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Track record
City and County of Honolulu
Represented the City and County of Honolulu in connection with various federal criminal public corruption investigations in Honolulu and related proceedings in federal District Court in Hawaii.
Complex internal investigation
Represented the Audit Committee of a publicly traded Bay Area technology company in complex internal investigation involving revenue recognition issues and related whistleblower allegations of financial fraud in global operations.
Complex international data security incident
Represented a global financial services company in a complex international data security incident including conducting international internal investigation and employing complex civil litigation in a successful effort to obtain the return of critical PII data stolen by a former company insider.
Complex RICO litigation
Successfully defended healthcare technology company founder in complex RICO litigation in federal district court in the Central District of California.
Crisis-driven internal investigations
Represented one of the largest technology companies in California in a global evaluation of government surveillance obligations and conducted a range of crisis-driven internal investigations involving emerging tech industry issues.
Cyber-breach
Represented founder and CEO of Bay Area school lunch company regarding criminal case alleged against Chief Operating Officer for alleged cyber-breach against competitor including conducting internal investigation.
Data analytics and Artificial Intelligence company
Represented the former CEO of a Silicon Valley-based data analytics and Artificial Intelligence company in a groundbreaking enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the data inputs into an AI model.
Debarment proceedings
Successfully represented CEO and founder of Bay Area contracting companies in debarment proceedings by the City and County of San Francisco.
Talks
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'Mitigating Personal Liability Risks for CLOs in the Event of Major Cyber Incident,' Health Tech CLOs - May 22, 2025, speaker
- 'Crisis Management Playbook for a New Era: Navigating Investigations and Communications Under the Current Administration,' 4th Annual Women in Investigations Network (WIIN) Half-Day Retreat - May 21, 2025, speaker
- 'Artificial Intelligence: Key Issues and Applications in White Collar,' 40th Annual ABA White Collar Institute - March 6, 2025, speaker and moderator
- 'AI Transformation and the Law: What Law and the Legal Profession Will Look Like in 10 years,' A Fireside Chat with AAA CEO and U-Penn AI adjunct professor Bridget McCormack, 40th Annual ABA White Collar Institute - March 5, 2025, speaker
- 'Managing Personal Risk to CISOs During Security Incidents,' Bay Area Cyber Leadership and Entrepreneurship Summit hosted by Tejas Cyber Network - January 25, 2025, speaker
- 'AI Governance Considerations for Public Company Board Members,' NACD Leading Minds of Governance - December 16, 2024, speaker
- 'Forum re: What's Next for Tech Compliance Leaders,' High Tech Compliance Group SF Bay Area - December 12, 2024, speaker and mistress of ceremonies
- 'AI Ethics and Board Governance,' The Legal Tech Fund Summit - December 3, 2024, speaker
- 'Navigating the CISO's New Reality,' Business of Cyber Series Podcast, LinkedIn Live - October 31, 2024, podcast guest
- 'AI, Risks, Rewards and Accountability,' How Women Lead #GetOnBoardWeek - October 25, 2024, moderator and panelist
- 'Jess Nall: The Future of AI Safety, Ethics and Board Governance,' How Women Inspire Podcast - October 3, 2024, podcast guest
- 'Fireside Chat with Izzy Ramsey, U.S. Attorney for NDCA,' Harvard Law School Alumni Association of N. Ca - September 30, 2024, speaker
- 'Cyber Risk Reporting: Communications with the Board in the Emerging Landscape,' Private Directors Association Annual "Prism" conference - September 17, 2024, speaker
- 'White Collar Defense Bar Views of the Top: What's New and What's Next,' ABA White Collar Subcommittee and WWCDA Bay Area - August 20, 2024, speaker
- 'Dodging the Bullet: Essential Strategies for CISOs to Sidestep Government Fallout in the Wake of Major Cyberattacks,' Black Hat USA Cybersecurity Conference - August 8, 2024, featured briefings speaker
- 'Jess Nall on Practical Advice for CISOs,' ITSP Magazine Podcast - July 16, 2024, podcast guest
- 'Artificial Intelligence's Impact on Evidence and White Collar Defense Practice,' WWCDA Global Webinar - June 26, 2024, speaker
- 'Trends in AI Regulatory and Criminal Enforcement,' WWCDA San Francisco Bay Area Chapter - May 30, 2024, speaker
- 'AI Regulatory Risk Update and Practical Use Cases for AI Tools In Legal Practice,' Women In Investigations Network - May 22, 2024, speaker
- Annual Investigations and Compliance Seminar, London - May 21 2024, speaker
- 'AI and Its Impact White Collar Enforcement and Defense,' Cambridge Forum on Corporate Enforcement - May 16, 2024, speaker