After years of litigating high-profile intellectual property cases in private big law practice, and gaining experience as an in-house general counsel, I founded and transitioned my practice to McGill & Co., P.C. to better provide business-savvy and cost-effective legal services and advice to my client base. My capabilities range from running bet-the-company patent and trademark cases, to serving as corporate secretary, to supporting M&A deals and closing major partnerships and licensing deals. I support the development of hardware and software products, as well as the manufacturing, go-to-market, and risk/customer management of such products. I work closely with my former colleagues at Sheppard Mullin and with specialized counsel in other law firms to ensure my clients receive best-in-class services and advice.Overall, I pride myself on the close relationships of professional and personal trust that I develop with my clients, which are built on sensitivity and responsiveness to the goals and demands of my clients' businesses. Through McGill & Co., I have continued my rewarding focus on providing pro bono services to my community: I continue to lead the development of the key case compendium on a police bystander's duty to intervene in the violation of constitutional rights, in collaboration with the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project, run by Georgetown University School of Law and Sheppard Mullin. I also take great pride in my pro bono work with the San Diego Zoo's Frozen Zoo.

Associate attorney in Sheppard Mullin's intellectual property group, where I litigated patent and trademark disputes in federal district and appellate courts - including several major cases involving Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) subject to FRAND commitments (most notably in the area of wireless communication standards (i.e., 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G)). I continued working closely with companies with technology and products in the augmented reality hardware and software space, as well as the breakout blockchain/NFT community.While at Sheppard Mullin, I prioritized broadening and deepening my client base. These efforts resulted in the development of several significant clients with which I worked on a variety of general matters, including negotiation of many commercial agreements (such as licenses, partnerships, manufacturing and other services agreements), patent and trademark portfolio development and defense, corporate governance, M&A activities, and dispute and workforce management.I was a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee, and in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, led Sheppard Mullin’s development of a first-of-its-kind case law compendium digesting the federal law on a bystanding officer's duty to intervene in the violation of a victim's constitutional rights. The compendium was developed in partnership with Georgetown University Law Center’s Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project. I also successfully represented a number of clients seeking permanent immigration status in the United States for themselves and their families.

Direct legal strategy for Meta Company - a cutting-edge technology company building an augmented reality platform based on innovative thinking about how individuals interact with computers in a 3D world. My daily work at Meta included:-Proactive anticipation and resolution of legal and regulatory issues related to hardware and software product development (including privacy, content, certification and product liability concerns);-Directing and managing Meta's intellectual property program (patents, trademarks, software copyright and open source issues); -Management of litigation and emerging disputes;-Directing licensing negotiations and closing deals. including related to core technology components (e.g., sensors, processors, SLAM software and software content); -Developing and managing strategic partnerships;-Drafting and execution of critical contracts (including licenses, product manufacturing and distribution agreements, content development agreements, partnerships and service agreements); -Drafting and negotiation of investment documentation, management of investor due diligence operations; and-Engaging with media and the press. Representative speaking engagements:-Panelist, American Bar Association 2018 Forum on Communications Law, Keynote Panel ("Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Diminished Reality: Do You Really Know What They Are? Can You Spot the Legal Issues?"-Instructor, Practicing Law Institute, "Technotainment 2016: The Legal Realities of Virtual and Augmented Reality".-Speaker, United States Patent and Trademark Office TC 3600/3700 Tech Fair 2016 ("Greetings from the Cradle of Innovation: Augmented Reality").-Background Info, United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, in advance of November 16, 2016 hearing, "Exploring Augmented Reality".

Representation of clients in high-stakes federal litigation (including patent infringement matters). Experience with corporate counseling (notably, with intellectual property issues and licensing negotiations), and with white collar criminal investigations. Extensive exposure to brief-writing, taking and defending depositions, expert discovery, and all other aspects of the civil discovery process (e.g., crafting and executing discovery plans; drafting and responding to written discovery; document collection, review and production; meet-and-confer efforts, etc.). Experience with oral argument on disputed legal issues in federal district court.Pro Bono: Obtained an adjudication of refugee status and resettlement in the U.S. for a Somali refugee fleeing her home country due to political and religious persecution by al-Shabaab; represented numerous juvenile foreign nationals in connection with their applications for U.S. permanent residency (Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) Status); and have represented a PTSD-afflicted veteran of the Iraq War in connection to his attempt to obtain an upgrade to his military discharge status.

Worked with other members of department to litigate a variety of civil cases, including securities fraud actions relating to municipal derivatives in federal and state court in Jefferson County, Alabama, and a suit in Delaware Chancery Court petitioning for dissolution of a LLC that engages in proprietary short-term equity trading.Pro Bono: Represented Tennessee death row inmate in post-conviction challenge to his felony murder conviction and death sentence, which was eventually vacated by the 6th Circuit in February 2017 based on arguments made during my representation (Thomas v. Westbrook, No. 2:12-cv-02333 (6th Cir. Feb. 24, 2017), decision available here: http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/17a0045p-06.pdf). In connection with that representation, drafted numerous state court appellate briefs, a petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States, and the inmate's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition.

Prepared a history of one track of the September 11 Litigation (suits brought by Ground Zero clean-up workers).