Joelle H. Dvir

Associate;
West Palm Beach
P: 305.704.3986

Joelle Dvir is an associate in McDonald Hopkins' national Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Group. She is certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as a Certified Information Privacy Professional for the United States, which is considered the gold standard for information privacy professionals.

Joelle advises organizations on data privacy and cybersecurity risks on the national and international levels, including proactive compliance with state and federal data breach notification laws and incident response strategies and management. She works with clients to implement best practices, including policy development and workplace training. Joelle has counseled clients through hundreds of data breaches and privacy incidents, working closely with forensic investigators, third party vendors, and local, state and federal law enforcement, while minimizing exposure to her clients. Her work in the data privacy and cybersecurity area covers a multitude of industries, including higher education, healthcare, maritime, accounting, financial services, non-profits, real estate, financial services, banking, law, municipalities, public entities and insurance. Joelle is part of the team that was named a finalist for Advisen’s 2018 Cyber Law Firm of the Year. 

Joelle also has significant litigation experience, primarily focused on commercial, business, and data privacy matters. She is experienced in all phases of litigation, including pretrial, mediation, trial and post-judgment proceedings. She has also drafted numerous appeals.

Before joining McDonald Hopkins in 2017, Joelle was an associate at Cohen | Ruiz.  Joelle earned a J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2013, where she served as executive editor of the Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review. She received a B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in Political Science and Jewish Studies (double major) from the University of Florida in 2009.  She is conversational in Hebrew.