Talia S. Portocarrero

Managing Attorney

Data Interrogation Team Managing Director

Emailtalia.portocarrero@us.dlapiper.com

About

Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and Investigations Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics eDiscovery and Information Management

Bar admissionsDistrict of ColumbiaVirginia

EXPERIENCE

Led an AI-enabled product liability risk assessment pilot for a global pharmaceutical company, deploying a proprietary small language model across a large corpus of unstructured data to identify and assess potential litigation risk signals
Managed an AI-assisted Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) compliance pilot for a healthcare distribution company, developing and training a custom model to identify potential AKS risk signals across complex business data
Managed an AI-enabled early case assessment for a multinational food and nutrition company in high-exposure product liability litigation, leveraging custom AI to identify key risk indicators and inform litigation strategy
Led a proactive compliance engagement for a global pharmaceutical company to identify early risk indicators related to the Anti-kickback Statute across high-volume enterprise messaging data, enabling implementation of targeted mitigation controls
Conducted cross-border proactive compliance engagement related to third-party due diligence and FCPA risk in multiple international jurisdictions
Attorney team lead for the development and execution of the firm's AI-augmented Proactive Compliance as a Service, which was awarded Innovation in New Services to Manage Risk in the 2024 Financial Times Innovative Lawyers North America report
– DLA Piper recognized as one of the Most Innovative Law Firms in North America by the Financial Times | DLA Piper
Managed a deep dive investigation in support of breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims of a foreign biopharmaceutical company, as subcontractor, against a U.S. based product development program manager as prime contractor
Managed an eDiscovery team that produced thousands of documents in response to a multidistrict class action lawsuit brought against a long-standing global retail client
Led a highly complex ESI investigation in response to a government probe of a client in the oil refining industry.
Managed an eDiscovery team that produced thousands of documents for a leading defense contractor client in response to an action brought by the Government

Pro Bono

Representing an unaccompanied minor in an asylum matter through Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Earned Pro Bono Outstanding Service Award from the Legal Aid Society of San Diego
Worked on a class action lawsuit brought against a police department for unlawful arrest practices
Assisted the ACLU in investigating the termination of a government employee

Education

J.D., Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 2009
cum laude

B.A., George Mason University, 2002
Honors Program

Publications

Co-author, "Deploying AI: Considerations for Companies Before Transformation," Bloomberg Law, January 29, 2026

Presentations and Seminars

"Agentic AI and general counsel: Strategies for oversight, accountability, and risk," WIN CLE Webinar, May 13, 2026
2024 Chief Compliance Officer Virtual Summit, October 24, 2024

Prior Experience

Prior to joining DLA, Talia spent four years at another large law firm as Fact Development Team leader and, prior to that, eight years consulting as an experienced eDiscovery attorney. During law school, Talia served as a law clerk for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California. Talia also interned with the San Diego Office of the City Attorney’s Criminal Division in the Neighborhood Prosecution Unit. In her prior professional life, Talia was a community-based mental health and substance abuse social worker.

Memberships and Affiliations