Elena DiMuzio

Education, Clerkships, and Admissions:
Stanford Law School, J.D.
- magna cum laude
- Order of the Coif (top 10% of class)
Cornell University, M.S. in Plant Genetics
Kenyon College, B.A. in Biology with Highest Honors
- magna cum laude
Law Clerk to the Hon. Lucy Koh, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (now a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Admitted to Practice in California

Prior Law Firm Associations:
Covington & Burling LLP
Heller Ehrman LLP

Elena is an experienced legal team leader for public and private global companies facing cutting-edge legal challenges. Elena has broad experience interpreting and implementing compliance with new rules, domestically and globally; anticipating and resolving complex, high-stakes disputes involving risk of serious financial and reputational harm; designing operations to scale; and counseling through crisis.

Elena partners with clients to create right-sized solutions that focus on advancing corporate goals. In recent in-house leadership roles, Elena has built efficient, highly effective teams to manage high-risk matters including regulatory response, user data response, and litigation. Elena has an unbroken record of successful outcomes, resulting in outright wins or highly favorable, negotiated business resolutions. She collaborates with clients to develop right-sized IP strategies to protect businesses and help them grow. She designs processes to improve efficiency and outcomes today and tomorrow for her clients.

Elena enjoys both the design and build phases of counseling, and she is as comfortable in startup scrappy mode as she is managing large teams at global institutions.

Elena lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. She enjoys baking, crafting, and running with her dog.