Notre Dame Law School

San Francisco State University

Business, IP & Data Privacy Attorney • ABA Women in IP Chair • HNBA Innovation Chair • Women of Legal Tech • ABA IP Fellow • Best Selling Author • Coffee Lover

Wilson Elser

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Attorney

Latinas In Cyber

Advisory Board Member

Deliver trial advocacy workshops. Guide students in learning-by-doing simulated courtroom exercises.

Professor Lecturer - Trial Advocacy

* Ensure compliance with global data privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable frameworks, by providing legal guidance and support on data privacy matters.
* Oversee global export compliance efforts, including export controls, trade sanctions, and regulatory compliance related to international trade activities.
* Provide strategic legal advice and guidance on global HR matters, including employment law, employee relations, reduction in force, workforce management, and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
* Manage and oversee global litigation matters, including disputes, claims, and class action matters, working closely with internal and external stakeholders to achieve favorable outcomes.
* Develop and deliver comprehensive global employee compliance training programs, fostering a culture of ethical conduct and legal compliance across the organization.
* Serve as a liaison to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) office, collaborating on data protection strategies, incident response planning, and cybersecurity risk management initiatives.
* Provide legal support and guidance on other matters as required, such as technology business transactions for North America, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability to meet evolving business needs.

* Lead the development and implementation of global ESG initiatives, aligning with regulatory requirements and corporate sustainability objectives; coordinate company-wide data collection and drafting of ESG report.
* Lead the global Green Team employee resource group (ERG) on environment.

Cerence Inc.

Senior Principal Legal Counsel and ESG Manager

Conduct risk analysis in mergers and acquisition transactions. Review of VDR documents, draft due diligence reports, draft purchase agreement data privacy and cyber clauses, and conduct due diligence calls with target. 
Breach investigation work focusing on review and assessment of applicable data breach notification, participate in CSIRT client meetings, prepare internal reports regarding unauthorized access, and other related tasks. 
Counsel clients regarding internal policies, procedures, and compliance related to domestic and global data privacy laws, regulations, standards, and practices, including, but not limited to GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, VCDPA, CPA, LGPD, COPPA, BIPA, and GLBA.
Counsel clients, revise, and draft notices, disclosures, policies, and procedures, including corporate cyber programs.

Paul Hastings

Corporate Associate, Data Privacy, Tech Transactions

Counseled clients regarding internal policies, procedures, and compliance related to domestic and global data privacy laws, regulations, standards, and practices, including, but not limited to GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, VCDPA, CPA, LGPD, COPPA, BIPA, and GLBA.
Drafted and updated privacy-related notices, disclosures, policies, and procedures.
Reviewed M&A transactions for data privacy, data transfer, and other related areas for risk analysis and prepared reports regarding the same. 
Drafted and negotiated technology transaction agreements, including but not limited to transnational data transfers, software licensing, SaaS, partner, and intellectual property license agreements.
Track the latest developments in IP, AdTech, FinTech, and other related areas.
Work with various teams in class action litigation matters in litigation, settlement, and post-settlement proceedings.

Holland & Knight LLP

Data Privacy, Tech, & IP Associate

*  Boutique law firm with over 25 attorneys focusing on business and intellectual property transactions. 
*  Provide legal and business counsel regarding business transactions, branding strategies, privacy, and intellectual property with a focus on trademarks.
*  Review and analyze trademark searches. Provide strategic business and risk analysis. 
*  Advise clients on the registrability and strength of proposed trademarks, impact on branding strategy and business. 
*  File a high volume of trademark applications. 
*  Respond to USPTO Office actions.

Pulse IP, LLC

Associate

*  Handled all aspects of litigation for intellectual property, labor and employment, insurance, and commercial litigation matters. Attended court hearings and conferences; drafted initial pleadings, responsive pleadings, and motions; argued motions; performed all aspects of oral and written discovery and document review (Relativity); drafted mediation statements and represented clients in mediation; legal research and drafted memoranda.
*  Second chair in a federal court jury trial. Drafted pre-trial statement, motions in limine, jury instructions, voir dire, and defended same; prepared exhibits, & other material; delivered opening statement, direct, & cross examinations. 
*  Labor and Employment: trade secret dispute; breach of non-solicitation agreement; breach of employment contract dispute; settlement of breach of contract dispute with international contractor; general L&E research.
*  Insurance Litigation: conducted case investigation interviews; developed strategy to obtain client’s dismissal in multi-party action; took and defended depositions; reviewed documents for production; prepared privilege log; provided reports to client; followed insurance company detailed billing protocol.
*  Intellectual Property: patent infringement litigation in federal court for oil and gas extraction products; university patent license dispute; patent-related litigation analysis regarding trade secret/breach of contract; drafted patent inventorship opinion for a university; drafted joint motion to terminate and request to treat settlement as business confidential; and drafted trademark licensing agreement, related influencer & transportation agreements.  
*  Privacy: Researched and analyzed privacy and cybersecurity laws and statutes such as CCPA, GDPR, FTC § 5, BIPA, COPPA, and HIPAA. Reviewed PLI CLEs such as “California Privacy Law 2019” & “Global Data Protective Bootcamp” to keep up with fast-paced changes in privacy laws.

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Commercial Litigation Associate (2L Summer Associate)

*  Assisted the legal team with document review in connection with a class-action lawsuit. 
*  Read, analyzed, and prepared reports regarding documents reviewed. 
*  Supported the development of demonstratives to be used by experts at trial. 
*  Legal research and other tasks as assigned.

ACLU of Illinois

Legal Extern

*  Worked under the direction of Justice Reyes' clerks to perform review and analysis of appellate case files.
*  Performed legal research and draft memorandum providing legal analysis regarding same.
*  Attended oral arguments and discuss same with Justice Reyes and the legal team.

Illinois Appellate Court, First District

Judicial Extern for Justice Jesse G. Reyes

*  Impowerus was one of the top eighth student tech startups in the nation in 2018.
*  Designed a Software as a Service ("SaaS") online platform to facilitate online legal services for minors while providing features such as time-tracking and case management. 
*  Responsible for the company's privacy impact assessment ("PIA") to determine multi-state data privacy law, consumer law, and other compliance matters such as CCPA and other data privacy and cyber-security matters. 
*  Designed, developed, and applied for the official trademark registration at the USPTO through Notre Dame Law School's IP Clinic. 
*  Prepared and updated business plans and marketing materials, presented pitches at startup competitions, met with potential clients to discuss services. 
*  Held meetings with venture capital investors to discuss the legal tech market. 
*  The Impowerus team participated in the South by Southwest. Impowerus is a past winner of the McCloskey Business Pitch Competition.

Impowerus, Inc.

Co-Founder and COO

*  Performed research in connection to "American Constitutional Law: Essays, Cases, and Comparative Notes" book.
*  Performed general research regarding constitutional law issues regarding judicial power and voting laws.
*  Researched recent Supreme Court cases in connection to judicial power and voting laws.
*  Edited cases that will be included in the book.
*  Wrote bi-weekly reports in connection to research performed.
*  Met with the supervising professor on a bi-weekly basis or as needed to discuss work in progress.

University of Notre Dame

Research Assistant to Professor Donald Kommers

*  Drafted opinion regarding Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss; Researched and wrote memoranda on labor law.
*  Observed various court proceedings, including status hearings, motion hearings, criminal sentencing, and a civil trial.
*  Researched Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure Rule 11 Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit case law for best practice suggestions regarding plea agreements.
*  Updated federal criminal law bench book documents.

Veronica Canton, Esq., CIPP/US/E, CIPM, FIP