Jenn Webb Harris
Shawnee,KS
Summary
Dedicated legal professional offering expertise in corporate law, including software, transactions, and general business issues. Proven success in building trust and rapport with clients and offering sound legal advice in clear, easy to understand terms. Hardworking and dedicated to client advocacy and success.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Vice President and Senior Associate General Counsel
Global Payments
- Act as general counsel for five Global Payments software subsidiaries: TouchNet Information Systems, Inc., Paylease, LLC d/b/a Zego, Educational Computer Systems, Inc., Heartland School Solutions, and Greater Giving
- Lead a team of four professionals (two attorneys and two compliance managers)
- Provide business-focused legal guidance to an array of internal stakeholders on all facets of each business, including customer and vendor contracts, business strategy and growth, partner relationships, product design, go to market efforts, and customer disputes
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the organizations to deliver pragmatic solutions – I am not the department of “no” – I am the department of “how.” Support business teams, including software development teams, on all aspects of new product launches: disclosures, privacy notices, user terms, privacy by design, best practices for consumer facing transactions
- In this capacity, I review development and work closely with software engineers to ensure legal compliance in software flow
- Lead legal representative on Global Payments’ development efforts to comply with security and IT requirements in TX-Ramp and StateRAMP, in close collaboration with IT and compliance stakeholders
- Lead privacy efforts across the five business units
- Advise on data management, security, and compliance, as well as privacy by design
- Work closely with Privacy Office to implement best practices
- Conduct training on privacy initiatives and business-specific privacy requirements (i.e., GLBA, FERPA)
- Responsible for development of new contract templates and consulting and training on sales processes and best practices
- Advise on state and federal consumer and financial regulations and support business teams in navigating review and examinations by state and federal regulators, including the CFPB, the New York Department of Financial Services, and the Massachusetts Division of Banks
- Manage and work with outside counsel
- Responsible for finding appropriate counsel for specific expertise needed
- Scale legal support for growth, adopting an “easy to do business with” approach to new templates, processes and legal support
- Increase the visibility and approachability of the legal team by actively participating in strategic initiatives, commercial transactions, customer issues, and product launches
- Member of each entity’s executive leadership team, participating in strategic planning and decision-making
- Conduct frequent training at the company and individual team level (i.e., sales, product) on legal issues, including data privacy, security, and the contracting process
- Presenter at annual customer-facing convention.
Counsel
Sprint
2012.01 - 2019.01
- Provided strategic advice and risk assessment to management and executive teams regarding the sale, acquisition, licensing, and use of telecommunications and other technology services
- Collaborated with privacy, regulatory, intellectual property, marketing, and procurement teams to provide cohesive, solution-oriented counseling and direction
- Supported wholesale business unit in all aspects of its operation
- Served on product team as lead counsel in cloud computing and Software as a Service offerings; provided guidance on all aspects of transactional, licensing, and customer-facing issues
- Worked with Scrum development teams on legal compliance for new products
- Supported development from ideation to launch working with all stakeholders through that process
- Responsible for drafting and managing all consumer terms and conditions of sale for all Sprint brands, including all Sprint-branded mobile applications
- Proven track record updating and improving contract process and documentation
- Provided primary legal support to the 1Million Project and the 1Million Project Foundation, focused on providing devices and wireless service to high school students without reliable home internet access.
Assistant Regional Counsel
Social Security Administration
2009.01 - 2012.01
- Served as in-house counsel for a four-state region of the agency
- Focused primarily on employment counseling and litigation matters
- Investigated and defended discrimination and retaliation claims at the agency and federal court level
- Conducted extensive training for all SSA office managers in the region
- Engaged in significant client counseling and creative problem solving
- Ensured regulatory compliance with complex regulations involving agency programs, privacy, and employment practices
- Defended the agency in federal court in all stages of a variety of types of litigation, with tight deadlines and a heavy workload (office-wide).
Law Clerk
Honorable D. Gregory Kays, United States District Judge
2008.01 - 2009.01
Associate
Fisher & Phillips, L.L.P.
2007.01 - 2008.01
- Focused on employment litigation, including investigating and defending discrimination and retaliation claims, including before the EEOC, and doing significant client counseling on employment and human resources issues
- Significant experience with discovery, including organizing and assisting clients with electronic discovery, ensuring clients’ and opposing parties’ discovery obligations were fully met, and handling motions for sanctions
- Handled all aspects of cases, including drafting and arguing motions, negotiating settlement agreements, counseled clients, taking and defending witness and party depositions, and preparing cases for trial.
Associate
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.
2001.01 - 2005.01
- Focused on complex commercial, employment, and tort litigation
- Extensive experience handling high-volume document cases and e-discovery, including supervising large teams
- Handled all aspects of cases, including drafting and arguing motions, negotiating settlement agreements, counseled clients, taking and defending witness and party depositions, and preparing cases for trial.
Law Clerk
Honorable Adalberto Jordan, United States District Judge
2000.01 - 2001.01
Education
J.D. -
University of Kansas School of Law
05.2000
B.A. with Distinction - Political Science
University of Oklahoma
05.1997
Skills
- Team Leadership
- Relationship Building
- Decision-Making
- Negotiation and Persuasion
- Contract Negotiation
- Regulatory Compliance
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Analytical and Critical Thinker
- Training and mentoring
Licensuremembership
Kansas Bar, 2000, Florida Bar, 2002 (currently inactive), Missouri Bar, 2008 (currently inactive), International Association of Privacy Professionals, CIPP/US, CIPM, Association of Corporate Counsel, Paytech Women (formerly Women’s Network in Electronic Transactions), Global Payments Corporate Champion
Certification
CIPP(US), IAPP
CIPM, IAPP
Kansas Bar
Missouri Bar (inactive)
Florida Bar (inactive)
Timeline
Counsel
Sprint
2012.01 - 2019.01
Assistant Regional Counsel
Social Security Administration
2009.01 - 2012.01
Law Clerk
Honorable D. Gregory Kays, United States District Judge
2008.01 - 2009.01
Associate
Fisher & Phillips, L.L.P.
2007.01 - 2008.01
Associate
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.
2001.01 - 2005.01
Law Clerk
Honorable Adalberto Jordan, United States District Judge
2000.01 - 2001.01
Vice President and Senior Associate General Counsel
Global Payments
J.D. -
University of Kansas School of Law
B.A. with Distinction - Political Science
University of Oklahoma
CIPP(US), IAPP
CIPM, IAPP
Kansas Bar
Missouri Bar (inactive)
Florida Bar (inactive)
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