Background:
Meta · Uber · Woven by Toyota · Argo AI · BNY · Orrick
Certifications:
CIPP/US · CIPP/EU · AIGP
Focus areas:
Tech Transactions · Privacy & Cyber Compliance · AI Governance · Product Counseling · Open Source Licensing
Credentials at a glance:
Prior in-house roles: Meta, Uber, Woven by Toyota, Argo AI, BNY
Big Law training: Orrick
J.D., Duquesne University School of Law
B.S., Computer Science
CIPP/US, CIPP/EU, AIGP (IAPP)
License - Pennsylvania
CIPHERALAW
Boutique technology transactions, privacy, and AI counsel
CipheraLaw is built for technology companies that want counsel who can sit in a room with their engineers, follow the architecture, and turn that understanding into contract terms and privacy positions that actually hold.
I was a computer scientist before I was a lawyer, and I spent years in-house at Meta, Uber, and Woven by Toyota. I founded CipheraLaw because I kept seeing the same gap from the inside: engineering teams moving fast, and legal advice arriving too late and in a form nobody could use. The bills for it were rarely small either.
The work here is practical, efficient, and direct. If that is what your team is missing, I am glad to talk.
Immediate deployment. Having worked at companies of different sizes such as Meta, Uber, and Toyota's legal departments, there's no ramp-up period spent learning how to function as an inhouse counsel or how to work with the business or engineering.
Direct access, no leverage model. You work with me, not a staffing associate learning on your matter. Every hour billed is senior-level work.
Engineering-level technical fluency. I wrote code and operated robots before I wrote contracts. I read your architecture diagrams and data flows directly, I don't need them translated into legal terms first.
Transparent engagement structure. Flat fee per matter type / hourly range / retainer, whichever works for your team. No surprise invoices.
SERVICES OFFERED
Tech Transactions
I've negotiated complex, high-stakes technology deals at Uber, Meta, and Toyota, and I know how to protect proprietary algorithms, hardware, and software IP because my past clients needed exactly that.
SaaS, cloud, and software licensing agreements
Enterprise customer and vendor contracts
Technology partnerships and data-sharing agreements
Outsourcing, procurement, and M&A support
Privacy & Cyber Compliance
I build scalable privacy and cybersecurity programs tailored to multiple businesses including robotics companies, AI startups, data companies, and financial services companies.
GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, LGPD, GLBA, NYDFS, and emerging APAC regulations
Privacy-by-design implementation
Cybersecurity governance and risk management
Incident response and vendor risk programs
Artificial Intelligence
I help you build and ship AI products with the legal groundwork handled from day one, not bolted on after launch.
AI governance frameworks and regulatory readiness
Risk and compliance assessments
Model training data and licensing review
Vendor and model-provider due diligence
Product Counseling
Embedded legal support for your product, engineering, and business teams. As a former computer scientist, I sit in the room with your engineers, translating product features into legal terms and building compliance into the architecture, not just reviewing it after the fact.
Product launch and feature reviews
Data-use and privacy assessments
Terms of service and user agreements
Policies, procedures, and governance documentation
Open Source Compliance
OSS compliance programs
License reviews and code-audit preparation
M&A due diligence and software audit setup
Government Contracts and Universities
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) - negotiated CRADAs at Meta
Sponsored Research Agreements (SRAs) - negotiated SRAs with multiple global universities at Meta
Cybersecurity and Privacy exhibits for government contracts - negotiated while at Meta and Uber
Requests for Proposal (RFPs)
EXPERIENCE
META Mini-GC, Reality Labs
Functioned as embedded, generalist counsel across three of Meta's labs, covering product counseling, privacy, and commercial work end to end. Not a narrow specialist brought in for one issue, the full scope of legal support a GC would expect from an in-house team, delivered as a single point of contact.
UBER Senior Counsel, Technology Transactions & Privacy
Audited Uber's GDPR program and negotiated its Tesla partnership along with multiple robotics and data transactions. Worked at the intersection of hard technical complexity (autonomous systems, sensor data) and regulatory exposure.
Argo AI First Legal Hire
Built the legal department from the ground up as an individual contributor, with no team, no precedent, and no playbook to inherit. Established the function's processes, templates, and priorities while simultaneously doing the work.
Woven by Toyota Global Counsel, Privacy, Technology & Commercial
Advised across jurisdictions on privacy, technology, and commercial matters for a company operating at true global scale, not a single-market program adapted after the fact.
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