Why Us?
Curious, careful, and kind.
We believe it’s possible to protect and share your creations at the same time. This is reflected in the contracts we write, the strategies we design, and the ways we communicate. We’re open-minded but rigorous, too, always evaluating the impact of today’s choices on tomorrow’s opportunities. We’ll help you build relationships that last a lifetime - or more.
Meet the Team
Katherine de Vos Devine
Dr. Katherine de Vos Devine is an attorney and formally trained art historian. She has helped hundreds of artists and creatives build businesses, protect their creations, and plan their legacies.
Robert Devine
Robert Devine is an attorney and trusted counselor. He uses over a decade of experience working with large institutions and multinational corporations to advise artists and creatives on contracts, business formation, and strategic planning.
Our Values
Implement Legal was founded to take idealistic academic possibilities and implement them in practical ways for the benefit of our community.
The rules weren’t written for artists and outsiders, but that doesn’t mean you can’t benefit from the same legal solutions that support big corporations. We know these systems, and we know how to make them work for you.
Our attorneys value your creations, understand how to protect your work, and believe that your creative practice is more than your livelihood - it’s your legacy.
About Our Services
Implement Legal is dedicated to serving artists and creative businesses. We create and negotiate fair contracts, protect your work with copyrights and trademarks, and help you collaborate with partners as you grow your artistic practice and build your creative legacy.
Our Story
Did Robert and Katherine always know they would work together? Not exactly. But in a way, Implement Legal came about as naturally as two halves form a whole.
2007
Katherine de Vos and Robert Devine met on the first day of law school (where first-year students are seated alphabetically).
Their relationship grew out of long conversations about big topics - free speech, contract remedies, and privacy - and big ideas of justice, fairness, and equity. They collaborated from the jump, helping each other master increasingly difficult areas of law.
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Katherine, what is your favorite thing about Rob?
He always keeps his word. If he says he’s climbing the Annapurnas, you’ll find him on a peak within a year. If he says your operating agreement will be finished by Friday, it will.
And yet, each pursued their own paths. Robert pursued business internships in Japan, India, and China. Katherine explored art archives in Italy and the Netherlands, and continued to work with art institutions in North Carolina and New York.
2012
Our daughter was born during Rob’s time at Cleary Gottleib, a leading international law firm. Sadly, Rob’s father passed away contemporaneously.
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Rob, what’s Katherine’s best trait?
She is consistently generous. She grew up in a culture of community service, always stays to clean up after the party, and gives lavish tips.
Birth and death helped us see that life is short and fragile; we committed to filling our own lives with deeply meaningful work. Rob returned to service with Veterans Affairs and began writing a novel. Katherine dove into copyright law and finished her PhD in Art History.
2020
Katherine founded de Vos Devine Law, North Carolina’s first and only dedicated art law firm. It rapidly grew into a community of artists, designers, gallerists, curators, professors, chefs, coaches, writers, and publishers.
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Katherine, what do you wish people knew about Rob?
How much he loves our dog and cat. He’s such a big, strong guy, but he’s so gentle and patient with small creatures.
2022
The community became so big that Katherine could no longer give each client the personalized attention that drew them to her in the first place. So, Katherine hired the only person who truly understood what it meant to practice her kind of law at her kind of firm - Robert.
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Rob, what makes Katherine really mad?
Rudeness! She’s pretty obsessed with good manners, but only because she wants everyone to feel included. She genuinely cares about putting others at ease.
Robert brought an abundance of new insights from his work in the United States Navy and years advising clients such as Google, T-Mobile, and Arcelor Mittal. His legal expertise and financial acumen helped clients navigate complex master service agreements; start, restructure, and sell creative companies; form business succession plans; and design airtight strategies for difficult-to-protect properties like wearable designs and savory recipes.
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Katherine, how does Rob relax?
He has an epic LEGO city. He knows so much about the subject - I wouldn’t be surprised if he actually speaks Danish by now.
2023
Her kind of law became their kind of law, and a new firm was created: Implement Legal. Today, we work together to offer artists and creatives support to realize their big ideas and build lasting legacies.
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"I continuously recommend Katherine and Rob to other artists and business owners within my circle because I deeply trust, respect, and appreciate the work they have done and continue to do. "
Meredith Connelly | Art by Meredith Connelly LLC
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"She transformed an experience that could have felt cold and tedious into something truly meaningful and empowering. I'm so grateful!"
Nicole McConville | Nicole McConville Photography
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"The confidence that I have in my contracts, terms, and other legal documents makes it easy for me to secure high-value projects and to pursue business growth without fear."
Sarah Chappell | Think Piece
