Diane Prucino is the firm’s Co-Managing Partner and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. In her broad-ranging practice, Ms. Prucino gives employment law advice and defends employment discrimination and other employment litigation brought before administrative agencies and in court. She regularly handles reductions in force; investigates harassment and discrimination complaints; conducts other workplace investigations for employers; and offers training on harassment, discrimination, and investigation issues. 

Ms. Prucino has been retained by corporations to investigate claims of sexual harassment asserted against CEOs in over a dozen cases. She has successfully represented employers in numerous jury trials, in federal court, in employment discrimination cases and has litigated employment claims in over 25 states. She regularly works with foreign counsel on multijurisdictional RIFs and executive terminations overseas and has testified for employers on adequacy of workplace investigation procedures.

Ms. Prucino has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Labor and Employment Law for 2012 and the four years immediately preceding. She was also recognized in 2009 and 2011 as a Georgia "Super Lawyer" in Labor and Employment law by SuperLawyers magazine. In 2009, Ms. Prucino was named a "Woman of Excellence" by Business to Business magazine for her influential leadership and positive impact on the community. She was named a Georgia 2009, 2010 and 2011 "Legal Elite" by Georgia Trend magazine and is listed in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Ms. Prucino is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

*CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.

Professional & Community Activities

The Carter Center, Board of Councilors 

Central Atlanta Progress, Board of Directors

Hands on Atlanta, Advisory Board

Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Executive Committee

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. (1982)
  • Duke University, B.A.
    summa cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia (1982)

Who We Are

What fully engaged means to me:

Teaming with others to develop creative ways to solve our clients' problems while making time to be a leader in the community and perform pro bono work in a way that results in a high level of professional satisfaction.

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Diane L. Prucino

Experience Highlights

International reduction in force by a multinational beverage company
Represented a multinational beverage company in developing strategy and coordinating the work of foreign counsel for a global reduction in force more
Nationally reported sex harassment case settled favorably for computer services firm
Represented the CEO and Chairman of a large computer services firm in a nationally reported sexual harassment case that was settled on terms highly more
Age discrimination and whistleblower claims
Successfully represented an investment company and its CEO in age discrimination and whistleblower claim in Massachusetts. more
Smith v. Quintiles Transnational Corp., et al.
Represented Quintiles Transnational Corp. and Innovex Inc. in this case for sexual harassment, sex discrimination, retaliation and disability more