Whitney joined the firm after serving as the chief intellectual property and data
protection counsel for an international public company. Through this role, Whitney
established a global data privacy compliance program that included GDPR and CCPA
compliance, handled creation-to-commercialization technology protection including
intellectual property portfolio management and licensing, conducted incident
investigations and response, advised on data and technology considerations in
mergers and acquisitions, and counseled all levels of the organization from
operations to the c-suite. Whitney began her career as an intellectual property
litigation attorney in another large international law firm and has engaged in in
all aspects of patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and other complex
litigation in federal and state court and before the USPTO and International Trade
Commission for high-profile technology clients.
