
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.
Credentials
Awards & Recognition
- Ranked Band 1 in Chambers USA for Nationwide Government Relations: State Attorneys General, 2019-2020.
- 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).