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Mid-level Attorney

Years of Experience: 10+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Intellectual Property, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Energy & Industrials
Admissions: CA
Recent Projects: They are a part of an ongoing project with an investor-owned utility, assisting with federal government contract compliance, federal and state government contracts, and commercial contracts
Specialization: Federal government compliance and contract negotiations, commercial contract negotiations
Interests: Travel, snowboarding

Yesenia S.

Years of Experience: 15+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Corporate & Securities, Advertising Compliance, Rights Management, Labor & Employment, M&A, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Business Services, Financial Services, Technology
Recent Projects: Yesenia was a part of a 6 months project that included conducting an operational maturity assessment as well as the creation of a contract's efficiency project plan schedule for the consideration implementation of a matter management and contract lifecycle tool.
Interests: Murder mysteries & historical dramas. Also, daily comic strips.

Yasir E.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Consumer Packaged Goods, Energy & Industrials, Technology
Admissions: CA, TX
Specialization: Contracts negotiation, transactions, licensing, software, antitrust compliance
Interests: Spending time with family, playing basketball with my two boys, traveling, reading, hiking

Stephanie V.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Intellectual Property, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Consumer Packaged Goods
Admissions: NY, OR
Specialization: Consumer product safety and regulatory compliance, sports marketing and licensing, sponsorships and endorsements.
Interests: Lifelong baseball fan, life member, Jane Austen Society of North America, indie published author of Austenesque fiction.

Shiv M.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Financial Services, Hospitals & Healthcare, Technology
Admissions: NY, NJ, WA
Recent Projects: Shiv currently advises c-level executives at various clients on compliance strategies and lead compliance program implementations including advising on ERP strategy.
Specialization: An expert-level commercial technology attorney, specializing in contract negotiations and the implementation of compliance operations to support legal enterprise risk strategy, with experience on both the buy and sell side of business operations
Interests: Dancing anywhere anytime, good music, designing and creating crochet items, gifting crochet items, travelling the world

Ryan P.

Years of Experience: 15+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Intellectual Property, M&A, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Energy & Industrials, Technology
Admissions: FL
Specialization: Contract negotiation, compliance, M&A, employment counseling, IP, product development
Interests: Tennis, biking, travel

Mutanu M.

Years of Experience: 10+
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Technology
Specialization: Legal Operations
Interests: Legal Ops podcasts, running, pilates, cooking

Melissa G.

Years of Experience: 10+ yrs
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Consumer Packaged Goods, Energy & Industrials, Retail, Technology, AI
Admissions: IL
Specialization: Commercial contract negotiations, global and US privacy (cipp-e/us), AI (both development and legal risk mitigation and responsible AI)

Marina F.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Financial Services
Admissions: CA
Recent Projects: Served as general counsel for eight B. Riley Financial, Inc. affiliated companies across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, supporting business areas including real estate, restructuring, bankruptcy, litigation support, investment banking, valuation, and asset disposition. Advised C-suite executives on corporate strategy, risk management, policy formation, employment, insurance, litigation, and bankruptcy matters. Managed external counsel in litigation and arbitration, and handled engagements involving representation of debtors, creditors, and trustees in bankruptcy cases. Oversaw collection matters and responses to discovery and subpoenas. Led the drafting and negotiation of corporate contracts, including NDAs, employment, MSAs, engagement, joint venture, licensing, vendor, purchase and sale, and consulting agreements. Developed and implemented compliance initiatives and corporate governance best practices and policies.
Interests: Travel, cooking (and eating), live music, animal training

Keith. F

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Intellectual Property, M&A, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Business Services, Energy & Industrials, Hospitals & Healthcare, Technology
Admissions: CA, NY, NJ, UT
Recent Projects: Keith was on an 8 month project with emerging biotech company working on clinical trial completions, developing export compliance processes, and negotiating vendor and commercial agreements.
Specialization: Product counsel, SaaS, commercial contracting, privacy, government contracts, international contracts negotiation, export licensing
Interests: Cycling, flyfishing

Jim V.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Corporate & Securities, International, M&A, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Technology
Admissions: OH
Recent Projects: Among others, Jim recently ran an RFP for CLM focusing on GenAI features and implemented a tool while creating a contract center of excellence. He also has significant legal experience in Asia and Latin America with a focus on cross-border transactions.
Specialization: Legal team leadership, contract drafting and negotiation including SaaS agreements, M&A, anti-corruption and compliance, cross functional leadership experience, and legal operations innovation
Interests: Dogs, astronomy, cooking

Jessica F.

