Divonne Smoyer

Washington, D.C.
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Divonne advises clients on a wide range of legal matters, with a particular focus on legal and policy matters involving state attorneys general (AGs). Divonne has extensive experience counseling major corporations through government investigations and litigation, as well as private litigation. She regularly represents Fortune 100 companies on high-stakes matters, and advises clients in a wide array of industries.

Divonne works with clients to avoid becoming the target of state investigations and to resolve issues before they become litigation. She is also an experienced legal advocate, ready to represent companies when litigation becomes inevitable.

In addition, Divonne regularly represents clients before state AGs and monitors policy and legal trends that may impact clients at The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), Conference of Western Attorneys General (CWAG), and Democratic and Republican Attorneys General Associations (DAGA and RAGA). Divonne is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA in the area of “Government Relations: State Attorneys General in USA – Nationwide” where sources praise her as "very effective” in her representation of clients.

With a particular interest in privacy and data-loss issues, Divonne uses her experience as an IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) to help clients develop policies and strategies for complying with data privacy laws, and implementing industry best practices.

Credentials

Harvard Law School, 1995, J.D., cum laude, Executive Editor of the Harvard Women's Law Journal
Smith College, 1992, A.B., summa cum laude

New York
District of Columbia

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court - District of Columbia
Superior Court - District of Columbia
Supreme Court - New York

Awards & Recognition

Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Businesses as one of the country's top attorneys in her field
Accredited as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) by the IAPP, where she served on the IAPP Education Advisory Board
Member, Law Firm Advisory Committee to the District of Columbia Office of Attorney General
Experience as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and the George Washington University Law School (ADR and Negotiation Seminars)

SELECT NOTABLE Quotes

29 November 2017 "The Connecticut Attorney General Is Probing Google's Secret Tracking of Android Users" Quartz
13 June 2017 "Will US states pick up the slack left by Trump-era policy reversals?" The International Association of Privacy Professionals
2 May 2017 "What do FTC, state AGs want to hear?" IAPP Daily Dashboard
12 May 2015 "4 Tips for Disclosing a Data Breach to Regulators" Law360
14 January 2015 "State AGs Won't Stand Down in Face of Federal Breach Law" Law360

SELECT NOTABLE Citations

“Q&A with Massachusetts AG Maura Healey” was cited by:
- Simkus, A. (2017) Preventing Data Breaches at Law Firms: Adapting Proactive Management-Based Regulation to Law-Firm Technology. Arizona Law Review, 59(4).
- Tarr, M. (2017) Law Firm Cybersecurity: The Sate of Preventative and Remedial Regulation Governing Data Breaches in the Legal Profession. Duke Law & Technology Review, 15 (1).
“Q&A: DC Attorney General Karl Racine talks consumer privacy” was cited by:
- Citron, D. K. (2017). The Privacy Policymaking of State Attorneys General. Notre Dame Law Review, 92(2).
"State AGs: The Most Important Regulators in the U.S.?" was cited by:
- Domino, T. (2017) Certifying Statutory Class Actions in the Shadow of Due Process. New York University Law Review, 92(6).

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