Justin Donoho, Special Counsel in Duane Morris’ Workplace Class Action Group, has defended companies faced with high-stakes, complex litigation matters for fifteen years.  Mr. Donoho regularly defends class actions alleging cybersecurity incidents, data privacy violations, and other issues involving information technology and/or thousands or millions of claims and seeking millions or billions of dollars.  With a deep background in information technology, Mr. Donoho regularly helps his clients navigate IT-related issues.  He has successfully litigated cybersecurity and data privacy issues under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the California Information Privacy Act (CIPA), the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA), the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other various statutes and common laws.

Mr. Donoho leads case teams from complaint to resolution. He has first- and second-chaired trials and mediations. Clients often compliment Mr. Donoho’s legal strategies, courtroom performances, persuasive writings, settlement negotiations, handling of depositions, management of complex discovery, dedication, and responsiveness to their needs.

Mr. Donoho clerked for The Hon. William J. Bauer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (2009-2010). Mr. Donoho is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2009) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., Computer Engineering, 1999).

Mr. Donoho is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and AI Governance Professional (AIGP). Before law school, Mr. Donoho served as a manager and consultant to large international organizations’ IT departments, where he improved IT service management organizations and processes, performed cybersecurity tests, performed IT audits, and built computer servers, networks, security information and event management (SIEM) systems, software release management systems, and other IT service management systems.