Talis C. Trevino
Associate
Overview
Talis Trevino is a litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's Atlanta office. Ms. Trevino focuses her practice on complex commercial and data security and privacy litigation.
Ms. Trevino is experienced in representing clients in state and federal courts in jurisdictions nationwide. Her commercial cases range from contractual disputes, fraud and misrepresentation, negligence, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), antitrust, and deceptive and unfair business and trade practices.
Ms. Trevino's data privacy practice includes the representation of clients through investigations, discovery, class action defense and regulatory responses arising from data breaches, automated website data collection and allegations of false advertising and unfair business practices involving federal and state data protection and privacy laws such as the Federal Wiretap Act, Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) and California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA).
Ms. Trevino is passionate about community service and pro bono work. She serves on the board of directors for Atlanta Legal Aid Society and has served as the chair of the Atlanta Bar Association's Women in the Profession Section. Her active pro bono practice includes representing victims of domestic violence in obtaining protective orders, assisting indigent clients in obtaining divorces and adult guardianships, as well as helping clients apply for and obtain legal name changes.
Representative Experience
- Assist national counsel for an international hospitality company in human trafficking litigation brought under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA)
- Represented companies in the investigation and defense of discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims brought by current and former employees
- Defended a hospital client against a former employer for breach of non-competition agreements
- Advised multiple companies on preparation of non-disclosure, non-solicitation, non-interference, non-competition, non-disparagement, release and confidentiality agreements
- Achieved a favorable settlement for a national broadcasting company in a Video Protection Privacy Act (VPPA) putative class action lawsuit
- Assisted a national broadcasting company with response to a government third-party subpoena investigating violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
- Represent a tax preparation company with defense of putative class actions, investigations by various state attorneys general and other government entities, and subpoena responses arising from use of third-party marketing technologies
- Defend a healthcare provider against putative national class actions arising from a data breach incident suffered by a vendor
- Advise a service provider in response to government demands over the use and production of consumers' personally identifiable information (PII)
Credentials
- Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D.
- Yale University, B.A.
- Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys
- Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Board of Directors
- Atlanta Bar Association, Women in the Profession Section, Chair, 2022-2023; Board Member, 2018-Present
- Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers, Member, 2016-2023
- Yale Club of Georgia
- YaleWomen Atlanta Chapter
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Atlanta Commercial Litigation Ones to Watch, 2024-2026
- Rising Star, Georgia Super Lawyers magazine, 2025