Age Verification Programs: Compliance in Design and Class Action Defense

Tatyana earned her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2014, where she also received a Labor and Employment Law Certificate. She holds a B.A. in Mass Media Communication and Industrial/Organizational Psychology from DePaul University (2011). She has been admitted to the Illinois bar since 2014. Tatyana is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and holds both the CIPP/US certification and the Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP) credential.

Tatyana has been named among The Top 50 Women Leaders in Law by Women We Admire in 2023, 2024, and 2025. She holds a leadership role with the Illinois State Bar Association's Privacy and Information Security Section Council, having served as its Chairperson and currently serving in an ex officio capacity. Her thought leadership is reflected in a steady stream of speaking engagements and publications on emerging privacy and advertising issues.

Tatyana is an active member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). She is a frequent CLE speaker and author, with recent presentations on online tracking litigation in Illinois, data protection addenda, and federal and state privacy laws for the ISBA, and bylined articles for outlets including Lexology and American Legal Blogger covering topics such as TCPA compliance, vendor data access in an AI world, NFTs and blockchain in brand protection, and privacy in the alcohol industry.

Tatyana's day-to-day practice involves drafting carefully curated consumer policies, disclosures, and public-facing statements designed around the end-user experience; steering online advertising and cookie management strategy, including customizing cookie tool functionality and design; leading data governance efforts such as data mapping and inventory, minimization, and retention; guiding internal compliance with expanding consumer rights; and managing vendor relationships, including evaluating and negotiating third-party contracts and integrations. Her work frequently requires navigating novel legal issues involving cryptocurrency and blockchain, online advertising and analytics, precise geolocation, biometrics and other sensitive data, AI/ML, recording, and the handling of minor and student data—often auditing and advising in real time on the design of beta pilots and the policies and contracts behind e-commerce and connected products and platforms. She advises on compliance with the full landscape of U.S. state privacy laws (including the CCPA/CPRA, VCDPA, CPA, and others) as well as the GDPR, the VPPA, and consumer messaging regimes such as CAN-SPAM and the TCPA and its state analogues. She also regularly counsels clients on marketing, advertising, and intellectual property matters, including consumer sweepstakes, contests, and promotions, social media, user-generated content, and email, call, and text message campaigns. Before joining InfoLawGroup, Tatyana practiced as a litigator, representing local and international clients in matters spanning internet, privacy, entertainment, intellectual property, startup, employment, contract, and tort law. In that role she managed speech- and privacy-related cases from inception to disposition—including First Amendment matters involving anonymous blogging and online commenting, claims for defamation and false light, and cases under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Stored Communications Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and the Illinois Eavesdropping Act—as well as copyright and trademark disputes.