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| about me = I joined the Wikimedia Foundation in February 2011 as General Counsel, after 25 years of practicing law in the United States and Europe. |
| about me = I joined the Wikimedia Foundation in February 2011 as General Counsel, after 25 years of practicing law in the United States and Europe. |
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Before the Wikimedia Foundation, I was a Deputy General Counsel and Vice-President at eBay, overseeing its legal issues both in the United States and internationally, with a global team of more than 80 lawyers and legal specialists. I had overall responsibility for legal matters arising in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. I have served as a federal prosecutor in Miami, investigating and litigating white-collar and other criminal cases, and was appointed as a liaison between the U.S. Department of Justice ([[Janet Reno]]) and the French Ministry of Justice ([[Élisabeth Guigou]]) with offices in the U.S. Embassy in Paris and the French Ministry of Justice. |
Before the Wikimedia Foundation, I was a Deputy General Counsel and Vice-President at eBay, overseeing its legal issues both in the United States and internationally, with a global team of more than 80 lawyers and legal specialists. I had overall responsibility for legal matters arising in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. I have served as a federal prosecutor in Miami, investigating and litigating white-collar and other criminal cases, and was appointed as a liaison between the U.S. Department of Justice ([[w:Janet Reno|Janet Reno]]) and the French Ministry of Justice ([[w:Élisabeth Guigou|Élisabeth Guigou]]) with offices in the U.S. Embassy in Paris and the French Ministry of Justice. |
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I served as an appellate attorney for the Department of Justice, arguing before the federal courts of appeals throughout the U.S., and I have worked at a [[Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Underberg, Manley, Myerson & Casey|large law firm]] in Washington, D.C. after serving as a [[Law clerk#Federal clerkships|federal law clerk]] in the [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia]]. I graduated from [[Georgetown University Law Center]] with my [[Juris Doctor]] in law. Previously, I studied music at the [[Peabody Institute|Peabody Conservatory of Music]], French and Political Science at [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University (Bloomington)]], and French and international law at the [[University of Strasbourg]], France. In 2001, I was appointed as a chevalier in the French [[Ordre national du Mérite]]. |
I served as an appellate attorney for the Department of Justice, arguing before the federal courts of appeals throughout the U.S., and I have worked at a [[w:Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Underberg, Manley, Myerson & Casey|large law firm]] in Washington, D.C. after serving as a [[w:Law clerk#Federal clerkships|federal law clerk]] in the [[w:United States District Court for the District of Columbia|United States District Court for the District of Columbia]]. I graduated from [[w:Georgetown University Law Center|Georgetown University Law Center]] with my [[w:Juris Doctor|Juris Doctor]] in law. Previously, I studied music at the [[w:Peabody Institute|Peabody Conservatory of Music]], French and Political Science at [[w:Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University (Bloomington)]], and French and international law at the [[w:University of Strasbourg|University of Strasbourg]], France. In 2001, I was appointed as a chevalier in the French [[w:Ordre national du Mérite|Ordre national du Mérite]]. |
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I am a California Registered In-House Counsel with my bar license from the District of Columbia Bar. |
I am a California Registered In-House Counsel with my bar license from the District of Columbia Bar. |
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| about my work = |
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I lead an incredibly talented [[ |
I lead an incredibly talented [[Staff and contractors#Legal and Community Advocacy|team of lawyers and community advocates]] at the Foundation. We oversee all legal matters for the Foundation and focus on key initiatives to help support the community consistent with our Foundation goals and values. We deal with a wide range of issues and projects, including policy drafting, trademark and copyright law, international law, employment law, litigation, fundraising and grant law, domestic and international contracts, privacy law, ethics, internet law, and non-profit corporate governance. We are also charged with carrying forward the Foundation’s goals of advocating for the community in new ways, including fighting for content online, facilitating community discussions about critical WMF initiatives that affect the community, better supporting Wikimedia administrators and functionaries, and providing information about legal and legislative issues that impact online content. For legal ethical reasons we can only represent the Wikimedia Foundation and cannot be the lawyers for the community or chapters, though we often provide strong support to the community in many ways consistent with the the Foundation goals. You can read more about our initiatives [[m:Legal and Community Advocacy/LCA Announcement|here]] and [[m:User:Geoffbrigham/Strategy|here]]. |
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