Years of Experience: 10+
Practice Areas: Legal Ops, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Government, Business Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Retail, Media & Entertainment
Admissions: WI
Recent Projects: Most recently, Jessica led legal technology and operations modernization initiatives as Interim Registrar at Marquette Law School. Previously transformed legal departments from within by streamlining systems and establishing efficient workflows at corporations like Walmart, Lands’ End and Milwaukee County. Consistently identified and implemented legal software, processes, and policy improvements to increase legal productivity and cost savings.
Specialization: managing external legal partnerships, implementing legal technologies and digital transformation, regulatory compliance, corporate communications, cross-functional leadership, creative collaborative and innovative legal problem-solving, in-house legal experience at organizations such as walmart, quad/graphics, and land’s end
Interests: Volunteering at MKE Urban Stables working with horses on educational programs and equine therapy; international travel, hiking and wellness.

Frank K.

Years of Experience: 15+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Financial Services
Admissions: IL
Specialization: Commercial contracts, finance & secured lending
Interests: Wellness, holistic health, meditation, nutrition, poetry, songwriting, piano, guitar & singing

Emerson R.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Intellectual Property, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Energy & Industrials
Admissions: TX, PA
Specialization: EPC construction contract preparation/negotiation, commercial contracting, intellectual property, corporate secretary (corporate compliance), general counsel (labor &employment, insurance, regulatory compliance, etc.)
Interests: Musician

Cory C.

Years of Experience: 10+
Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities, Intellectual Property, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Consumer Packaged Goods, Media & Entertainment
Specialization: Legal operations, especially digital transformation and technology implementation
Interests: opera singer, reading, yoga, travelling with the husband

Ben S.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities, M&A, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Energy & Industrials, Financial Services, Technology
Admissions: WA
Recent Projects: Ben had a one year assignment with global industrial firm, leading venture investments, acquisitions and divestitures in Asia, Europe and North America.
Interests: Soccer and biking

Arie S.

Years of Experience: 15+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Corporate & Securities, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, M&A, Privacy, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Business Services, Energy & Industrials, Media & Entertainment, Technology
Admissions: NY, NJ
Specialization: In-House Counsel, Contracts and Negotiations
Interests: Hiking, historical fiction

Amy L.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Technology
Admissions: CA, NY
Recent Projects: They worked on a 9 month project with a tech company to provide product and privacy legal guidance to product teams.
Specialization: Product counseling
Interests: Running, Yoga and Travel

Danny J.

Years of Experience: 10+
Practice Areas: Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Technology
Admissions: CO
Recent Projects: Renewed a one-year project with a prominent tech company assisting with challenging and novel regulatory compliance issues.
Specialization: Compliance, product counseling, commercial law
Interests: Live music, podcasts, running, chess

Victoria L.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Labor & Employment, Investigations
Industries: Business Services, Manufacturing & Logistics, Energy & Industrials, Financial Services, Technology
Admissions: CA
Recent Projects: 6-month project with a multinational staffing company working on compliance programs involving I-9 and E-Verify, as well as employment-related issues; 6-month project for a tech and transportation company focusing on human resources, employment relations, and compensation; 6-month project managing outside counsel and preparing employee handbooks for the US, EMEA, and APAC.
Specialization: Investigations, discipline, employment policies and procedures, international employment law, and privacy in the employment law context
Interests: Travel, assisting with special needs animals, grant writing

Mark H.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Corporate & Securities, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, M&A, Privacy, Litigation, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Media & Entertainment, Technology
Admissions: CA
Specialization: Contract drafting and negotiation, corporate governance, privacy (CIPP-US certified), employment, public company securities filings, and board management
Interests: Skiing, beach volleyball, tennis, hiking, travel, fine wine

Abigail P.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Media & Entertainment, Technology, Non-Profit
Admissions: CA
Specialization: Internet law and policy (global focus), transactions, content regulation, privacy, copyright & trademark, open licensing, compliance
Interests: Travel, crossword puzzles, Sudoku

Gayle G.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Corporate & Securities, Intellectual Property, International, M&A, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Management Consulting, Business Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Hospitals & Healthcare, Cybersecurity, Technology, AI
Admissions: NY
Recent Projects: Gayle recently completed a three-month project with a healthcare company, focusing on privacy and AI compliance strategies.
Specialization: Complex contracts, technology transactions, SaaS, international compliance, board advisory, AI governance, privacy
Interests: Foreign travel, cooking, golf

Linsey L.

