Tonya Rutherford

Tonya Rutherford

Managing Associate General Counsel at Verizon

Role
Managing Associate General Counsel at Verizon
Location
Washington, DC, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Tonya Rutherford

Experienced deal lawyer who negotiates programming agreements with major content creators…

Experience

  1. Managing Associate General Counsel

    Verizon

    Apr 2008 — Present

    Negotiate retransmission consent agreements with broadcast companies and affiliation agreements with major national programmers for linear, video-on-demand, high definition, and mobile rights for distribution on Verizon’s FiOS TV service; negotiate production agreements, licensing agreements and appearance releases in connection with the creation of original local programming for Verizon’s proprietary channel; negotiate distribution agreements in connection with new media technologies, including interactive fantasy football applicationsProvide legal and business counsel on a wide variety of programming-related matters

Skills

  • Corporate Law
  • Corporate Governance
  • Software Licensing
  • Licensing
  • Privacy Law
  • Data Privacy
  • Intellectual Property
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Legal Research
  • Legal Writing
  • Litigation
  • Contract Negotiation

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