About John
John Pavolotsky practices in Stoel Rives’ Technology & Intellectual Property group, where he focuses on data privacy, security matters, complex technology transactions. On privacy and security matters, John advises a broad range of clients on general compliance, use of new(er) technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), data incidents, and breach response. On technology transactions matters, John assists clients with technology licensing, collaboration and joint development agreements, and cloud (XaaS) services agreements, among others. In addition, John advises clients in privacy, security, and intellectual property matters in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions.
John is the chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the California Lawyers Association. In addition, John has taught Technology Transactions Law at the UC Davis School of Law and Comparative Privacy Law at the Santa Clara University School of Law. John has also guest lectured on technology and privacy law topics at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business; the University of San Francisco School of Management; and Stanford University.
John is an active contributor to the Stoel Rives Global Privacy & Security Blog and to New Matter, the quarterly journal of the IP Section of the California Lawyers Association.
During his free time, John enjoys leading a local hiking club and discussing privacy, cyber, and IP topics during hikes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Before joining Stoel Rives, John served most recently as associate general counsel at Roku, Inc., and group counsel at Intel Corporation. From 2010 to 2013, he was an of counsel attorney at Greenberg & Traurig, LLP.
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