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Thomas R. Wakefield
Partner
Tom Wakefield is a partner with the firm’s internet strategy and litigation group. Based in San Francisco, Tom focuses his practice on emerging issues in internet law, with deep expertise in data privacy, copyright law, and class-action practice. His clients include Google, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, Roblox, and Substack. Tom has litigated claims that threatened his clients’ core businesses, including cases that tested the boundaries of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and that pursued novel theories of liability under an array of privacy laws, including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In addition to litigating, Tom serves as a trusted advisor to innovative companies on privacy, copyright, artificial intelligence, web scraping, and the terms of service that govern technology platforms, including issues around online contracting, arbitration clauses, and mass-arbitration defenses.
Derek E. Wallace
Partner
Derek Wallace is a partner in the tax practice of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His practice covers a variety of corporate, partnership, and international tax matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, financings, and the formation and operation of limited liability companies and partnerships.
Michelle Wallin
Partner
Michelle advises companies on executive compensation and employee benefits matters.
Martin J. Waters
Partner
Marty represents innovative life sciences and technology clients in corporate transactions and governance matters.
Gregory L. Watts
Partner
Greg represents clients in securities litigation and complex commercial disputes.
Libby J. Weingarten
Partner
Libby Weingarten is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she advises companies on a broad range of U.S. and international privacy, consumer protection, and data security issues. She has extensive experience defending major corporations facing investigations by the FTC and other federal and state regulators. She has defended retailers, software companies, advertising technology companies, mobile app developers, and ed-tech companies against regulatory investigations into privacy and data security practices, and she has assisted them in conducting internal investigations in high-profile data security breaches.
Damien M. Weiss
Partner
Damien Weiss is a partner in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he helps start-ups and unicorns raise capital.
Robert Wernli
Partner
Robert Wernli is a corporate partner in the San Diego office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Lori P. Westin
Partner
Dr. Lorelei (Lori) Westin is a partner in the San Diego office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Before joining the firm, Lori served as a federal law clerk for the Honorable John A. Houston in the Southern District of California. She also was a patent agent at Howrey Simon Arnold & White. Prior to Howrey, Lori had extensive experience as a research scientist, serving as a senior research scientist in Advanced Technologies at Nanogen, Inc.; a research associate in the Regulatory Biology Laboratory at the Salk Institute; and a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, CMB, at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. She is the primary author of numerous scientific and legal publications, and is an inventor on seven issued U.S. patents on microchip and DNA amplification technology.
Lauren Gallo White
Partner
Lauren represents internet and digital media companies in complex, high-stakes litigation related to online speech, privacy, and intellectual property.
Lianna C. Whittleton
Partner
Lianna focuses on corporate and securities work for both public and private companies across all stages of growth.
David F. Wickwire
Partner
David focuses on representing fast-growing technology, software, digital media, and clean technology companies, as well as several early-stage venture capital firms.
Sean M. Wilkinson
Partner
Sean M. Wilkinson is a partner in the real estate practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Sean has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial real estate, including the acquisition, development, disposition, financing, and leasing of properties throughout the United States. He also advises corporate clients regarding real estate issues arising in mergers and acquisitions.
Brian M. Willen
Partner
Brian represents companies facing challenging disputes involving novel issues of law.
Stuart A. Williams
Partner
Stuart focuses on the firm’s global generics practice, working closely with many different practice areas across the firm.