Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Acts as external general counsel to assist clients on a variety of governance and operational issues.

Advises venture capital, private equity, institutional, and strategic investors on financing, mergers and acquisitions, and portfolio transactions. 

Counsels founders, emerging businesses, and other innovative companies at every stage of their lifecycle.

Strategically structures, negotiates, and effectuates complex financing and M&A transactions. 

Leads multiple teams of lawyers and business professionals across multiple offices, countries, and practice areas as well as external legal and business teams.

Directs multifaceted corporate reorganizations and implements governance structures for joint ventures and minority ownership investments across a wide variety of industries, including technology, healthcare, life sciences, and real estate.

Dedicates a fair amount of practice to pro bono work, advising charitable organizations and small businesses.

Of Counsel

Norris McLaughlin & Marcus

Primary practice focus on commercial law including areas of transactions, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and land use, banking and financial services, and liquor licensing and hospitality.  

Assist clients with all manner of commercial law, including formation, licensing, dispute resolution, and negotiating and drafting contracts of sale or agreements with vendors or suppliers.  

Drafting and reviewing real estate, land use, banking, and financial services agreements including commercial and residential agreements of sale or lease, mortgages, guarantees, promissory notes, and subordination agreements. 

Represent sellers, buyers and financiers in a broad range of transactions including mergers, consolidations, stock purchases, share exchanges, bulk sales, dissolutions, and asset transfers.

Provide short and long term strategic planning regarding rights, obligations, and liability on a transactional level and at an organizational level.

Associate Attorney

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Research and determine effects of local, state, federal, and international tax law and communicate findings in clear manner.

Assist Fortune 500 companies in properly documenting, securing and retaining tax incentives through drafting and negotiating items such as regulatory filings, contracts, memoranda, correspondence, and other documents and instruments.

Ensure that matters impacting client transactions and operations are adequately addressed by anticipating potential issues and identifying issues as they arise, formulating solutions, and working with team to coordinate responses.

Serve as intermediary between client and state agencies to facilitate working relationships.

Consult clients in various industry sectors expand and relocate operations with tax credits, cash grants, tax increment financing, abatements, and exemptions from federal, state and local tax.

Identify tax and non-tax savings opportunities for past investments, job creation, research, training, and other qualified expenditures.  

Analyze and calculate foreign tax credits for public companies with foreign subsidiaries.

Compile and analyze legal precedents regarding tax exemptions available in various states and offer strategies for securing applicability.

New York State Science & Technology Law Center

Developed creative solutions on the commercial development of early-stage technologies.
 
Formulated project implementation strategies on behalf of universities, federal laboratories, established companies, and start-up ventures.
 
Performed detailed analysis of regulatory and commercial risks and opportunities and advised clients on favorable courses of action.

Effectively communicated findings to client through written reports, memoranda, position statements, and various levels of meetings.

Identified and analyzed intellectual property, including its effect on patent applications and market ventures.

Consulted clients on strengthening products and working around potential obstacles posed by third parties.

Analyzed and formulated alternative strategies for commercializing technologies such as licensing, partnering, or sale.
 
Presented detailed written and verbal market analysis including evaluation of market trends, competitors, and potential partners.

Senior Associate

Rothstein, Kass & Company now KPMG

Oversaw daily operation of engagement teams while communicating status and progress.

Formulated strategies specific to client, industry and financial data to implement profitable solutions and regulatory compliance.

Prepared required filings with regulatory agencies including The Securities and Exchange Commission.

Team member of engagements including financial statement audits, reviews, and initial public offerings for clients in the service, real estate, trading, telecommunication, employee pension plan, and manufacturing industries.

Maintained strong client relationships by working with client to formulate advantageous courses of action.
 
Prepared and reviewed financial statements and disclosures, communicated with client through written and oral correspondence.

Conducted all phases of project from internal mobilization to preliminary and final fieldwork through issuance of deliverable.
 
Created budgets and forecasts, worked with management regarding proposals, tracked jobs, analyzed results and communicated findings.

Monitored and reviewed staff as well as educated staff on internal and external regulatory procedures.

Senior Auditor

I serve as a trusted advisor and outside counsel to a broad array of clients on a variety of governance and operational issues. I focus my practice on corporate governance, debt and equity offerings, majority and minority investments, private capital markets and venture investment, recapitalizations, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). 

I assist clients at every stage of the business cycle, from initial company formation, financings, M&A, and general governance to initial public offerings. I also represent buyers and targets in public-private and private-private business transactions. My clients come from a broad variety of industries including technology, software, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity, gaming, fintech, retail, e-commerce, finance, manufacturing, real estate, and healthcare.

