Experience

ICANN

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 300 - 400 Employee

• General Counsel & Secretary

  • 2003 - Present

  Los Angeles, CA The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the world's leading multistakeholder organization, and one of the most significant technical coordination bodies for the Internet. ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers.



Live365 (A SoundStack Company)

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy

  • 1999 - 2003

  Foster City, California Between 1999 and 2003, Live365 (www.live365.com) grew from a start-up to become the world's largest Internet radio network, with an audience of more than 3 million listeners each month. Live365 is unique in that its programming is created by music fans; anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can create their own Internet radio station, resulting in a diverse array of high-quality streaming audio, with thousands of stations spanning myriad genres, broadcasting from over 100 countries.



Discovery Inc

• United States
• Entertainment
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Counsel, Legal Affairs / Director, Business and Legal Affairs

  • 1997 - 1999

  Bethesda / Silver Spring, Maryland The leading global real-world entertainment and media company. Home of Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Digital Networks, and various Discovery branded media and entertainment companies around the world.



AND Interactive / TCI Interactive, a division of Telecommunications, Inc.

• Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel

  • 1995 - 1997

  Los Angeles, California / Englewood, Colorado VP, Business Affairs and General Counsel for AND Interactive and TCI Interactive, divisions of Telcommunications, Inc. (TCI) - Early Innovator of broadband Internet and interactive television content and technology - producer, developer, production company and investment vehicle for Telecommunications, Inc. (TCI). Developing initial broadband websites and making strategic deals for some of the earliest Internet content investments.



Fox Television Stations

• United States
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, Business and Legal Affairs

  • 1993 - 1995

  Beverly Hills, California FX Television Networks / Fox Television / News Corporation - On launch team of FX cable television network for Fox Television and other News Corporation related endeavors. On Business and Legal Affairs team setting up FX cable network. Among initial 25 people on board to build television network. Worked with Fox Television on affiliation, retransmission consent and strategic initiatives.



Los Angeles Law Firms

• Litigation Attorney

  • 1988 - 1993

  Los Angeles, California Litigation Attorney in Los Angeles Litigation Firms. Shield & Smilth, and Hewitt Kaldor and Prout. Practiced before Federal, State and Appellate Bars. Represented business professionals (engineers, doctors, lawyers), arts professionals (musicians, artists, architects), businesses (firms, Fortune 100 and small businesses), and federal whistleblowers. In a variety of matters including topics related to contractual negotiation and disputes, commercial arbitration, trials, coverage, torts and… Show more Litigation Attorney in Los Angeles Litigation Firms. Shield & Smilth, and Hewitt Kaldor and Prout. Practiced before Federal, State and Appellate Bars. Represented business professionals (engineers, doctors, lawyers), arts professionals (musicians, artists, architects), businesses (firms, Fortune 100 and small businesses), and federal whistleblowers. In a variety of matters including topics related to contractual negotiation and disputes, commercial arbitration, trials, coverage, torts and labor/employment law. Show less