Meet the 2018 Women Leaders in Tech Law and Next Generation Honorees
Tune in here for Q&As with this year's honorees.
November 06, 2018 at 04:51 PM
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Here at The Recorder, we spend a lot of time thinking about “what's next” in the legal industry. I suppose that's part and parcel of watching the legal world from our perch here in the Bay Area—the source of much of the technology driving innovation and creating economic disruption for the rest of the world.
With this year's Women Leaders in Tech Law, we wanted to continue our tradition of celebrating the lawyers who tackle the tech industry's biggest courtroom clashes, help build its most innovative companies, and negotiate the deals that move markets. But we also wanted to do it with an eye on “who's next”—the up-and-coming generation of women lawyers, each making their mark at law firms and tech companies in California in their first decade of practice.
With over 200 stellar nominees, 60 have been chosen as honorees this year. They should all be extremely proud of what they've been able to accomplish on behalf of their clients.
A big congratulations to all the honorees. Return here throughout the next week for links to Q&As with all our honorees.
- Tammy Albarrán, Deputy General Counsel, Uber Technologies Inc.
- Nicole Bartow, Senior Director, Litigation, Uber Technologies Inc.
- 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 Inc.
- 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 Inc.
- Nicole Ozer, Technology & Civil Liberties Director, American Civil Liberties Union of California
- Phuong Young Phillips, Chief Legal Officer, Zynga Inc.
- Sarah Piepmeier, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
- Sasha Rao, Partner, Chair, IP Practice, Maynard Cooper & Gale
- Laura Safdie, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Casetext Inc.
- 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, Inc.
- Amy Weaver, President of Legal and Corporate Affairs, Salesforce.com Inc.
- Karen Webb, Partner, Fenwick & West
- Sivan Whiteley, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Square Inc.
- Bobbie Wilson, Partner, Perkins Coie
- Cecilia Ziniti, Lead Counsel, Product and Commercial, Cruise Automation (formerly of Anki)
Next Generation Honorees
- Megha Aggarwal, Assistant General Counsel—Corporate & Securities and Assistant Secretary, Synaptics Inc.
- Nada Alnajafi, Senior Corporate Counsel, Faraday Future Inc.
- 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 Inc.
- Christina Greenberg, Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Madeleine Gully, Morrison & Foerster
- Nicole Hatcher, Associate, DLA Piper
- Alisa Hall, Senior Litigation Counsel, eBay Inc.
- 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 Kauble 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, Inc.
- 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 Inc.
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