Years of Experience: 15+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Advertising, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance, Marketing
Industries: Media & Entertainment, Technology
Admissions: NY
Specialization: Marketing and advertising, privacy and commercial contracts
Interests: Tennis, food
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Rebecca N.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Labor & Employment, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Manufacturing & Logistics, Hospitals & Healthcare, Technology
Admissions: KY
Recent Projects: 6-month project with a tech company providing legal and compliance support domestically and globally on issues arising over the course of the employment lifecycle, as well as compliance support on privacy issues.
Specialization: human resources compliance, employment counseling & litigation
Interests: Hiking, home renovation, gardening, design, travel

Jane W.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Hospitals & Healthcare
Admissions: CA
Recent Projects: She has been working for over two years on a contract project with a life sciences company, focusing on compliance with FDA, SEC, FTC, and other global regulatory agency requirements.
Specialization: Contracting, compliance activity set-up/training/oversight, board governance, public company disclosure matters (8K, 10K, press release, investor presentation and risk assessment), adPromo issues, IP strategy
Interests: Reading, travelling, hiking

Mid-level Attorney

Years of Experience: 10+
Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, M&A, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Business Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Energy & Industrials, Financial Services, Hospitals & Healthcare, Media & Entertainment
Admissions: CO
Specialization: Labor, employment, litigation, education
Interests: Hiking, travelling

Senior Attorney

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Corporate & Securities, M&A, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Business Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Energy & Industrials, Financial Services, Hospitals & Healthcare, Media & Entertainment
Admissions: TX
Specialization: Securities, corporate governance, compliance, financing

Michael M.

Years of Experience: 10+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Labor & Employment, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical & Biologics, Business Services, Energy & Industrials, Technology
Admissions: TX
Recent Projects: He worked on a 10-month project reviewing commercial contracts and negotiating NDAs to support operations related to artificial intelligence, infrastructure and data centers, subsea cable connections, virtual reality, privacy, and data security for a leading tech company and its international entities.
Specialization: contracts negotiation, technology transactions, data privacy, FCPA, labor and employment
Interests: Hiking, auto racing, guitar, international travel

Rick H.

Years of Experience: 5+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Business Services, Media & Entertainment, Technology, Software
Admissions: CA
Recent Projects: Outbound sales and licensing agreements (and related privacy addenda) for a large multinational software company.
Specialization: Contracts negotiation, transactions, privacy
Interests: Proper care and feeding of canine kids, creative writing, music, travel, exercise, staving off the irrevocable and inevitable aging process

Senior Attorney

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Energy & Industrials, Hospitals & Healthcare, Technology

Nicole G.

Years of Experience: 10+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Privacy, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Technology, SaaS
Admissions: NY
Recent Projects: Currently working for a fintech negotiating a wide range of agreements, including influencer agreements, SaaS, procurement agreements, and developing a detailed legal playbook to streamline contract negotiations.
Specialization: SaaS agreements
Interests: Peloton, Jamaica, cooking
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Randi F.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Labor & Employment, M&A, Privacy, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Manufacturing & Logistics, Technology
Admissions: NJ, DC
Recent Projects: She provided leave coverage as Senior Counsel and Interim Global Deputy Privacy Officer, managing and implementing privacy and data protection policies and activities across the EEA, USA, Canada, LATAM, and China for a major U.S.-based manufacturer and a global technology services company.
Specialization: global: privacy - all aspects, contracts negotiation, labor and employment, US: M&A, regulatory, litigation
Interests: Reading, movies, family

Mid-level Attorney

Years of Experience: 10+
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, M&A, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Energy & Industrials, Hospitals & Healthcare

Thomas L.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Labor & Employment, Investigations, Product, Regulatory & Compliance, Marketing
Industries: Transportation, National Security, Media & Entertainment, Technology
Admissions: VA
Recent Projects: Built a company's compliance program, managed its litigation, and provided legal support to all aspects of company operations, including contract negotiation, oversight and management, employment matters, product support, and legislative and regulatory analysis.
Specialization: statutory & regulatory analysis, compliance (oversight, internal controls, policy development), litigation, risk management, employment, contracts, budgets
Interests: Running, competitive sports, coaching, travel & culture

Caroline G.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Intellectual Property, Government, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Franchise, Business Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Media & Entertainment, Technology
Admissions: RI
Recent Projects: She completed a multi-year engagement as product and commercial counsel for an AR/VR company, supporting its product development, sourcing, and contract manufacturing operations.
Specialization: Product counsel, contracting
Interests: Travel, speedwalking, cooking, boating

Douglas G.

