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Diana McKenzie is a partner and chair of HunterMaclean’s information technology and outsourcing practice group. She is internationally recognized for her work in information technology and outsourcing matters and is best known for her ability to provide practical, efficient, and strategic legal counsel.
Diana has practiced exclusively in information technology, outsourcing, and privacy law since 1985. This experience gives her the breadth and depth to offer an unparalleled sophisticated and holistic perspective on her clients’ business and legal challenges. She has extensive experience with issues unique to the health care technology industry.
Diana is a nationally recognized writer and internationally recognized speaker in information technology, outsourcing law, and cybersecurity/privacy law. She is past president and an Advisory Board member of ITechLaw, the largest international association of technology lawyers. Diana has given over 170 speeches in fifty cities across the United States and in fourteen countries in Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia. She has published over fifty articles in various periodicals such as the Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance, The Licensing Journal, Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal, and the Computer and Internet Lawyer. She has been quoted over 100 times in various periodicals such as the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Miami Herald, and Computerworld Magazine. Diana also has a background in computer programming.
Diana graduated from Kenyon College, magna cum laude, with honors in Political Science in 1981. She earned both her M.B.A. and J.D. from Emory University in 1985. Prior to joining HunterMaclean, she practiced at a major Chicago law firm where she founded and ran the information technology law practice group. Other experience includes running U.S. contracting for one of the top health care technology vendors.
Emory University School of Law: J.D., 1985
Emory University Goizueta Business School: M.B.A., 1985
Kenyon College: B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1981
Best Lawyers in America: Information Technology Law, 2006-Present
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Who’s Who Legal, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers: 2008-Present
Since 1996 Who’s Who Legal has identified the foremost legal practitioners in multiple areas of business law.
Top 12 Healthcare Technology Law Attorneys: Health Data Management, 2017
Diana J. P. McKenzie was featured in this article by Health Data Management on the “12 Healthcare IT Law Attorneys You Should Know.”
Georgia Trend Magazine Legal Elite: 2012
Georgia Trend Magazine’s annual listing of Georgia’s top attorneys, selected by their peers. The list includes eight practice areas: business law; personal injury litigation; criminal law; labor and employment; taxes, estates and trusts; bankruptcy and creditors’ rights; family law; and general practice/trial law.
Georgia Super Lawyers: 2010
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Corporate Counsel Super Lawyers: 2010
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Chicago Magazine: Top 50 Women Lawyers in Illinois, 2009
Chicago Magazine: Top 50 Women Lawyers in Illinois, 2009
Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Illinois, 2005-2009
(no category listing available in Georgia)
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Illinois Super Lawyers: 2004-2009
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Martindale-Hubbell: AV Rated
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July 7, 2020
By Diana J. P. McKenzie, published in the Savannah Morning News The COVID-19 pandemic brings with it increased focus on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) as developers rush to create software, such…
February 12, 2020
By Diana J. P. McKenzie, published on Law.com In recent years, data breaches have become more prevalent, and cybercriminals have continued to develop more sophisticated tools to gain unauthorized access…
October 31, 2014
Handout by Diana J. P. McKenzie at presentation to the Association of Corporate Counsel Georgia Chapter in Atlanta, Georgia, in October 2014.
Artificial Intelligence: Practical and Legal Implications
Diana McKenzie participated as a panelist in this webinar for the virtual World Technology Law Conference on May 28, 2020. A recording of the webinar is available to watch online.
Negotiating Healthcare Information Technology Agreements
Presented at the virtual PLI Healthcare Technology 2020 Conference on May 27, 2020.
Meet the Presidents: Discussion of Emerging IT Legal Trends to celebrate ITechLaw’s 15th year in India
Presented at ITechLaw’s 2019 International Asia Conference in Bangalore, India, on January 31, 2019.
Emerging Technology & Trends
Diana McKenzie served as moderator of this panel discussion at the ITechLaw 2018 World Technology Law Conference in Seattle, Washington, in May 2018.
Legal Potpourri in the Digital Age: Social Media, Text Messaging, Mobile Health and More
Presented at the HIMSS 2014 Midwest Fall Technology Conference in Chicago, Illinois, in November 2014.
What Really Matters in Negotiating IT Outsourcing Contracts
Presented to the Association of Corporate Counsel Georgia Chapter in Atlanta, Georgia, in October 2014.
In this podcast, Information Technology and Outsourcing attorney Diana J. P. McKenzie is interviewed about her unique practice, which spans 25 years and five continents. Ms. McKenzie was interviewed on Technology Association of Georgia…
Diana J. P. McKenzie, chair of HunterMaclean’s Information Technology and Outsourcing practice, ‘chats it up’ with Creative Coast Executive Director Bea Wray in their podcast series, the Front Porch. Diana…
August 17, 2023
HunterMaclean, a leading law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, is pleased to announce that 27 attorneys from the firm were recently selected for inclusion in The…
August 18, 2022
HunterMaclean, a leading law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, is pleased to announce that 28 attorneys from the firm were recently selected for inclusion in The Best…
August 20, 2021
HunterMaclean is pleased to announce that thirty-one attorneys from the Firm were recently selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022. Founded in 1983, Best Lawyers is an…
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