Kate

Kate is a California lawyer who specializes in technology-driven transactions, with particular focus on the development, use, transfer and sharing of intellectual property and data, SaaS/PaaS solutions, interactive games, media and content and mobile applications. She frequently assists clients with creating Terms of Service and Privacy Policies and localizing agreements for use in the US and the UK.

Additionally, Kate advises on personnel  related matters, including terminations  and severance, and employment and contractor agreements, particularly focused on the protection of intellectual property and confidential information.

She represents, works with and works opposite start-ups, mid-sized entities and publicly traded/listed companies and has a broad base of experience and depth of knowledge. Kate is pragmatic and goal driven and enjoys working closely with business and legal teams to reach their commercial objectives and get their deals done.

Kate started her legal career in 2000 at Chase Hambrecht & Quist in San Francisco working on security compliance-related matters. She joined Totality Corporation as Corporate Counsel in late 2000, where she worked on a full spectrum of company issues as the sole in-house counsel. Kate managed all of Totality’s legal transactions, negotiating service agreements, in-bound and outbound license agreements, strategic partnerships and reseller agreements with companies that included American Airlines, Sony Corporation, Louis Vuitton and Best Buy, as well as smaller and mid-sized organizations. She was later promoted to Director of Legal Affairs and Assistant Secretary to the Board of Directors. Kate joined the Thompson Legal Advisory Services team in February 2005 at which time she also continued to work closely with Totality Corporation and was integral to its negotiations and sale to Verizon.

Kate earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Virginia and her Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) from Denver University. She was admitted to and has been a member of the California Bar since 2000 and the District of Columbia Bar since 2007.

Kate in her spare time enjoys travel, diving, tennis, reading, spending time with her family and is determined to one day go to Angkor Wat and become fluent in Spanish.

Kate may be contacted via email on kate@tlaspc.com and is based in Florida.