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Laura serves as counsel in the firm’s Privacy + Cyber practice. She brings more than 15 years of experience in privacy and cybersecurity related matters. Laura is an industry-experienced privacy leader and has served in senior privacy leadership positions at a variety of large companies across various industry spaces, including Twitter, Visa, PayPal, Chronicle (a Google company), Groupon, Levi’s Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and more.

In her current role, Laura focuses on providing privacy, data security, and commercial advice to technology, media, and financial services companies. She has substantial experience developing, implementing, and maturing global privacy programs and working to integrate legal and compliance programs in heavily matrixed global organizations. Laura is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional.

Laura serves as counsel in the firm’s Privacy + Cyber practice. She brings more than 15 years of experience in privacy and cybersecurity related matters. Laura is an industry-experienced privacy leader and has served in senior privacy leadership positions at a variety of large companies across various industry spaces, including Twitter, Visa, PayPal, Chronicle (a Google company), Groupon, Levi’s Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and more.

In her current role, Laura focuses on providing privacy, data security, and commercial advice to technology, media, and financial services companies. She has substantial experience developing, implementing, and maturing global privacy programs and working to integrate legal and compliance programs in heavily matrixed global organizations. Laura is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional.

Top areas of focus

  • Director of legal privacy team, Office of Data Protection, Twitter, Inc.
  • Global head of privacy operations and data governance, Visa, Inc.
  • Deputy general counsel and chief privacy officer, Chronicle LLC (a Google company)
  • Head of legal global privacy and associate general counsel, PayPal
  • Head of regulatory and chief privacy officer, Groupon

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D.
  • Yale University, B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois
  • Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US)