Elizabeth (V.) T.
Assistant General Counsel
Experience
May 2023 - Present
2 years 7 monthsAtlanta, United States
Assistant General Counsel
Pitney Bowes Inc.
- Serve as a “mini GC” of sorts for multiple business product and solution teams—including SaaS offerings, manufactured goods, and emerging technologies—providing comprehensive legal support across the entire product lifecycle, from go-to-market strategy through customer and partner acquisition, retention, and procurement initiatives.
- Advise on legal and regulatory issues related to artificial intelligence, including generative AI risk mitigation, contractual frameworks for AI deployment, and compliance with evolving global standards. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure responsible and legally sound integration of AI technologies into products and services.
- Provide legal counsel on bankruptcy-related matters, including evaluating contractual exposure, advising on creditor rights and obligations, and supporting internal teams through restructuring and insolvency-related processes.
- Partner closely with product management, R&D, sales, marketing, procurement, IT, engineering, compliance, risk, privacy, tax, finance, HR, insurance, and communications teams to address a wide range of legal matters, including privacy and security risk assessments, M&A, process improvements, product releases, and enforcement of legal requirements.
- Negotiate and draft a broad spectrum of commercial agreements, including SaaS, IaaS, and on-premise licensing agreements; data protection agreements (DPAs); AI-related usage and licensing terms; partnership, teaming, resale, integration, supplier/vendor, OEM, IP, settlement, and service agreements.
- Resolve supplier and service provider disputes and advise on internal process improvements to mitigate future risks.
- Provide legal guidance on privacy and data security matters, including the handling of PII, PHI, and financial data, and ensure compliance with global privacy regulations in the context of marketing, contracts, and business operations.
- Manage portfolio and counsel on intellectual property matters, including copyrights, trademarks, licensing, and brand usage in advertising and product development.
- Collaborate with outside counsel and government officials on ongoing legal matters and regulatory inquiries.
- Conduct legal training sessions to educate internal teams on legal processes, AI-related legal considerations, and scenarios requiring legal engagement—especially those involving sensitive and confidential information.
Sep 2017 - May 2023
5 years 9 monthsNorcross, United States
Corporate Counsel
OFS Fitel, LLC
- Served as a mini GC of sorts—advised, supported, counseled, and provided both transactional and litigation support for all aspects of multiple business product/solution teams (including manufactured goods and SaaS solutions), throughout the entire product lifecycle, including go-to-market, customer/partner acquisition, retention, and procurement initiatives, focusing on domestic and international matters across various regions (including Denmark, Germany, Morocco, and locations in the United States).
- Collaborated closely with, supported, and advised the product management, product development (R&D), information technology (IT), engineering, compliance (policies, legislation and regulatory requirements), risks, privacy, marketing, sales, tax, finance, human resources, procurement, communications, and insurance teams (including all levels of personnel) to address various legal issues, including privacy and security risk assessments, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), process improvements, product release, and enforcement of legal requirements.
- Negotiated and drafted sales and licensing agreements, including SaaS, IaaS, and on-premise agreements, data protection agreements/addendums (DPAs), nondisclosure agreements, partnership agreements, resale agreements, integration agreements, supplier and vendor agreements, OEM agreements, intellectual property agreements, settlement agreements, service agreements, and customer facing agreements, including terms and conditions, terms of use, and privacy policy.
- Resolved supplier, service provider, and customer disputes, and as needed, advised internally on how to implement appropriate processes and procedures to help avoid similar disputes going forward.
- Advised on privacy and security matters, including access to, storage of, use of, sharing of, and ownership of customer, supplier, and employee information and data, which included PII, PHI, and financial data. Experience with many privacy and data security regulations, guidelines, and principles, including FTC Act and guidelines, Mobile Application Privacy Codes of Conduct, CAN-SPAM, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, State Breach Notification laws, CASL, PIPEDA, EU Data Protection Directive, UK Data Protection Act, GDPR, and CCPA.
- Reviewed and advised on marketing materials, customer communications, advertisements (print, web, and social media), and competitive marketing strategies.
- Advised on intellectual property matters, including copyrights, trademarks, licensing, clearance/right to use analysis, and proper use and maintenance of logos and branding in advertisement.
- Collaborated with outside counsel and government officials in relation to ongoing matters and other inquiries, as needed.
- Conducted legal training to provide an overview of legal processes and summary of scenarios when the legal team should be engaged to assist with a matter (including the handling of extremely sensitive and confidential information).
Jun 2013 - Sep 2017
4 years 4 monthsAtlanta, United States
Corporate Counsel
The Sage Group, PLC
- Served as a mini GC of sorts—advised, supported, counseled, and provided both transactional and litigation support for all aspects of multiple business product/solution teams (including SaaS, cloud-enabled, and mobile app solutions), throughout the entire product lifecycle, including go-to-market, customer/partner acquisition, retention, and procurement initiatives, focusing on the North America region, while also coordinating and collaborating on global matters across various regions (including oversight of some matters out of the U.K. office).
- Collaborated closely with, supported, and advised the product management, product development (R&D), product privacy and security, marketing, sales, tax, finance, engineering, human resources, information technology (IT), communications, procurement, compliance (policies, legislation and regulatory requirements), risks, and insurance teams (including all levels of personnel) to address various legal issues, including product release, privacy and security risk assessments, process improvements, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and enforcement of legal requirements.
- Participated as the legal team member in several product, program initiatives, and division leadership teams.
- Negotiated and drafted sales and licensing agreements, including SaaS, IaaS, and on-premise agreements, nondisclosure agreements, partnership agreements, resale agreements, integration agreements, supplier and vendor agreements, OEM agreements, intellectual property agreements, settlement agreements, service agreements, and customer facing agreements, including terms and conditions and privacy policy.
