Bonnie DelGobbo concentrates her practice on high-stakes consumer and employment class actions, with an emphasis on statutory privacy cases such as those arising under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA). Her class action experience spans the trial to appellate court levels, including arguing and winning landmark victories before the Illinois Supreme Court in a BIPA class action and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a VPPA class action, both of which involved novel statutory interpretation issues with industry-wide impact.
Bonnie also advises clients on strategies for complying with federal and state laws governing the relationship between businesses and their employees or consumers, as well as strategies for minimizing the risk of facing potential class action liability. She approaches all cases proactively with the clients’ ultimate goals in mind and focuses on delivering results that will advance not only their legal objectives, but also their business goals.
Bonnie has presented on class action issues at the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s Retail Law Conference, the National Restaurant Law Conference and BakerHostetler’s Employment Master Class.
Before entering private practice, Bonnie worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Bobby E. Shepherd of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, during which time she drafted bench memoranda and proposed opinions for civil and criminal matters.