The Recorder is pleased to announce the 2018 Women Leaders in Tech Law.

Each year we recognize recent work by California-based lawyers who practice in the technology industry. As in prior years, the competition was fierce. We received more than 200 nominations from clients, firms, nonprofits and law schools.

For the first time, we are recognizing a group of Next Generation leaders, women in their first 10 years of practice who have shown promise as leaders in law and technology.

Editors picked 60 winners—30 Women Leaders in Tech Law and 30 Next Generation Leaders. These lawyers, through their work in courtrooms, boardrooms and classrooms, are helping the law and the legal profession address novel issues raised by technological advances.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Honorees will be featured on The Recorder website this fall and toasted at a reception in San Francisco on Nov. 14.

  • Tammy Albarran, Deputy General Counsel, Uber Technologies
  • Nicole Bartow, Senior Director, Litigation, Uber Technologies
  • Barbara Borden, Partner, Co-Chair of M&A practice, Cooley
  • Mia Chiu, Vice President, General Counsel, Ebates
  • Daralyn Durie, Partner, Durie Tangri
  • Nair Flores, Managing Counsel, IP, Lyft
  • Lynne Hermle, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
  • Jennifer Huber, Partner, Keker, Van Nest & Peters
  • Jan Kang, Chief Legal Officer, Chronicle
  • Kristin Linsley, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Susan Mac Cormac, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
  • Victoria Maroulis, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
  • Heather Meeker, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers
  • Danielle Merida, Vice President of Legal & Regulatory Affairs, TaskRabbit
  • Nicole Ozer, Technology & Civil Liberties Director, ACLU of California
  • Phuong Young Phillips, Chief Legal Officer, Zynga
  • Sarah Piepmeier, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
  • Sasha Rao, Partner, Chair, IP Practice, Maynard Cooper & Gale
  • Laura Safdie, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Casetext
  • Tessa Schwartz, Managing Partner, Morrison & Foerster
  • Jennifer Seraphine, Partner, Turner Boyd
  • Julie Shepard, Partner, Jenner & Block
  • Stephanie Skaff, Partner, Farella Braun + Martel
  • Kalpana Srinivasan, Partner, Susman Godfrey
  • Kristin Sverchek, General Counsel, Lyft
  • Amy Weaver, President of Legal and Corporate Affairs, Salesforce
  • Karen Webb, Partner, Fenwick & West
  • Sivan Whiteley, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Square
  • Bobbie Wilson, Partner, Perkins Coie
  • Cecilia Ziniti, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Anki

Next Generation Honorees

  • Megha Aggarwal, Assistant General Counsel – Corporate & Securities and Assistant Secretary, Synaptics Incorporated
  • Nada Alnajafi, Senior Corporate Counsel, Faraday Future
  • Allison Blanco, Associate, Latham & Watkins
  • Davida Brook, Associate, Susman Godfrey
  • Valeria Bystrowicz, Associate, Perkins Coie
  • Meredith Dearborn, Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner
  • Rose Ehler, Associate, Munger, Tolles & Olson
  • Emily Evitt, Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
  • Sara Giardina, Senior Counsel, Litigation, Lyft
  • Christina Greenberg, Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Madeleine Gully, Morrison & Foerster
  • Nicole Hatcher, Associate, DLA Piper
  • Alisa Hall, Senior Litigation Counsel, eBay
  • Sarah Hody, Associate, Perkins Coie
  • Carrie Kibler, Of Counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • Julia Kropp, Associate, Farella Braun + Martel
  • Bomi Lee, Associate, Fenwick & West
  • Krysta Pachman, Associate, Susman Godfrey
  • Sally Wagner Partin, Associate, Sidley Austin
  • Sara Pollock, Associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
  • Eva Pulliam, Associate, Arent Fox
  • Ana Razmazma, Associate, Fenwick & West
  • Jennifer Rho, Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Margaret Shyr, Associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
  • Lindsay White, Director of Global Litigation and Investigations, Applied Materials
  • Meng Xi, Associate, Susman Godfrey
  • Michelle Ybarra, Partner, Keker, Van Nest & Peters
  • Lai Yip, Partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
  • Hayan Yoon, Associate, Fenwick & West
  • Delphina Yuen, Senior Counsel, Product & Commercial, Lyft

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