds through contested litigation.

Clients rely on Travis for his strategic clarity, regulator-side insight, and ability to navigate complex regulatory and litigation challenges with discretion and efficiency. He is admitted in Florida and Tennessee and represents clients nationwide.

Representative Matters

State Attorney General and Regulatory Matters

• Represented tech startup in consumer-protection AG investigation, obtaining favorable resolution without public enforcement.
• Represented company targeted by FTC in advertising-practices enforcement action, leading early litigation strategy.
• Advised Fortune 50 hospitality company on advertising and marketing compliance, including telephone sales practices and consumer-lending disclosures.
• Advised health-tech startup on advertising, privacy disclosures, and regulatory compliance before initial product launch.
• While an Assistant Attorney General, led 40+ state coalition in investigation of consumer-financial-services provider for misleading advertising and noncompliant lending disclosures.
• While an Assistant Attorney General, led all 50 states and D.C. in investigation of national retailer and affiliated lender for alleged deceptive marketing to military servicemembers.
• While an Assistant Attorney General, brought enforcement action against nationwide landlord conglomerate, securing ex parte TRO, appointment of receiver, and asset freeze for deceptive and unfair trade practices.

Business and Fiduciary Litigation Matters

• Represented partner in closely held business dispute involving breaches of fiduciary duty and fraud.
• Represented Fortune 100 company in litigation against competitors for deceptive advertising, fraud, and related business torts.
• Represented parties in multi-day arbitration involving breach-of-contract and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims, serving as lead counsel.
• Represented co-trustee in litigation against co-fiduciary for breach of fiduciary duty and removal as trustee.
• Represented beneficiary in trust litigation involving alleged misconduct relating to multimillion-dollar trust.

Courts & Bar Associations

• State of Florida
• State of Tennessee
• U.S. District Court
• Middle District of Florida
• Southern District of Florida
• Middle District of Tennessee
• Florida Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Lake County Bar Association
• Orange County Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association

Professional Honors & Awards

• Florida Super Lawyers® - Rising Star (2025)

Professional & Civic Affiliations

• Quay Church (Windermere, FL), Elder

Presentations & Publications

• Co-Author, “Federal data protection law amendment might apply to you – and requires quick action,” Orlando Business Journal (November 25, 2022)
• Author, “Here’s what you need to know about non-compete agreements in the age of work-from-home employees,” Orlando Business Journal (February 18, 2022)
• Changing the Rules of the Internet? The Uncertain Future of Platform and Intermediary Liability (April 2021)
• Panel Member, Auto Advertising Issues, Federal Trade Commission Common Ground Conference (March 2020)
• Contributing Author, Consumer Protection In-House Counsel Manual, American Bar Association (2019)
• Moderator, Online Influencers: Sponsored Ads on Social Media, National Association of Attorneys General Consumer Protection Conference (May 2018)
• Author, “Salvaging General Jurisdiction: Satisfying Daimler and Proposing a New Framework,” 3 Belmont L. Rev. 187 (2016)