Emily Werner Email & Phone Number

Sterling, Virginia, United States

• Provide frontline legal support for all of G+D's card and digital payment products, services and solutions related businesses in the United States and Canada and successfully develop and provide strategic, pragmatic, and comprehensive, business-oriented solutions and legal advice to challenging problems.• Review, negotiate and draft complex legal agreements with customers (i.e., financial institutions and state and local government agencies) including RFPs, master services agreements, product agreements, partnership agreements and statements of work.• Responsible for reviewing all vendor contracts including those for IT and IT security.• Track legal developments, legislation and current events relevant to G+D and effectively communicate any issues to business teams.• Responsible for ensuring GDMSAI’s compliance with internal and external data privacy regulations.• Monitor data privacy laws and regulatory changes, identify emerging risks and advise senior management and the GPO of any impact.• Counsel leadership, management and workforce on best data privacy practices.• Collaborate with other attorneys to ensure appropriate awareness and escalation of issues.• Overall responsibility for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating all privacy provisions in contracts with customers and service providers.• Responsible for leading projects related to legal technology and solutions, increasing the legal department’s efficiency and effectiveness.• Elected Member of the Diversity Education and Inclusion Council.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Legal Counsel, 2013 – January 2017• Researched applicable laws, rules, and regulations including self-regulatory best practice standards applicable to the company in order to create and maintain an effective and efficient legal department. Tracked legal developments and industry trends, spotted potential issues, devised possible solutions and communicated this to non-legal executives and coworkers and even company clients. • Reviewed and negotiated all commercial agreements for the procurement of products and services in support of day-to-day operations of television and digital advertising, data monetization, fundraising, email marketing, email rental and web development services. Agreement types included master services agreements, data management and licensing agreements, technology software agreements, nondisclosure agreements, and partner agreements allowing for the placement of $170,000,000 in digital advertising, 1.75 billion email sends, and creation of 11,000 social media campaigns. • Reviewed and negotiated over 600 agreements with a wide range of vendors, including, but not limited to, large publicly traded companies, social media networks, and system technology solutions. • Designed and led an internal privacy and security task force, responsible for the development and implementation of policies that meet business objectives and protect the security of systems, data, and networks of the company and its clients. Created, implemented, and maintained privacy policies and procedures, allowing the company to develop and host hundreds of client websites with over 65 million visitors and $265 million in online fundraising.• Selected and managed outside counsel. • Managed company’s IP portfolio and provided legal advice on intellectual property matters.Interim Director - Ad Operations, July 2013 – May 2014Junior Political Analyst - Online Advertising, January 2013 – July 2013Staff Assistant - Online Advertising, September 2012 – January 2013

Cleveland, Ohio

• Managed cases and developed proactive trial strategies. • Prepared motions and memoranda, negotiated with opposing counsel, and litigated in court. • Advised clients throughout their case and maintained client relationships.

Cleveland, Ohio

• Monitored new product developments and served as a Lexis product and promotion specialist. • Interacted with students, professors and librarians in order to enhance their knowledge and skillset of LexisNexis. • Completed research certification training initiatives.

Toledo, Ohio

• Provided direct support to Stuart Cubbon, the President and Partner of Cubbon & Associates. • Researched and wrote memoranda and motions to the court, client letters and memoranda to the Partners. • Attended client interviews and counseling sessions, court hearings and depositions.• Prepared memoranda and reports in response to inquiries by the Partners. • Communicated with clients to retrieve necessary information to relay to the Partners.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

• Assisted the Defense Office in matters pertinent to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s future litigation by researching and writing a legal memorandum. • Briefed the Legal Officers in the STL Defense Office on my research findings. • Formulated a thesis from the memorandum that the Legal Officers presented to the Court.

Toledo, Ohio Area

• Worked under tight deadlines to produce on average 150 classifieds per month for the Toledo City Paper, Toledo Area Parent, Ann Arbor Family Press, and Current. • Coordinated with the account manager and accountant in order to manage and update client classified ad accounts.

Arlington, Virginia

• Wrote Special Reports equal to that of a senior analyst on terrorist activities, groups, and leaders in order to assist military and armed forces personnel. • Analyzed terrorist attacks and tactics in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Nigeria. Assessed leadership, plans and intentions of Taliban leaders. • First intern to assist in two Mirror Image Training Camps, a mock terrorist training camp that allows military and law enforcement personnel to become submersed in the terrorist mindset, aiding in their overseas combat.

Juris Doctor, International Law

Activities and Societies: Jonathan M. Ault Mock Trial Team, Managing Editor of the War Crimes Prosecution Watch, Cultivating Connections.

Bachelors, Political Science, Arab And Islamic Studies

Activities and Societies: Special Olympics, Delta Gamma, Woman's Club Soccer, Arabic Club

Arab Studies