Profiles in Leadership – Harvey Anderson

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Chair, FBA Diversity & Inclusion Committee

Harvey Anderson                            Markenzy Lapointe         Ashlee Hamilton

About Harvey Anderson

Harvey Anderson serves as General Counsel for HP Inc. In this role, Harvey leads the worldwide Global Legal Affairs team and is responsible for day-today operation of Global Legal Affairs, sharpening our legal acumen across the company and creating an effective and agile strategic partnership with the business.

Harvey Anderson joined HP in June 2017 as Deputy General Counsel, Personal Systems, 3D Printing, Global Functions and Government Relations. Harvey has over 25 years of experience in public policy, regulatory compliance, corporate/commercial transactions and IP litigation. He has counseled leading global Internet, security, and communications companies in private and public company settings. Most recently he served as the Chief Legal Officer of AVG Technologies, and prior to that he spent six years as the Chief Legal Officer of Mozilla.

Throughout his career, Harvey has focused on public affairs issues, most notably launching the “Do Not Track” privacy initiative; organizing the SOPA internet protest movement, working to advance open web issues like net neutrality and intermediate liability protections, and serving on the FCC’s Open Internet Advisory Committee. Harvey has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Marquette University and a Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law.

Harvey is based in Palo Alto, California. He lives in Piedmont, California with his family. He is an avid surfer, enjoys film and political-economic history.

About the Interviewers

A former Department of Justice prosecutor, Markenzy Lapointe has a varied practice that includes high-stakes commercial, product liability and professional malpractice disputes, as well as criminal investigations. Having handled dozens of product liability claims, Mark co-leads Pillsbury’s Product Liability practice.

Mark has a wealth of trial, arbitration and mediation experience in state and federal courts, and works closely with clients to achieve the best and most cost-effective solution. He successfully defends corporations and individuals in commercial disputes, including class actions, business divorces, and high exposure product liability. He also defends professional malpractice actions. Because of his substantial jury trial experience which includes chairing or co-chairing 25 trials, he is routinely asked to present and test case themes and strategies before mock juries to help assess viability at trial.

Ashlee Hamilton focuses her practice on general and complex litigation matters.

In law school, Ashlee gained experience by interning at the LevittQuinn Family Law Center. She also externed at the Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center, where she advocated for exceptional students seeking services from their school districts. Prior to law school, Ashlee served as a K-8 special education teacher at a project-based hybrid homeschool. She has in-depth knowledge of the education industry and continues to seek ways to improve the lives of exceptional students.

About the FBA

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