I help institutional, sovereign wealth, family office, venture capital, corporate venture capital, private-equity, and angel investors structure and implement investments and manage portfolio companies. I also represent private and public companies providing general corporate and strategic advice on financings, partnerships, joint ventures and M&A transactions, as well as inbound, outbound, and cross-border transactions. 

In many of these matters, I draw upon my experience in corporate governance, transactional, intellectual property, technology, licensing, dispute resolution, employee benefits, labor and employment, and tax law. My diverse legal practice and business background enable me to holistically service clients. 

I use my knowledge of evolving market legal trends, ongoingly developed by representing a diverse group of clients, to achieve successful client outcomes.

I cultivate an atmosphere of congeniality and collaboration to strengthen stakeholder relationships. 

I understand a client’s business goals, help develop a strategy to achieve those goals, and then execute towards those goals.

Brian Slough

Outschool

As head of the legal function, I gained a deep understanding of the business and strong relationships enable me to create legal strategies that drive business growth while managing risk. I collaborate with the Board and executives, offering both strategic insights and practical guidance. I also coach and mentor talent within the Legal team and across the organization. Additionally, I lead Government Affairs efforts, shaping legislative strategies and exploring public funding opportunities.

General Counsel & Head of Government Affairs

Lyft

Brought on as Lyft’s second product attorney to build out the Product & Commercial Team, I gained progressive responsibility during my tenure, culminating in my role as the Director of Legal. I shaped and executed the global legal strategy for a diverse suite of products and services, working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to provide comprehensive legal guidance and mitigate risk. I take great pride in the leadership and counsel I provided, contributing to Lyft’s growth from a small start-up to the first publicly traded ridesharing company, and advised on all legal aspects of the Lyft mobile app and website.

Director, Legal

Senior Counsel, Product & Commercial

Counsel, Product & Commercial

Practice Fusion

I provided legal counsel to the enterprise business, ensuring ethical and compliant product offerings while negotiating high-value software, subscription, and service agreements. I collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop innovative legal solutions for emerging business models and ensured compliance with complex regulations, including HIPAA, HITECH, and anti-kickback laws. Additionally, I took on HR and Corporate responsibilities to support broader organizational needs.

Corporate Counsel

Associate Counsel

Oddenino & Gaule

I litigated cases involving professional liability, breach of contract, employment, trademark infringement, and insurance, while representing clients in mediation and court hearings before California State and Federal Courts. I also argued motions and provided strategic legal counsel across a broad range of complex litigation matters.

Superior Court of Delaware

I composed over 40 memorandum opinions, orders, and recommendations for review and signature by the judge. I also conducted research and prepared memoranda for key case-dispositive motions, and independently drafted initial opinions, including appellate opinions from state administrative agencies.

Law Clerk to the Honorable William C. Carpenter, Jr.

With over a decade of experience in Silicon Valley, including pivotal roles at Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) and two unicorn late-stage startups, I’m adept at guiding companies during diverse growth phases, bringing a unique blend of agility and strategic foresight to businesses. 

I am relied on by boards of directors and executives to leverage my strong business acumen and go beyond traditional legal advising to navigate the unknown. I design creative solutions to complex business and regulatory challenges, delivering strategic counseling and value in several key areas:

     •	Business Growth Strategy: From launching new international markets to pioneering autonomous vehicle initiatives, I have successfully steered disruptive companies through intricate legal landscapes to help formulate longer term business strategies that drive growth and innovation.

     •	Risk Management: When building out legal and business strategy, I assess risk and focus on methods for mitigating exposure, including potential litigation, regulatory, and security issues. I ensure compliance, across key areas such as data privacy by implementing new procedures and mechanisms. 

     •	Cross-Functional Collaboration: I partner with, counsel, and manage cross-functional teams, creating positive relationships and working with employees enterprise wide—from CEOs to managers and individual contributors—to build consensus and ensure consistent implementation of initiatives.

     •	Adaptable Leadership: I am committed to fostering collaborative work environments and client-focused teams. In addition to building, developing, and managing high-performing legal teams, I tap into my diverse legal background—including intellectual property, commercial and tech transactions, contracts, and litigation—to pivot strategy to business needs and tackle novel legal issues. 

A graduate of Syracuse University Law School, I am admitted to practice in California and New York. After launching my legal career as a law firm litigator, I went in-house at a Series D start-up before joining Lyft, where I analyzed products, policies, and initiatives to recommend practical legal risk mitigation strategies across multiple jurisdictions, while also advising on consumer protection, compliance, and trademark for brand and advertising materials.

In my current role at Outschool, Inc., I lead corporate, commercial, privacy, IP, and litigation, and partner with the Board of Directors on corporate governance, risk management, and strategic matters.

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