Alison Divine is a civil litigator with over twenty years of experience whose practice focuses on achieving accountability and compensation for victims of state-sponsored terrorism under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA). As Lead Attorney over the firm’s FSIA and ATA litigation, she has secured millions of dollars in judgments on behalf of terrorism victims and their families, and continues to pursue related claims — including actions against multinational banks — on behalf of clients who were injured or killed in acts of terrorism.
Alison brings deep experience across complex, high-stakes civil litigation. At a prior firm, she obtained a seven-figure settlement on behalf of nearly one hundred pretrial detainees subjected to excessive force — a result that required managing multi-plaintiff litigation while building trust with a vulnerable population. She also won the highest punitive damages award possible in a FINRA securities arbitration. At her current firm, she helped secure a favorable settlement against a large pharmaceutical company that had been illegally marketing its bone cement product for use in vertebroplasty procedures despite lacking FDA approval for that application — defeating their motion for summary judgment right before they settled.
Earlier in her career, Alison served as an Enforcement Attorney for Georgia’s Securities and Business Regulation Division and began her legal practice at a large regional defense firm — experience that gives her a well-rounded understanding of how opposing parties think and litigate.
Alison is a member of the American Association for Justice and is committed to the vigorous, principled representation of individuals and families seeking redress against powerful institutions — whether foreign states, corporations, or financial actors who have caused serious harm.
Current Case Articles
Dismissal Reversed for Atchley v. AstraZeneca UK Ltd by DC Appellate Court