Adjunct Professor @ University of California, Hastings College of the Law (now UC Law San Francisco) (January 2026 - Present)
Co-Founder and General Counsel @ (January 2017 - December 2024)
Principal @ Villa Open Law and Strategy (January 2016 - January 2017)
Sr. Director of Community Engagement @ (January 2015 - January 2016)
Deputy General Counsel @ (January 2013 - January 2015)
Associate @ (January 2011 - January 2013)
Legal Fellow @ (January 2009 - January 2010)
Editor-in-Chief, Science and Technology Law Review @ (May 2008 - May 2009)
Intern, Legal Affairs @ (January 2007 - January 2007)
Technology Analyst and 'Geek in Residence' @ Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University (January 2005 - January 2006)
Engineering and QA @ (January 2001 - January 2005)
Luis Villa Education
Columbia Law School
JD
2006-2009
Duke University
BA (Political Science)
1996-2001
Luis Villa Skills
Copyright Law
Licensing
Community Management
Patents
Leadership
Software Licensing
Open Source
Technical Standards
Trademarks
Legal Advice
Open Standards
Software Development
Privacy Law
Web Standards
Litigation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Privacy
Python
Start-ups
Intellectual Property
Linux
Management
Mergers & Acquisitions
Open Source Software
Software Engineering
Strategy
Mergers and Acquisitions
Public Speaking
Sales
Business Analysis
PowerPoint
Start Ups
Luis Villa Summary
Luis Villa, based in San Francisco, CA, US, is currently a Vice President, Legal: Product and Policy at Sonar. Luis Villa brings experience from previous roles at University of California, Hastings College of the Law (now UC Law San Francisco), Tidelift, Villa Open Law and Strategy and Wikimedia Foundation. Luis Villa holds a 2006 - 2009 JD @ Columbia Law School. With a robust skill set that includes Copyright Law, Licensing, Community Management, Patents, Leadership and more. Luis Villa has 2 emails and 2 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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