Brian Smith Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Advises Roblox on copyright and trademark matters with a focus on DMCA compliance. Administered the Roblox trademark portfolio. Reviewed all marketing materials for the company. Counseled the product team that develops Roblox Rights Manager.

San Francisco Bay Area

Advises Facebook and Instagram on copyright and intermediary liability legal issues. Specializes in the development of automated content detection tools including Rights Manager. Counsels the Rights Manager product team on their development roadmap as well as other product teams across Facebook and Instagram on copyright legal issues. Engages directly with.

San Francisco Bay Area

Advises Mozilla's product teams on a wide variety of legal issues including intellectual property, privacy, licensing, advertising, and open source compliance. Drafts and revises terms of use and privacy notices. Assists teams with the drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements with third parties.

San Francisco Bay Area

Advises Mozilla on a variety of product, commercial and employment-related matters. Supports multiple product teams, including Mozilla’s Connected Devices initiative and the Test Pilot platform. Conducts internal investigations and assists with employment and commercial litigation. Drafts and negotiates strategic agreements and vendor contracts. Oversaw.

Menlo Park, CA

Corporate transactional practice with experience advising public and private companies in the technology and biotech sectors, as well as underwriters/initial purchasers, in connection with capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and compliance with federal securities laws. Representative matters include representing the underwriters in.

Studied law.

Menlo Park, CA

Assisted attorneys in the firm's corporate division with various matters related to mergers & acquisitions, securities, and corporate governance.

Greater Seattle Area

Wrote briefs on legal issues related to homicide prosecution such as the significance of prior juvenile convictions in sentencing and the powers of the court to hold a witness in contempt. Reviewed jail tapes, witness statements, and other evidence in preparation of litigation. Observed homicide trials.

Creation, testing, and distribution of email messages to Hill and Non-Hill audiences. Reports on email performance internally. Refines email design and procedures for email distribution.

Critically evaluated contracts for compliance with legal best practices. Edited biographical data forms and salary justification memos for staffing overseas projects. Summarized division activities in weekly report for Executive Vice President. Wrote project summaries for CAFTA environment proposal. Prepared spreadsheets on all Chemonics contracts for.

Worked with the External Affairs team to develop and implement a new infrastructure for tracking constituent information. Researched policy issues including international trade, education, and the environment. Basic administrative responsibilities.

Researched the impact of constituent communications with Congress. Improved clients’ ability to communicate with Congress, and responded to customer concerns.

Jd, Law

2008, Law, Politics, And Society; African-American Studies; Asian Studies

Activities and Societies: President, College Democrats, Simon’s Rock Chapter Copy Editor, Llama Ledger (Simon’s Rock College Newspaper).

Government, Culture

Activities and Societies: Walking Club (Aroukokai)Studied at Sophia University (Jochi Daigaku) for Fall '06 semester.