Position:
Founder & Principal at Private Client Legal Services (formerly operating as Rebecca Eisenberg & Associates), Member, Board of Advisors at The Skinny Scoop
Location:
San Francisco, California
Work:
Private Client Legal Services (formerly operating as Rebecca Eisenberg & Associates)
- San Francisco, CA since Sep 2009
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Founder & Principal
The Skinny Scoop
since Nov 2009
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Member, Board of Advisors
reddit Inc.
- San Francisco Bay Area Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
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general counsel
Trulia
- San Francisco, CA Feb 2010 - Nov 2011
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General Counsel
Legal Momentum
- New York, NY Jun 2009 - Jul 2011
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Director
Pure Digital Technologies
Sep 2008 - Sep 2009
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General Counsel
AdBrite, Inc.
Mar 2007 - Sep 2008
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VP, General Counsel & Secretary
Craigslist Foundation
May 1999 - May 2007
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Director, Treasurer
PayPal
Jul 2001 - Mar 2007
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Senior Counsel
Ecast, Inc.
Oct 1999 - May 2001
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Vice President, New Market Development and Legal
Cole Valley Group Consulting
Oct 1995 - May 2001
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Principal, Consultant
CBS MarketWatch
Aug 1998 - Apr 2001
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Columnist, Noveau Geek
TechTV
1997 - 1999
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Regular Guest, Sometime Producer
San Francisco Examiner/Chronicle
Jun 1997 - Oct 1999
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Columnist
Cyborganic Media
Dec 1995 - Oct 1997
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Director, Product Manager, Editor, Early Employee
U.S. Circuit Court, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug 1995 - Dec 1995
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Judicial Law Clerk
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, Washington, DC
Aug 1994 - Jul 1995
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Judicial Law Clerk
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA
Aug 1993 - Aug 1994
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Judicial Law Clerk
Education:
Harvard Law School Aug 1990 - May 1993
JD, Law
Stanford University Sep 1986 - Jun 1990
BA, Decision Sciences - Psychology
Whitefish Bay High School 1982 - 1986
Skills:
Mergers, Intellectual Property, Venture Capital, Licensing, Litigation, Negotiation, Business Strategy, Writing, Business Development, Policy Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Start-ups, Corporate Law, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Partnerships, Nonprofits, Marketing Strategy, Leadership, Strategy, Employment Contracts, Executive Management, Management, Trademarks, Private Equity, Privacy Law
Interests:
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS:
• Board of Directors, Craigslist Foundation, Treasurer, Founding member, 1999-2008.
• Board of Advisors, Kiva.org (Microfinance Nonprofit), 2006-present.
• Board of Advisors, The Webby Awards, and Member, International Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003-present.
• Board of Advisors, Broadband Mechanics (Marc Canter’s Company), 2004-present.
Honor & Awards:
• Winner, Top 25 Women on the Web, 1999 (Judge 2000, 2001).
• Winner, WELL Writing Award, Journalism and Overall Grand Prize, 2000.
• Numerous appearances on national television, including CNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, and PBS Computer Chronicles and Internet Café. Was regular on ZDTV/TechTV’s Silicon Spin.
• Featured in full-length chapter in the book, Web Rules: How the Internet is Changing the Way Consumers Make Choices by Tom Murphy.
• Run two mailing lists and maintain blog (used to maintain very highly trafficked personal website, 1995-1999).
PUBLICATIONS:
• More than 300 columns and articles, including regular columns for CBS MarketWatch, the Chron/Examiner, Digital Mogul, Time Daily, Wired, Red Herring, Upside, Knowledge Management Magazine, Fast Company and more.
• Academia: 2 articles in Harvard Law Review (1992-93); published article in Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, Volume 6 (1994).
• List of published clips available http://www.omino.com/~dom/clips/