Farella Braun + Martel LLP — Northern California Powerhouse | Icebreaker

Farella Braun + Martel LLP — Northern California Powerhouse | Icebreaker

Members

Philip Milestone

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I walked into my first engineering class, took one look around, and thought: Nope. Not for me. Dropped it. Switched to chemistry. Minored in environmental science. Thought I’d save the planet. Ended up in law school instead. For 6 years, I fought legal battles as an environmental lawyer – until I realized the real challenge wasn’t just the law; it was HOW they did their work! Why were lawyers drowning in inefficiency? Why did processes feel stuck in the past? So, I pivoted. Spent 7 years at Axiom helping legal teams untangle their operations and rethink how they worked. Then the next few years at Meta (fka Facebook), building legal ops programs to streamline how a 2,000 person legal team functioned. After that, close to 2 years at Coinbase, scaling legal ops in the fast-paced world of crypto. But I wanted to do more than optimize; I wanted to build. That’s what brought me to SpotDraft. Now, as COO, I get to combine everything I’ve learned – legal, business, strategy, people and tech, to scale a company that’s transforming how legal teams work. It’s a full-circle moment! Somewhere along the way, I picked up a law degree from Santa Clara University, where I now teach as an Adjunct Professor (yes, I willingly stand in front of a room full of law students). And while I’ve spent most of my career in legal tech, I’ll always be a proud California Golden Bear at heart. If you want to talk legal tech, scaling teams, or just share a wild career pivot story, let’s connect.

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Managing Director, Terra Ag Ventures

Carrie Rinehart-Bekker

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Carrie Rinehart-Bekker is an Entrepreneur and Founder/CEO of Bekker Compliance Consulting Partners, LLC (BCCP), a boutique consultancy that provides the following cross-border solutions to our esteemed clients in North America, Southeast Asia, Europe, Middle East, Caribbean, and other regions worldwide: • Compliance Consulting • Legal/Compliance Recruiting • Expert Witness • Training Ms. Bekker is a compliance expert with 41 years’ legal and regulatory compliance experience derived from her tenure as a Paralegal/Legal Executive in law firms, corporate law departments, and trust companies throughout the United States and internationally. Before founding BCCP, Ms. Bekker also served as an AML and Senior Compliance Officer with several global financial conglomerates, including AEGON/Transamerica, Pacific Life Insurance Company, and AIG Sunamerica. Please visit our website at www.bccp-llc.com for details about the niche cross-border consulting and training services that our International Experts provide to our financial and legal clients.

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Senior Manager, Public Policy

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Deputy General Counsel @ Anthropic | AI + Emerging Tech Law | ex-Google

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Product Marketing Manager

Alexandra Vaughn, ECA, CEP Candidate

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Noel McNulty 🌈

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Experienced in-house litigator with experience managing cutting edge, high profile, and politically sensitive matters in a variety of substantive legal areas.