Nicole O'Donnell

Nicole O’Donnell joined Ropes & Gray’s in 2019 and is an associate in the firm’s data, privacy & cybersecurity practice group. She additionally works with the firm’s litigation & enforcement practice group. Nicole advises and represents clients in data privacy matters, including data breach response, cybersecurity preparedness, and due diligence. She additionally has experience advising in government enforcement matters, including internal investigations, and consumer protection matters. She works with a diverse group of clients, including public corporations, hospital systems, pharmaceutical manufacturers and individuals.

During her time at Columbia Law School, Nicole served as production editor for the American Review of International Arbitration, the most cited international arbitration law journal in the world. Additionally, she was a member of Columbia’s Human Rights Law Clinic, where she worked on TrialWatch, a joint initiative between the Clooney Foundation for Justice and Columbia Law School aimed at standardizing trial monitoring, with a particular focus on those trials that pose a significant risk of human rights violations. Nicole also travelled to Jordan with the International Refugee Assistance Project, where she assisted refugees seeking resettlement.

Prior to joining the firm, Nicole completed a judicial internship with the Honorable Barbara Milano Keenan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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