Whitney Fore
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Credentials
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Bar Admission
Bar Association of the District of ColumbiaSep, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Bar Admission
Virginia State BarDec, 2014- Nov, 2024
Experience
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ZwillGen
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United States
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Attorney
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Mar 2021 - Present
ZwillGen is a decade-old boutique that represents the biggest names in technology in complex and cutting-edge legal challenges. Though the firm is both young and small, ZwillGen is known as a leading firm on Internet law and its lawyers have investigated, litigated, and counseled clients on a wide range of issues including cybercrime, privacy and data security, online marketing, internet gambling, and more.Graduating from law school in the mid-90s, firm founders Marc Zwillinger and Christian Genetski grew their legal careers with the internet. The duo prosecuted cyber-crimes at the DOJ and went on to lead the internet and data privacy groups at two BigLaw firms. In 2010, they decided to strike out on their own, founding ZwillGen in a DC row house, bringing two senior associates and 24 corporate clients from their BigLaw outfits. Less than two years later the firm had doubled in size and quadrupled its client roster. Over the next decade, the firm quickly grew, adding lawyers in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco and currently boasts just over two dozen lawyers focusing on all things internet law related.ZwillGen client roster is a virtual who’s who of internet and technology companies and includes household names like Yahoo!, Hulu, Yelp, Airbnb, and LinkedIn. But the client that may have put ZwillGen on the map is one of the biggest in the world. ZwillGen has represented Apple in several cases, including defending the company against government access to user data. Notably, in 2016, ZwillGen successfully represented Apple when the government tried to compel Apple to unlock the iPhone recovered from one of the terrorists in the San Bernardino mass shooting.
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Ifrah Law
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United States
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate
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Sep 2017 - Feb 2021
Ifrah Law operates on the cutting edge of matters involving government investigations, complex litigation, white-collar defense, and the intersection of business and the Internet. The firm brings the sophistication of a large firm and the personalized service of a smaller firm to clients who have critical litigation matters in highly regulated industries like online gaming, internet advertising, financial services, and health care. Ifrah Law represents companies and their senior executives in criminal and civil matters throughout the United States and also serves as a trusted business advisor to emerging industry clients doing business online. Founder Jeff Ifrah is a frequent speaker, author and commentator on white-collar crime issues and the co-author of the book ‘Federal Sentencing for Business Crimes’, the only complete treatise on the topic. As a result, the firm has established relationships and credibility with federal prosecutors and investigators in such agencies as the Department of Justice, FTC, SEC and DOD, among others. Ifrah Law attorneys authored The Definitive Guide to iGaming in the United States, a white paper covering iGaming from A to Z – the history, business opportunities, individual state legislation and the future of the industry. The firm also publishes three blogs: www.ifrahonigaming.com, www.crimeinthesuites.com and www.ftcbeat.com.
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Gray Plant Mooty
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United States
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Law Practice
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100 - 200 Employee
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Associate
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Mar 2016 - Sep 2017
The lawyers in our D.C. office are best known for their representation of national and international franchisors. Internationally, our lawyers are frequently retained to represent franchisors in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Domestically, we handle matters throughout the United States. Our D.C. lawyers are among the most well-known and respected in the franchise bar, and often speak at American Bar Association, International Franchise Association, and other franchise law conferences, and publish articles appearing in franchise law journals and other publications. The litigators in our D.C. office have literally “made the law” in a number of important areas affecting franchising. Our experienced D.C. franchise litigators represent some of the most recognized franchisor clients in the country, including H&R Block, Dunkin’ Donuts, Little Caesar Pizza, Party City, and McDonald’s.Our office also focuses on several other areas of law. We handle intellectual property and trademark issues for start-up and mature companies, and litigate trademark cases in federal courts across the country. Several of our D.C. lawyers handle complex white collar investigations and cases, and assist companies and organizations of all sizes in internal and government investigations. We respond on behalf of our clients to voluntary government requests for information, to civil investigative demands, and to administrative and grand jury subpoenas, and we defend against civil and criminal government enforcement actions. Our white collar group represents entities and individuals in a wide range of matters, including, among others, financial fraud, conflicts of interest, the FCPA, international trade, health care fraud (including allegations of Stark, False Claims Act, and Anti-Kickback violations), campaign finance violations, and embezzlement.
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Carlton Fields
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United States
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Law Practice
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500 - 600 Employee
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Associate
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Sep 2014 - Mar 2016
Carlton Fields serves business clients in key industries across the country and around the globe. Through our core practices, we help our clients grow their businesses and protect their vital interests.Our national and international litigation teams are well equipped to handle the most complex business trials, arbitrations, and appeals. We have developed especially deep experience in the defense of class actions and mass actions, white collar representation, high-stakes business litigation, and government investigations. We have tried more than 1,500 cases to judgment or verdict and defended several hundred class actions across the country. We are one of only a handful of firms that have actually tried major class action cases. In the life insurance and financial product liability areas, alone, our financial services industry attorneys have handled more than 300 class actions.The cases we handle cut across every subject area, including consumer and business fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practice Act enforcement, contracts, shareholder disputes, antitrust, insurance, securities, products liability, construction, real estate, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy, labor and employment, intellectual property, health care, telecommunications, energy, constitutional claims, international and domestic arbitration, and federal and state governmental disputes.Our firm also advises clients on sophisticated business transactions across a range of issues and industries. With a strong presence in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C., and Miami, we offer focused guidance on domestic and international matters and handle a wide variety of transactions for clients throughout the country and internationally. We counsel them on matters related to mergers and acquisitions, securities, tax planning, and ERISA, and provide state regulatory counseling to clients in the life insurance and financial services sectors, the energy sector, and other key industries.
