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Washington, Dc, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

• Legal lead overseeing worldwide Gemini (fka Bard) GAI chat feature launches on web and mobile.• Product Counseling: counseling product and technologist teams on design, development, and launch of GAI services and features; providing legal, privacy, and regulatory guidance to product, engineering, and compliance teams on a variety of areas with global impact, including consumer protection, competition regulation (including EU DMA), privacy regulation, contractual engagements, etc.; leading responses to regulatory inquiries and investigations, and press inquiries;• Privacy: particular expertise with EU privacy regulations, including GDPR and ePrivacy, as well as biometrics• Regulatory Engagement: develop regulatory engagement strategy and interact with regulators; prepare responses to inquiries and compliance documentation • Areas of coverage include: Generative AI, virtual assistants, machine learning, communications products, productivity services, speech recognition and text-to-speech technologies, consumer hardware, knowledge and search experiences, product personalization, EU privacy laws and regulations, copyright, enterprise and consumer services.• Frequent executive engagement and strategizing with Product and Engineering leadership.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

• Hybrid product and commercial counsel for cloud-based communications products, covering a wide range of issues relating to both consumer and enterprise services, including regulatory, privacy, IP (patent, TM, copyright), marketing, mobile + web clients; highly experienced with cross-functional planning and organization (e.g. tax, finance, sales) and geo-expansion (e.g. devising entity strategy, driving local compliance efforts); also experienced with policy and policymaker engagement• Product Counseling: advised product and engineering teams regarding legal risk; guided client teams in pursuing a privacy-by-design approach in product development; developed GDPR compliance strategies; counseled teams regarding abuse protections, terms of service, and use policies; provided guidance with regard to civil litigation, customer complaints, and regulatory inquiries; advised on data processing, data retention and consents• Commercial: negotiated and drafted bespoke agreements, including service agreements, data sharing agreements, software licensing, marketing, and hardware manufacturing agreements• Privacy: team subject-matter expert on ePrivacy; counsel product and engineering teams on GDPR compliance and privacy-positive product design• Global Expertise: experienced in the global expansion of regulated and non-regulated services, including determining entity strategy, interacting with and preparing filings for submission to local regulators, advising product teams on local privacy regulations, legal access requests, data retention requirements, and contracting concerns. Particularly familiar with the legal and regulatory landscape in EMEA and APAC. Very experienced with managing outside counsel.• Citizenship: Product Counsel Advisory Committee for Privacy Review, led pro bono projects, active volunteer

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

• Provided commercial legal assistance and counseling to HP’s worldwide inkjet printing business as one of a two-person global business unit legal support team (>$10B annual revenue)• Commercial: drafted and negotiated commercial and licensing agreements, online terms of use and service, promotional terms and marketing disclaimers, and confidentiality, cloud service, and developer agreements• Product Counseling: advised clients in the development of hardware, software, Internet, subscription, and mobile products and services; provided guidance on compliance with antitrust, advertising, consumer, privacy, and IP laws• Global Expertise: provided guidance on legal challenges and regulatory requirements worldwide; advised clients in emerging markets, particularly Asia-Pacific and Latin America; interacted with regional and country counsel as well as outside counsel• Executive Engagement: conducted worldwide risk assessment analysis of sunsetting business with bi-monthly reporting to Senior VP/GM; devised marketing strategy on key promotional campaign with Instant Ink program executives• Privacy: served as commercial counsel expert on the HP internal Information Governance Board and assisted in developing privacy-related policy and best practices for use of big data worldwide• WW Pro Bono Co-leader for HP Inc.; Bay Area Pro Bono Committee Member; Social Committee Member

• Prepared and presented in-depth legal analyses and substantive recommendations to two - and three-judge panels• Analyzed and proposed resolutions to motions to dismiss, for permission to file interlocutory appeals, for stays and preliminary injunctions, for summary disposition, and applications for extraordinary writs• Developed expertise on a wide range of subject matters, including civil litigation (contracts, arbitration, securities, intellectual property, class actions, environmental disputes, etc.), bankruptcy, criminal law, and immigration law• Exercised sound judgment and provided on-the-spot analyses in a time sensitive environment• Coordinated with other court units and departments to ensure effective processing and resolution of appeals• Managed heavy case load of 130-150 appeals concurrently

San Francisco, California, Us

• Led legal services project that provides volunteer transactional and business law assistance to nonprofit organizations• Advised nonprofit organizations on formation and governance, and business, regulatory, tax, and intellectual property issues• Managed relationships with nonprofit clients, including executive directors and operational staff, as well as attorney volunteers working in law firms, corporate counsel offices, and government agencies• Organized and marketed topical workshops and presentations regarding legal issues relevant to nonprofit organizations• Conducted outreach to potential nonprofit organization clients and volunteer attorneys in law firms and corporations• Responsible for updating and maintaining CORP website and drafting newsletters and targeted legal alerts• Supervised junior employees on client intake, researching and drafting legal alerts, and organizing workshops

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Represented clients in state and federal court and AAA and FINRA arbitrations; litigated class actions and commercial, securities, employee benefits, environmental, insider trading, antitrust, and trade secret misappropriation claims; provided counsel regarding government investigations relating to antitrust and medical claims fraud allegations, restrictive employment covenants, anti-competitive practices, licensing, contract analysis and drafting, and discovery; conducted internal investigations• Extensive Research and Writing Experience: Drafted pleadings, pre-trial and dispositive motion papers and briefs, appellate, arbitration and mediation briefs, trial briefs and motions, jury instructions, analytical memoranda, discovery requests and responses, responses to grand jury subpoenas, and settlement agreements• Significant Representations Included: - Second-chair in insider trading jury trial, led direct witness examinations, defended witness depositions, drafted and argued key pre-trial motions- Selected as lead associate to draft a motion for summary judgment that quashed a critical $30 million claim against manufacturing corporation client in complex environmental litigation- Led internal corporate investigation relating to allegations against major computing manufacturer regarding antitrust violations- Assisted multinational LCD manufacturer with internal investigation related to criminal and civil antitrust matters; presented findings to the U.S. Department of Justice- Lead associate in complex contractual dispute between securities trading firm client and Lloyd's of London- Drafted motions and extensive analytical memoranda in significant ERISA class action involving excessive fee claims- Represented Silicon Valley company in civil class action regarding allegations of stock options backdating practices• Pro bono representations included clients seeking asylum and state habeas corpus relief

Charlottesville, Va, Us

• Prepared briefs and affidavits in support of asylum applications• Researched federal immigration regulations, procedures and case law• Responsible for new client intake

New York, Ny, Us

• Provided paralegal support in mid-size litigation defense practice representing pharmaceutical manufacturers, energy corporations, and non-profit organizations• Assisted with high-profile and sensitive medical products liability class action litigation• Researched, reviewed and revised legal memoranda and pleadings and engaged in document analysis

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

• Reviewed and revised major published research report regarding income disparity of women with MBAs• Assisted with community outreach projects and presentations

New York, New York, Us

• Revised joint-venture corporate contracts and management agreements• Researched and drafted content for internal newsletter addressing China’s possible entry into the WTO

Us

• Conducted research for reports, newsletters, and white papers on weapons nonproliferation• Drafted articles and press conference reports on current issues relating to weapons nonproliferation

Jd, Law

Ba, Political Science, History

Chinese Language, History, Economics, International Relations

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