Covington & Burling LLP operates as a limited liability partnership worldwide, with the practice in England and Wales conducted by an affiliated
limited liability multinational partnership, Covington & Burling LLP, which is formed under the laws of the State of Delaware in the United States
and authorized and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority with registration number 77071..
Ali Cooper-Ponte draws on her experience at the U.S. Department of Justice to advise clients on complex and sensitive national security, cybersecurity, and online safety matters across regulatory, investigations, enforcement, and litigation contexts.
In her investigations and litigation practice, Ali guides clients through both internal and government investigations. She helps clients across industries navigate significant enterprise risks, including insider, criminal, and advanced persistent or nation-state threats, as well as challenges relating to emerging technologies. She has also helped clients proactively engage with or respond to inquiries by the U.S. Department of Justice, state Attorneys General, and the Federal Trade Commission.
In her advisory practice, Ali helps clients strategically manage rapidly-changing regulatory and technological landscapes. She counsels clients on compliance with national security, cybersecurity, data privacy, content moderation, and child exploitation laws. She has particular expertise on issues relating to government access to data, including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Fourth Amendment. She also has significant experience with new Federal and state laws implicating Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment. Here, her experience spans industries (including the technology, healthcare, cryptocurrency and financial services, and aerospace and defense industries) and includes providing practical advice on new legislation, regulatory frameworks, and court rulings as well as developing legislative proposals and potential challenges to new legislation and government action.
Previously, Ali served in the U.S. Department of Justice as Senior Counsel in the Office of the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, where she focused on the cyber and child exploitation portfolios, and as a Trial Attorney in the National Security Division’s National Security Cyber Section and the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. She joined the Justice Department as part of its inaugural class of Cyber Fellows, which gave her broad exposure to the Department’s work to address cyber and cyber-enabled threats.
Earlier in her career, Ali clerked for Judge José A. Cabranes on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Prior to law school, Ali worked as a legal investigations specialist focused on electronic surveillance and law enforcement access issues at a large technology company.
In addition to her regular practice, Ali leverages her experience to counsel pro bono clients engaged in work to protect children and civil liberties.
Advises technology companies on compliance with surveillance requests from foreign and domestic law enforcement and national security agencies.
Advises technology companies on issues relating to the eradication of child sexual abuse material and other trust and safety matters.
Represented non-U.S. company in parallel civil and criminal investigations involving U.S. sanctions, money-laundering, and related allegations.
Formulated litigation strategy for potential challenges to novel State laws under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment.
Counseled clients through insider threat investigation involving potential theft of trade secrets.
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