Experience
Work
Experience
2023 - Present
Fractional General Counsel / Outside General Counsel
Providing full service legal assistance to startups and others
2020 - 2022
Zoom: Senior Counsel, Trust & Safety
I led the Policy and Law Enforcement Response Team within Zoom Trust & Safety.
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Responsible for accepting and responding to global government requests, producing Zoom’s transparency reports and developing Trust and Safety policy.
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Managed relationships with a variety of civil society and industry groups related to Zoom’s government requests and Trust and Safety work.
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Worked extensively on global regulatory compliance matters, including the Stored Communications Act/ECPA, GDPR, DSA, Indian Intermediary Act, UK Online Safety bill and export compliance.
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Collaborated with commercial, privacy, government relations, litigation, and other teams both internally and at peer companies.
2018-2020
Keybase: Head of Legal and Operations
Keybase provides a suite of end-to-end encrypted tools, including chat, file-sharing, and git.
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Helped sell Keybase to Zoom in 29 days from letter of intent to closing.
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Handled Keybase's legal and operational needs, including compliance, law enforcement response, HR matters, book-keeping, and more.
2011-2017
The Bronx Defenders: Civil Action Practice
The Bronx Defenders is a community based legal services organization that provides wraparound, holistic representation to people in the South Bronx.
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Supervising Attorney, Civil Action Practice (2016-17). Supervised CAP staff attorneys. Coached & edited written work, mooted court appearances.
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Staff Attorney, Civil Action Practice (2011-2016). Served as the civil attorney on an interdisciplinary team of criminal, family law and immigration advocates to protect clients' civil interests as they faced prosecution or removal of their children. Consulted with clients and teammates to minimize the effect of state prosecution on clients' employment, job licenses, homes, and benefits.
Skills
& Expertise
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Regulatory compliance
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Trust & Safety
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Operations
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Data privacy
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Law enforcement response
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HR matters
Education
JD, Harvard Law School
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BA, Duke University
Pro bono and volunteer
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Advisory board member, YMCA of the Greater Brandywine Valley
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Pro bono attorney, HIAS Philadelphia
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Coach, Girls on the Run
Publications and other professional experience
Maxim, K., Parecki, J., & Cornett, C. (2022). How to Build a Trust and Safety Team In a Year: A Practical Guide From Lessons Learned (So Far) At Zoom. Journal of Online Trust and Safety, 1(4).
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Organizer and panelist, “Beyond Social Media: the Conundrums of Moderation Elsewhere in the Stack”, TrustCon 2022 Mainstage
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Stanford University Trust & Safety Teaching Consortium
Developed the “Law and Government Relations” course module. (October 2022 - present)
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TechGC Charter Member (2019-presernt)