Jessica Slater Email & Phone Number

Redwood City, California, United States

Senior Manager in charge of the client development needs of Goodwin's Intellectual Property Litigation group.

Palo Alto, California, United States

- Spearhead all client growth initiatives, strategic planning, opportunity identification and execution, and other relationship-building activities for Silicon Valley's top technology, life sciences and AI companies in the areas of M&A, IP Technology, IP Litigation, Securities Litigation, Executive Compensation & Benefits and Tax- Lead targeted initiatives to expand work for current clients and secure business from new clients through company and industry research, intimate GC dinners, CLE programs and thought leadership, including executing on over two dozen client and alumni-focused events- Craft bespoke content for high-profile pitches and RFP responses, including the use of various RFP software systems, including Persuit resulting in over $20 million in new business

Los Gatos, California, United States

Partnered with the product, engineering, production finance, and legal teams to define requirements, implement changes and create efficiencies between Netflix and its productions.Assisting in streamlining interdepartmental workflow between legal, finance and HR through the implementation of Airtable.Proactively identified and updated outdated production onboarding documentation.

San Francisco Bay Area

Drove revenue through the business development efforts of the firm’s 200+ transactional attorneys with the goal of expanding work for existing clients and identifying new clients and opportunities through strategic marketing and revenue growth activities.• Develop and implement strategic plans for practices and individual partners• Work with firm executive management, finance department, attorneys and other business developers to execute, track and report on business development efforts, including analyzing and presenting financial data, creating market-competitive alternative fee arrangements, and collecting relevant experience to increase value to attorneys and potential clients• Coached attorneys one-on-one and in group settings to help them focus their practices and attract profitable clients.• Proactive research for client meetings, cross-selling opportunities and industry trends• Drafted internal communications on a firmwide basis to set out new initiatives, track progress and report that progress to firm leadership• Analyzed budget data and key spending issues. Created a process for approval for business development activities resulting in a 25% decrease in business development spending in one year• Proactively identified department-wide inefficiencies. Defined, launched and drove a taskforce to address and implement new strategies resulting in more timely responses to attorneys and management requests

Responsible for all aspects of recruiting and placing legal professionals including sourcing, screening, interviewing, performing reference checks and maintaining relationships with past and present candidates. Responsible for filling temporary and temp to hire positions with qualified candidates including attorneys, paralegals and legal support staff. Maintain relationships with law firms and in-house legal departments by conducting weekly calls and monthly on-site visits. Organized and attend on and off-site recruiting events including open houses, continuing education seminars and trade shows.Recruited an average of 15 candidates a week for various positions of which 25% become permanent employees.Part of a team responsible for 30% growth of our division during the last economic downturn.

Primary liaison to 20+ startups on their formation, financings, stock administration and corporate maintenance. Drafted various financing documents, managed client's stock plan, conducted due diligence, completed research and drafted memorandum on pertinent California and Delaware corporate issues.Responsible for the organization and maintenance of all financing documents and stock administration documents allowing me to create final binders of all documents for each investor and the firm.Created document repository for emerging companies on business licenses, tax information and labor law issues.

Aided in the creation and implementation of a proprietary database which allowed the storage and retrieval of pertinent licensing information for music owned and licensed by Sony. Researched contracts focusing on both publishing and record royalties, soundtrack album rights and publishing agreements. Created and implemented a searchable database for music licensing department increasing company's potential profitability.

Researched music licenses and development and distribution agreements to determine ownership and possible copyright infringement. Drafted music licenses and researched and wrote memorandum on various copyright issues.• Researched the music properties and drafted memorandum for 100+ film and television productions. • Identified an untapped source of revenue by alerting the company to previously unknown licensable music, possible copyright infringement and lapses in the company's licenses.

Aba; Juris Doctor, Aals

Bachelor Of Science, Television Broadcasting And Video Production