Kristin Ali joined Ropes & Gray in 2008 as a member of the Litigation Department. Her practice encompasses a variety of complex business litigation, with a focus on securities and data privacy and security law. Kristin has experience conducting internal investigations and representing clients in inquiries by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and various Attorney General Offices. She also does extensive pro bono work with asylum-seekers, especially those from Francophone Africa.
- Represented an international computer entertainment company in government investigations stemming from computer network attacks.
- Represented an international hotel chain in defense of card brand claims stemming from an unauthorized network intrusion into certain hotels of the chain.
- Represented an international investment management company in SEC investigation related to potential conflicts of interest within the company’s investment practices in China.
- Represented a large public company clothing retailer in SEC investigation related to the company’s reporting of margin support payments to wholesale customers in allegedly incorrect financial periods.
- Court-appointed trial counsel in a federal civil rights action challenging the adequacy of medical care provided by the Massachusetts Department of Correction.
- Obtained political asylum for a Cameroonian man persecuted for his opposition to the government’s treatment of linguistic minorities.
Clerkships
- Court of Appeal for Ontario (2007 - 2008)
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Education
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BCL/LLB, with Great Distinction, McGill University, 2007; Editor-in-Chief, McGill Law Journal
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BA (Philosophy), with High Distinction, University of Toronto, 2003
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, 2009
- Ontario, 2008
Courts
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2010
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