Bonnie Levine

Bonnie Levine is a Partner in the firm’s Employment and Labor, International, and Ethics & Compliance practice groups. Bonnie advises on all aspects of managing a global workforce, specializing in managing workplace change.  She counsels a wide range of clients from tech startups to Fortune 500 companies, handling international expansion, cross-border mobility, and buy- and sell-side M&A. A local circle co-convenor for the Association for Workplace Investigations (AWI), Bonnie conducts external workplace investigations and helps employers design and manage internal investigation processes.

Bonnie is also a recognized thought leader on workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion laws, a focus of her practice since 2017. In 2022, she coauthored an article in Harvard Business Review in 2022, “To Drive Diversity Efforts, Don’t Tiptoe Around Your Legal Risk,” and has been interviewed on legal developments impacting workplace DEI in publications such as ABA Journal, NPR, and Quartz.

Her experience also encompasses civil rights and public-sector and federal contractor compliance. interpreting administrative regulations, navigating internal agency processes, sunshine laws, and First Amendment / due process considerations. Bonnie has represented both employees and employers in public-sector disputes, has conducted investigations for municipalities, and served as appointed general counsel to a county ethics board.

Representative Experience

• Advised on and oversaw global diversity, equity, inclusion surveys for multinational corporations 
•  Served as external general counsel for government ethics board; 
• Headed cross-border COVID response team for large global employment firm; 

• Conducted highly sensitive investigations and consulted on remedial measures for multiple multinational employers, involving allegations related to the HR and DEI functions