Experience

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  United states courts

  Jan 1998 - Jan 1999

  Law clerk, us district court, northern district of california
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  Fenwick & west llp

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2002

  Ip litigation associate
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  Yahoo

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2007

  Litigation counsel
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  Skyles law group

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  Founder/owner

  Counseled and advised internet public and private online companies to ensure compliance with federal and state privacy, security, potential liability, and / or immunity for third-party content under Communications Decency Act; provided strategic and legal advice to online companies regarding marketing, product development, web design, and e-commerce practices; managed protection of intellectual property rights for online content and data.

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  Safenet

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  Head of litigation, compliance & risk management

  Managed and oversaw global litigation with $25M+ budget, with emphasis on patent litigation, shareholder class action suits, complex commercial disputes, and employment litigation. Counseled and advised CEO, GC, and other executives regarding litigation matters. Participated in all phases of patent litigation, including claims analysis, claims construction, damages analysis, Markman hearings, and trial preparation, including Protegrity v. SafeNet, Cloakworks v. SafeNet, Uniloc v. SafeNet, and Wordcheck v. SafeNet. Show less

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  Orrick, herrington & sutcliffe llp

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Of counsel

  Counseled and advised clients on security breach response incident plans, directed internal investigation of suspected and known security breaches, and crafted mitigation and remediation plans. Provided patent infringement analysis and opinions and patent portfolio risk management analysis. Member, Global IP, and Privacy & Data Security Practice Groups.

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  Capital one

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2019

  Associate general counsel – privacy & digital products; ip litigation

  Associate General Counsel – Privacy & Digital Products Assumed increasing levels of accountability via promotion to handle additional banking, privacy, and security work, ensuring adoption of best-in-class privacy and data security compliance program as company accelerated adoption of cloud computing, open-source technologies, and expanded use of big data analytics to drive innovative product development in credit card, auto lending, home loans, investment advisory, commercial and retail banking, and payment processing lines of business.Associate General Counsel – IP LitigationManaged team of 3 as head of IP litigation team, with accountability for patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and restrictive covenant matters, with oversight of $20M+ outside counsel budget. Served as banking industry point of contact for IP litigation lobbying and determined strategy for company’s participation in amicus briefs filed by Clearinghouse and other industry groups. Served as company representative at meetings on Capitol Hill with key sponsors of patent reform legislation. Show less

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  Bakerhostetler

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2021

  Partner – privacy & data security, fintech & financial services

  Lead partner for financial services / banking industry in privacy and data security practice group. Covered matters for emerging technologies, technology transactions, data transformation, and data economy teams. Represented fintech, banking, and other financial services companies, including broker-dealers, hedge funds, and investment entities related to launching innovative digital and online platform products and cloud-based services.

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  Charles schwab

  Jan 2021 - Jan 2023

  Managing director, deputy chief counsel – digital & fintech

  Served as Chief Counsel to digital services business team and led team of lawyers addressing digital and fintech matters in highly regulated industry. Partnered with senior leaders to drive business and legal strategy on product initiatives and new launches. Represented firm before federal and state regulators and before industry advocacy groups.

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  Humans to humans

  Jan 2023 - now

  General counsel & chief compliance officer | board director

  Appointed as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Humans to Humans with additional involvement on the Board of Directors. Engaged in establishing the organization’s 501(c)(3) status, which includes implementing corporate governance and appropriate legal and compliance policies and procedures. Additionally involved in fundraising, trademarking/branding efforts, selecting board members, and establishing strategic partnerships.Humans to Humans connects students from the world’s leading universities to entrepreneurs from emerging markets to propel their high growth impact-driven ventures to the next level. The organization has created a global community of students, founders, academics, entrepreneurship hubs, investors, advisors that are laser focused on developing local economies through impact-driven ventures. Show less