Gabriella Ziccarelli

Intellectual Property Attorney, Blank Rome LLP

Gabriella is a DC-based intellectual property attorney of Silicon Valley career origins, with multi-faceted experience in the tech industry. She’s served as outside counsel, worked in-house at technology companies in Silicon Valley, advised tech start-ups, clerked for a magistrate judge, and actively brings the technology community together through dynamic programming. She is a fierce proponent for the empowerment of and creation of opportunities for women and minorities in the tech industry. Prior to her career in tech, Gabriella worked closely with the Arizona Board of Regents as an advocate for higher education, women’s rights, and LGBTQ rights initiatives at the University of Arizona.

Gabriella currently serves as an Internet Law and Policy Foundry Fellow working on issues at the intersection of tech, law, and policy and as an Advisory Board Member for the nonprofit social impact incubator Seed Spot DC, working to invest in diverse entrepreneurs who are creating solutions to social problems.