Consero is honored to announce that Blythe Holden has joined the Forum faculty for Consero's Corporate Counsel Forum 2012.
As Senior Vice President, General Counsel for Shopzilla, Blythe Holden directs all of the company’s legal affairs, both domestically and abroad, and manages the legal coordination with parent company E.W. Scripps. Ms. Holden joined Shopzilla, Inc., in 2005 as Assistant General Counsel and was quickly promoted to General Counsel in 2006. Ms. Holden first dazzled the Shopzilla office, prior to joining the company full time, through her involvement in managing the legal formation of Shopzilla Europe, which opened its doors in London in 2004. In 2005, Ms. Holden effectively represented and led Shopzilla through the company’s acquisition by the E.W. Scripps Company. In March 2010, Ms. Holden was instrumental in lobbying for a new Internet tax ordinance creating a clear tax definition for Internet companies across Los Angeles County and helping to secure the continued presence of Internet businesses in Los Angeles, Shopzilla included.
In addition to providing counsel on company policy day to day, Ms. Holden continues to be the key protectorate of the company’s intellectual property and the advisor on all legal, policy, compliance, and new product initiatives. In 2010, Ms. Holden won the Los Angeles Business Journal's Corporate Counsel of the Year award. This award recognized her exceptional legal skill and achievement across the full spectrum of in-house responsibility and exemplary leadership, and for contributions to the Los Angeles community at large. In 2011, she was honored by the Daily Journal as one of the 25 Leading General Counsel in California.
Pre-Shopzilla, Ms. Holden built over 5 years of experience in technology, and Internet law. In 2002, she served as a VP and Associate Counsel for Panavision, Inc. Prior to that, Ms. Holden joined an idealab! start-up "The .tv Corporation," informally known as "dotTV." Ms. Holden began her career at one of Los Angeles’ most renowned law firms, Latham & Watkins, specializing in intellectual property and information technology.
Ms. Holden graduated cum laude from the Harvard Law School in 1997, and summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota in 1994. Ms. Holden was also a Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society Fellow.
An outdoors girl at heart, Ms. Holden enjoys skiing and cycling. She has participated in many cycling tours, most notably the Ride Around the Bear, Bear Mountain, CA, and Bike Haleakala, Maui, HI. Ms. Holden lives in Santa Monica, California with her husband and her son.
