“hands down the most business-oriented attorney I have ever worked with”

PROFILE

Patricia represents venture funded technology clients in the U.S. and Europe in a wide-ranging practice that includes complex cloud software transactions, strategic sales partnerships, data privacy, hardware manufacturing and employment law. She counsels tech companies on most aspects of their day to day operations, with guidance tailored to each stage of growth.

Before founding Tech Law SF Group, from 2000 to 2015, Patricia worked in-house with a series of high growth Silicon Valley technology companies. These organizations built technology businesses from scratch, launched global sales and marketing teams and opened country and continent markets. They also raised significant venture funding and enjoyed successful exits, including being acquired by a Fortune 50 company, a 9-figure private equity buyout and an IPO.

Patricia began her legal career in Los Angeles and Washington D.C. with Dewey Ballantine Bushby Palmer & Wood.

GIVING BACK

Patricia is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School International Transactions Clinic, focusing on international data privacy law.

Her philanthropic efforts include board of director positions over a seven-year period with the Palo Alto, California Vista Center for the Blind and the San Mateo, California Mission Hospice. She is an active supporter of the San Francisco Ballet and its Allegro Circle of donors. In Michigan, she is a member of the Advisory Board of The Helm at the Boll Life Center for the Elderly in Grosse Pointe.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bar Qualifications: California and Michigan

Certified Data Privacy Professional: CIPP/EU 2018-present

EDUCATION

Post-grad: College of Europe, Brugge Belgium, advanced degree in EU law

JD: Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor

BA: The Honors College, University of Michigan Ann Arbor