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Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

• Advised Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing leaders on product development to launch
• Guided company proposals to study the potential for unintended biases in algorithmic modeling
• Authored and coordinated responses to inquiries from government and regulatory stakeholders globally
• Championed inclusion by establishing a cross-functional team to advise on product equity initiatives
• Implemented and maintained ongoing settlement-mandated changes to Facebook’s advertising platform

San Francisco, California

• Ads and Business Platform
• Data Privacy
• Artificial Intelligence
• Trust and Safety
• Machine Learning
• Algorithmic Fairness

San Francisco, California

• Head counsel for Yelp and its subsidiaries’ consumer and enterprise products in more than 30 countries, establishing a legal and regulatory compliance review process for hundreds of product features across web and.
• Own and maintain compliance of Yelp’s Privacy Policy by creating guidelines for the collection, use, storage, retention, and access to end user data under GDPR, CCPA, and related laws
• Advise product, engineering, and design teams on consumer and enterprise product feature development, counseling on ad disclosures, location services, email and SMS marketing, APIs, SDKs, licensing, sales and.
• Manage and revise Yelp’s Terms of Service to reflect Yelp and its subsidiaries’ continually updated products and services, and coordinate with engineering and marketing teams on end user notice requirements

San Francisco Bay Area

• Drafted and revised consumer and enterprise contract templates for Tesla transactions serving more than 25 countries
• Counseled Tesla business teams on global regulatory regimes that impacted existing and new Tesla products
• Managed and coordinated a team of outside counsel to launch consumer products and services in 8 new jurisdictions, including in EMEA, LATAM and APAC markets
• Managed cross-functional business and legal issues outside of practice area by vetting and assigning IP, tax, finance, and litigation matters across the legal team based on severity and strategic priority

San Francisco Bay Area

• Drafted consumer and enterprise contracts and provided regulatory and compliance counsel to assist SolarCity product and service expansion from 14 to 32 domestic and international jurisdictions
• Negotiated and approved hundreds of inbound and outbound multimillion-dollar commercial transactions
• Assisted in implementing company trans-inclusive health benefits as leader in LGBTQ employee resource group

Irvine, CA

• Drafted legal pleadings related to commercial contract disputes for multinational companies

San Francisco Bay Area

• Distilled and assessed the merits of legal claims, and drafted memoranda outlining relevant case law
• Participated in client mediation and arbitration proceedings

San Francisco Bay Area

• Drafted legal memoranda and provided legal analysis on high-visibility issues for the court

Orange County, California Area

• Negotiated unlawful detainer actions on behalf of clients
• Supervised compliance matters for mortgage lenders

Greater San Diego Area

• Investigated confidential internal matters

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Concentration, Business Law And Regulation

Activities and Societies: • General Editor, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy • Board Member, Moot Court • 1L & 2L Representative.

International Law And Legal Studies

Activities and Societies: • Participant, Study Abroad

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: • President, Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity, Inc. • Director of Expansion, Multi-Cultural Greek Council