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Student Attorney
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Aug 2013 - May 2014
In the Federal Criminal, & Appellate Clinic, students work under faculty supervision to represent clients before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals in direct appeals from criminal convictions. Clinic students also collaborate in investigating ineffective assistance of counsel claims, mooting arguments for non-clinic cases, or conducting studies that benefit the local bar or client groups. In the Federal Criminal, & Appellate Clinic, students work under faculty supervision to represent clients before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals in direct appeals from criminal convictions. Clinic students also collaborate in investigating ineffective assistance of counsel claims, mooting arguments for non-clinic cases, or conducting studies that benefit the local bar or client groups.
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Summer Associate
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May 2013 - Jul 2013
Long recognized as a pioneer in the creation of innovative financial and investment fund structures and of new insurance and reinsurance products, Jorden Burt is a preeminent defender of the general corporate and financial services industry in market conduct, class action, securities, fraud, contract, trademark, intellectual property, white collar criminal, regulatory and other complex litigation and investigations. The Firm's clients are multinational and domestic corporations, issuers of financial products for businesses, pension plans, and individuals, with distribution through established channels and electronic networks in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and developing markets around the globe.
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Writing Fellow
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Aug 2012 - Apr 2013
The Writing Center, a component of the Legal Research and Writing Program, offers one-on-one writing conferences, multi-person workshops, videos, tip sheets, and other resources to legal writers of any class year and ability. The Writing Center is staffed by 45 Writing Fellows, who are upper-level law students with strong writing and analysis skills. Writing Fellows are trained to work with writers at any stage of the writing process, from brainstorming and outlining, to developing the structure of a legal analysis, to publishing a near-finished product. The goal of each writing conference is to help student writers become skilled and critical readers of their own writing.
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DC Courts
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Administration of Justice
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500 - 600 Employee
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Judicial Intern for the Sixth Floor Senior Judges
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Aug 2012 - Dec 2012
My responsibilities included preparing jackets for daily docket calls, attending docket calls on the misdemeanor calendar, legal research and writing, and advising the various Sixth Floor judges on developments in the law based upon recent D.C. Court of Appeals opinions. My responsibilities included preparing jackets for daily docket calls, attending docket calls on the misdemeanor calendar, legal research and writing, and advising the various Sixth Floor judges on developments in the law based upon recent D.C. Court of Appeals opinions.
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United States Courts
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Administration of Justice
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700 & Above Employee
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Judicial Intern for The Hon. Bernice Donald
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May 2012 - Aug 2012
My responsibilities included legal research and writing germane to cases coming up on appeal, drafting legal memoranda, and attending oral arguments at an en banc sitting in Cincinnati. My responsibilities included legal research and writing germane to cases coming up on appeal, drafting legal memoranda, and attending oral arguments at an en banc sitting in Cincinnati.
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Legal Intern
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May 2012 - Aug 2012
My responsibilities included preparing jackets for daily docket calls, attending General Sessions docket calls and preliminary hearings, and investigative research. My responsibilities included preparing jackets for daily docket calls, attending General Sessions docket calls and preliminary hearings, and investigative research.
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Intern
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Jan 2012 - May 2012
My responsibilities included conducting interviews in the community to develop a statistical model of the city linking literacy rates with community resources, coordinating with volunteer tutors, and clerical work. My responsibilities included conducting interviews in the community to develop a statistical model of the city linking literacy rates with community resources, coordinating with volunteer tutors, and clerical work.
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Paralegal
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Jul 2009 - Aug 2011
My responsibilities included preparing docket information for cases heard across the state of Tennessee, assisting the attorney in court, interviewing defendants, and filing necessary legal paperwork with sheriffs' departments and county clerks. My responsibilities included preparing docket information for cases heard across the state of Tennessee, assisting the attorney in court, interviewing defendants, and filing necessary legal paperwork with sheriffs' departments and county clerks.
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Building Manager
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Aug 2007 - Jul 2009
My responsibilities included answering and directing calls, data entry, customer service, clerical work, event coordination, employee training, and supervision over and maintenance of the Commons Center, a student union. My responsibilities included answering and directing calls, data entry, customer service, clerical work, event coordination, employee training, and supervision over and maintenance of the Commons Center, a student union.
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Intern
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Aug 2007 - Dec 2007
My responsibilities included copy-editing, clerical work, conducting phone interviews, and producing various articles ranging from 500 to 2000 words in length. My responsibilities included copy-editing, clerical work, conducting phone interviews, and producing various articles ranging from 500 to 2000 words in length.
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Education
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2012 - 2014
The George Washington University Law School
Juris Doctor -
2011 - 2012
The University of Memphis—Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Juris Doctor -
2008 - 2009
Vanderbilt University
Masters of Arts, U.S. History -
2005 - 2008
Vanderbilt University
Bachelor of Arts, History, English -
1991 - 2005
Greensboro Day School
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