Professional Experience
Senior Commercial Counsel - Contract
Allianz Technology of America, Inc. •July 2024 - September 2024
- Complex commercial transaction negotiation
- Advisement on data privacy terms in tech transactions
- Mat leave coverage for Senior Counsel
Senior Privacy Counsel - Contract
The Clorox Company •June 2024 - November 2024
- Data privacy product counseling for all aspects of business
- Complex commercial transaction negotiation of privacy terms
- Implementation of new privacy policies and procedures, including drafting new notices
Informa PLC
Senior Commercial Counsel - Contract •March 2024 - July 2024
- Back-fill for Senior Counsel advising on all aspects of Informa Connect (expo and education) and Informa Tech (tech events) business, including being involved in AI governance policies and AI reviews
- Commercial transactions support, including event and vendor agreements, sponsorship agreements, MSAs
- Support additionally provided in general counseling to business as needed, such as advising on privacy-and intellectual property-related questions
Voxtur Analytics Corp.
Senior Commercial Counsel •January 2024 - April 2024
- Back-fill for Assistant General Counsel
- Commercial transactions support, including data privacy product counseling, MSAs, SOWs, Saas
Agreements, IP licenses, Media Agreements, Ad Tech Agreements
- Support additionally provided in general AGC counseling to business as needed
GoodRx
Commercial Counsel - Contract •April 2023 - July 2023
- Back-fill for Associate Counsel on parental leave
- Support for all commercial transactions, such as MSAs, Media Agreements, Ad Tech Agreements,
Sponsorship Agreements
- Support additionally provided for privacy terms in commercial transactions as well as product counseling, such as DPAs and general privacy advising
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Senior Privacy Counsel - Contract •July 2022 - November 2022
- Data privacy product counseling for all aspects of business
- Complex commercial transaction negotiation of privacy terms
- Implementation of new privacy policies and procedures, including drafting new notices
Flowers Foods, Inc.
Privacy and Commercial Counsel - Contract •April 2022 - March 2024
- Tech transactions support managing contract review and advising for procurement, IT, and HR, such as
MSAs, SOWs, IP licenses, SaaS Agreements
- Negotiating general and data privacy terms in commercial transactions + counseling internal stakeholders regarding data risk
- General commercial support
The Clorox Company
Commercial Counsel •April 2022 - May 2022
- Overflow support in commercial transactions related to marketing
- General business advising
- Commercial transactions negotiation, drafting, and ultimate deal-closure
Insider, Inc.
Contract Data Privacy Attorney •November 2021 - April 2022
- Backfill for VP of Legal & Business
- Data privacy counseling and privacy terms review in commercial contracts
- Commercial transactions negotiation, drafting, and approval
Dentsu International
Contract Attorney •September 2021 - November 2021
- Contract, temp legal counsel role
- Primary work on media side of company for commercial contract review, redline, and negotiations
- Work includes MSAs, ad-tech agreements, NDAs, joint venture agreements, custom content agreements, digital and linear media buys, and includes counsel on and negotiation for data privacy terms
A&E Television Networks LLC
Commercial Counsel - Contract •August 2021 - September 2021
- Contract, temp legal counsel role
- Counsel on entertainment, tech and advertising-based vendor relationships, as well as data privacy
- Draft, redline, and negotiate MSAs, Vendor Agreements, SaaS Agreements, and more commercial contracts, with a focus on data privacy terms within those contracts
Uncommon Counsel PLLC
Attorney •July 2021 - Present
- Data privacy, intellectual property, & tech/commercial contracts umbrella freelance practice
- Type of work includes: MSAs, Vendor Agreements, SaaS Agreements, Ad Tech Agreements, IP Licenses, and other commercial contracts, as well as data audits, data privacy counsel, data term/DPA negotiations
- Specialization in remote, contract, part-time, and free projects for other law firms and companies, including Fortune 500 companies seeking overflow work assistance
Trestle Law
Contract Intellectual Property Attorney •June 2021 - September 2021
- Intellectual property contract attorney for thriving practice
- Counsel on intellectual property agreements, as well as drafting and negotiations
- Services include licensing, USPTO filings, TTAB proceedings, NDAs, Non-Competes, MSAs, etc.
Animal Defense Partnership
Corporate Counsel •December 2020 - December 2021
- Legal counsel for multiple nonprofit animal protection organizations
- Counsel on employment, intellectual property, data privacy, corporate governance, operations, commercial contracts, and human resources
- Provide business counsel to clients as needed
Animal Equality
Corporate Counsel • 2020 - 2020
- General legal counsel for nonprofit animal protection organization
- Counsel on employment, intellectual property, data privacy, corporate governance, business operations, commercial contracts, and human resources
- Consult with international branches of organization in Spain, Italy, UK, Germany, India, Brazil, and Mexico
Sareen Legal PLLC
Sole Practictioner • 2016 - 2021
- Managed and practiced intellectual property, data privacy, and commercial contracts at SareenLegal.com
- Clients ranged from small to mid-size businesses looking for transactional IP, data privacy, and tech law help
- Primary practice areas included licensing, trademark, copyright, data privacy and security, including GDPR, and commercial contracts such as MSAs, NDAs, Non-Competes, SaaS, SLAs and Licenses
Contracts Counsel
Wonder.Legal • 2016 - 2021
- Drafted, edited, and reviewed commercial contracts, specializing in IP
- Wrote and edited legal guides for consumers
- Oversaw technical implementation of contracts for consumer use and download
Holihan Law
Associate Attorney • 2015 - 2016
- Managed intellectual property brand protection files for Fortune 500 companies
- Specialized in trademark and copyright protection
- Assisted in all federal intellectual property litigation at firm
Walters Law Group
Associate Attorney • 2014 - 2015
- Assisted on all litigation at firm, including discovery, motion writing, and research
- Specialized in intellectual property, commercial contracts, web documents as well as data privacy (Terms, Privacy Policies, NDAs, etc.) and First Amendment litigation
- Wrote and published articles on various topic areas