Years of Experience: 15+
Practice Areas: Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Financial Services, Technology
Admissions: NY
Specialization: Product counsel, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, operations, litigation management, risk management, technology, data privacy
Interests: Travel, skiing, hiking, photography

Dana R.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Intellectual Property, Government, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Utility, Philanthropic, Business Services, Grocery, Ecommerce, Consumer Packaged Goods, Fitness, Social Media, Energy & Industrials, Food & Beverage, Technology
Admissions: CA
Recent Projects: Efficiently and effectively cleared backlog of contracts and handled ongoing commercial work for fitness company selling software and multiple equipment brands during new attorney search.
Specialization: Commercial, product, legal operations, intellectual property
Interests: Travel, fitness, sustainability

Senior Attorney

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Governance, Corporate & Securities, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Hospitals & Healthcare, Technology
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Diana B.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Intellectual Property, M&A, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Financial Services, Hospitals & Healthcare, Technology, Real Estate
Admissions: CT
Recent Projects: Emily R. is concluding a 10-month project with Airbnb, where she provided legal support to two primary business groups: Global Real Estate and Air For Real Estate (A4RE). In her role with Global Real Estate, she primarily supported the procurement aspects of various deals. For A4RE, she played a key role in supporting channel partnership programs, which encompassed data feeds, co-marketing initiatives, and lead generation efforts.
Specialization: General Counsel, procurement, product, privacy, commercial counsel for emerging technology companies
Interests: Sustainable living, hiking, camping, gardening, and spending time with her two dogs
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Bonnie M.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Ethics & Compliance, Investigations, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Business Services, Energy & Industrials, Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Technology
Admissions: DC, MD
Recent Projects: Long term project to draft and implement compliance policies and procedures relating to anticorruption, gifts, political contributions, and third party vendors; analysis of risk and conflict of interest issues, also led internal investigations into issues ranging from sales practice and fraud to violations of company policies.
Specialization: Compliance and risk analysis, internal investigations, creating policies and procedures that minimize risk while maximizing business efficiencies
Interests: Volunteering with Girl Scouts, hiking, wildlife, music

Senior Attorney

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, M&A, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Management Consulting, Business Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Energy & Industrials, Financial Services, Hospitals & Healthcare, Media & Entertainment
Admissions: CA
Specialization: M&A, complex commercial transactions, licensing, consulting, financing, litigation, employment

Senior Attorney

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Corporate & Securities, M&A, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Business Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Energy & Industrials, Financial Services, Media & Entertainment
Admissions: NY
Specialization: Law firm, in-house experience, securities filings, corporate governance, financing
Interests: Skiing, reading
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Kristin D.

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Corporate & Securities, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Business Services, Energy & Industrials, Media & Entertainment, Technology
Admissions: OR, TX
Recent Projects: 18 month project with tech giant negotiating content licensing agreements for sourcing team, and evaluating content use cases for product engineering team.
Specialization: Contracts negotiation, transactions, intellectual property
Interests: Art, music, travel, meditation

Senior Attorney

Years of Experience: 20+
Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, M&A, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Utility, Business Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Energy & Industrials, Financial Services, Hospitals & Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, SaaS
Admissions: PA
Specialization: M&A, complex commercial transactions, licensing, consulting, financing, litigation, employment
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Krishan T.

Years of Experience: 10+
Practice Areas: Commercial & Transactions, Civil Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, M&A, Privacy, Litigation, Product, Regulatory & Compliance
Industries: Biotech & Life Sciences, Business Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Energy & Industrials, Media & Entertainment, Technology
Admissions: NY, DC, PA
Recent Projects: He worked on a 9 month project with social media tech company supporting global litigation, compliance, & regulatory investigations.
Specialization: Regulatory compliance, corporate compliance, litigation/disputes, platform liability, product compliance, IP, risk mitigation
Interests: Scuba diving, travel, foodie, chess, board games

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