- Reviewed and advised on marketing materials, customer communications, product campaigns, advertisements (print, web, and social media), and competitive marketing strategies.
- Resolved vendor and customer disputes, and as needed, advised internally on how to implement appropriate processes and procedures to help avoid similar disputes going forward.
- Advised on privacy and security matters, including access to, storage of, use of, sharing of, and ownership of customer information and data, which may include PII, PHI, and financial data. Experience with many privacy and data security regulations, guidelines, and principles, including FTC Act and guidelines, Mobile Application Privacy Codes of Conduct, CAN-SPAM, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, State Breach Notification laws, CASL, PIPEDA, EU Data Protection Directive, UK Data Protection Act, and the forthcoming rollout of GDPR.
- Advised on intellectual property matters, including copyrights, trademarks, licensing, clearance/right to use analysis, and proper use and maintenance of logos and branding in advertisement.
- Collaborated with outside counsel and government officials in relation to ongoing matters, and prepared responses to subpoenas and other inquiries, as needed.
- Conducted new hire training to provide an overview of legal processes and summary of scenarios when the legal team should be engaged to assist with a matter (including the handling of extremely sensitive and confidential information).
Jul 2009 - Jun 2013
4 yearsAtlanta, United States
Associate
Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi LLP
- Counseled clients regarding various intellectual property and related issues, involving a wide range of technologies, including software, Internet applications, networks, databases, navigation systems, and computer services and devices.
- Licensing negotiations; valuation assessments; interpreting regulations and case law to determine potential impact on clients’ objectives, including compliance, privacy, and security; developing portfolio strategies; due diligence studies; technology transfer agreements; joint research ventures; clearance/right to use analysis; drafting service, sales, non-disclosure, licensing, OEM, settlement, employment, and lease agreements; drafting and responding to regulatory inquiries and cease and desist notices; negotiating and drafting contracts, including financial aspects such as costs and royalty rates; interacting with multiple parties and counsel to broker fee arrangements; infringement analyses; trademark registrations; and reexamination proceedings.
- Assisted in all aspects of patent litigation before federal district courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), involving a wide range of technologies, including design patents, software, navigation systems, network, and computer services and devices.
- Litigation experience included case management; assistant trial counsel; principal counsel for evidentiary hearings; taking and defending depositions, including fact, expert, and foreign language depositions; drafting licensing and settlement agreements, infringement and/or invalidity analyses and contentions, and claim construction briefs; motion practice and discovery experience; assisting in all aspects of trial preparation; preparing case files and consulting with experts in preparation for depositions, expert reports, and trial testimony; legal research; supervising junior associates; and managing e-discovery and production projects, including review, analysis, and annotation.
Sep 2006 - Apr 2009
2 years 8 monthsAtlanta, United States
Associate
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Counseled clients regarding various intellectual property and related issues, involving a wide range of technologies, including software, Internet applications, consumer products, telecommunications, financial systems, electronics, lighting, and computer services and devices.
- Due diligence studies; negotiating patent and software sales, licensing, and transfer agreements; interpreting regulations and case law to determine impact on clients’ objectives, including compliance, privacy, and security; conducting intellectual property valuation projects, infringement analyses, and clearance/right to use studies; drafting employee, non-disclosure, sales, service, licensing, OEM, settlement agreements, and freedom to operate opinions; drafting cease and desist notices; and reexamination proceedings.
- Assisted in all aspects of patent prosecution, including conducting invention disclosure conferences; drafting patent applications, responses to office actions, and pre-appeal briefs; conducting examiner interviews; analyzing patent search results and drafting patentability opinions; managing foreign prosecution counsel; and drafting patent prosecution strategies for intellectual property portfolios.
- Assisted in all aspects of patent and some trademark litigation in a wide range of technologies, including consumer products, design patents, medical devices, software, telecommunications, financial systems, electronics, lighting, Internet applications, and computer services and devices.
- Litigation experience included drafting pleadings, motions for summary judgment, motions for dismissal, infringement and/or invalidity analyses and contentions, claim construction briefs, and discovery-related documents; preparing case files and consulting with experts in preparation for depositions; legal research; and document production review, analysis, and annotation.
Jan 2001 - Dec 2003
3 yearsSoftware Quality Assurance Manager
- Managed the QA Team to assure the functionality, usability, and delivery of the first .NET-based HCM solution in production.
- Oversaw the evaluation and implementation of compatible software suites.
Jan 2000 - Dec 2001
2 yearsSoftware Engineer Analyst
- Composed, designed, developed, programmed, and executed test plans for various product components as defined by functional specifications.
Summary
Business-oriented, motivated, and highly analytical corporate counsel with over 19 years of combined experience with a global shipping and mailing technology company, premier manufacturer of fiber optic solutions, a FTSE 100 software technology company, and several private law firms. Extensive experience counseling and representing clients on domestic and international matters, with a proven track record of proactively preventing and resolving legal issues while aligning legal strategy with business objectives.
Recent focus includes advising on AI-related legal and regulatory issues, including generative AI risk mitigation strategies, contractual frameworks for AI deployment, and compliance with emerging global standards. Known for identifying innovative legal solutions that support responsible AI adoption and commercialization.
- Complex Negotiations & Agreements
- Creative Commercialization and Licensing Strategies
- Litigation (Case) Management
- Intellectual Property, Privacy, and Data Security
- AI Governance & Risk Strategy
- Generative AI Contractual Terms & Compliance
Languages
English
NativeEducation
Emory University School of Law
Juris Doctor · Law · Atlanta, United States · Top 15%
Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science · Computer Science · Atlanta, United States
Certifications & licenses
U.S. Patent And Trademark Office
Georgia
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