As BakerHostetler’s Los Angeles, San Francisco and Orange County Digital Assets and Data Management Leader and the Co-Leader of the Media and Telecommunications Industry team, Jennifer Mitchell leverages more than 15 years of legal, compliance and operational experience, much of it in-house, as she helps clients navigate the complex landscape of global and strategic privacy matters. She is the hiring partner at the Los Angeles office. Having most recently served in executive privacy leadership roles for two global Fortune 100 companies, Jennifer provides practical business solutions to maintaining compliance with evolving U.S. state privacy laws and to developing data-driven initiatives in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Jennifer counsels clients in a broad range of industries, including entertainment, media, telecommunications, and wellness, and also advises health care and medical device entities on compliance with HIPAA and U.S. state law requirements relating to consumer health data and sensitive personal information.
In addition to consumer-facing privacy programs, Jennifer has advised on employee data matters for companies, including providing strategic privacy counseling to tackle the challenges posed by return-to-work initiatives, employee monitoring and compliance with the CCPA for the workforce population. Jennifer has also advised clients on responding to privacy regulatory inquiries in California and in the EU.
Jennifer recently served as the Vice President of Privacy at Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., where she was responsible for overseeing Sony Pictures' global privacy program across businesses. In addition, Jennifer was the Global Privacy Officer for Abbott Laboratories' Diabetes Care Division and a partner at an international law firm specializing in white-collar criminal defense, government investigations and litigation. She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US/EU) and a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM). Jennifer serves on the Executive Committee for the Privacy Section of the California Lawyers Association.