Lead counsel and managing attorney in digital, marketing, gaming, media, and technology with worldwide responsibility for a broad-based IP transactional practice. Manage team across three offices with sole responsibility for providing business and legal advice as well as contract drafting, strategy, and negotiation support for the following business functions: • Marketing (including social media marketing and influencer engagements), sponsorships, and promotions • Agency engagements (advertising, creative, digital, production, social, buying & planning) • IT, digital products, services, and content (including videogame/mobile app licensing, development, publishing, and distribution; NFTs; AI governance and policy; consumer facing website design; technology, software, and platform licensing; ecommerce; brand integrations; end user license agreements)• Independent contractor and services agreements• Brand and corporate public relations• Corporate staffing• Consumer insights• Brand, product, and packaging design Familiarity with clearance, advertising, privacy, and regulatory issues related to online marketing and app development for children.Progressive promotions with increasing responsibility and rotation through the following practice areas: Entertainment production and distribution (including animated movie production and distribution); technology and invention in-licensing; product strategic partnerships; and product submissions.Additional deal experience includes: consumer products out-licensing; brand in-licensing; promotions; IT; interactive product technology development (including IoT products, wearable technology, and related connected services); and corporate strategic planning support including international JV and M&A deal and integration support.

Represented incumbent technology companies, start-ups, and media companies in a variety of transactional matters such as digital cinema technology licensing, commercial software development, business process outsourcing, Internet content licensing, and video on demand library rights analysis. Provided direct counsel to clients with respect to a range of intellectual property matters, including trademark searches and registration, copyright, and domain name issues.

Registered and enforced intellectual property rights in connection with the motion picture Star Wars: Episode I. Worked directly with the General Counsel of Lucasfilm to organize worldwide anti-piracy efforts in connection with the film. Worked directly with the General Counsel of ILM to assist with the development of a patent portfolio strategy including analysis of offensive, defensive, and licensing opportunities related to post-production special effects technology.

Summer associate in the following workgroups: Intellectual Property, Corporate, and Entertainment.

Researched substantive legal and procedural issues; drafted motions for a California Superior Court case involving DHL founder Larry Hillblom’s estate; represented the State of California in settlement negotiations involving approximately $100M in a disputed trust that was willed to the University of California educational system.