Whitney represents clients before the North Carolina General Assembly,
where for more than a decade she has evaluated, drafted, supported,
amended, and opposed legislation in accordance with client needs. She
serves as the Raleigh office’s Geographic Team Co-Leader and heads the
firm’s state legislative efforts. Whitney is also the Co-Chair of the firm’s
Professional Licensing Practice Group.
Whitney has experience advocating on behalf of some of the nation’s
largest corporations, statewide professional associations, manufacturers,
the hospitality industry, environmental service providers, financial
institutions, military and education nonprofits as well as local
governments. She has successfully secured state budget provisions and
has had legislation introduced and enacted pertaining to business
liability, internet privacy and security laws, virtual currency, higher
education, criminal justice, state and local pension system reforms,
vehicle registration, transportation funding, special elections, alcoholic
beverage laws, state procurement of information technology, local
government purchasing requirements, and 911 dispatch center
redundancy. She also counsels and represents clients before government
bodies in economic development matters.
Whitney also is licensed to practice patent law before the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and has assisted clients with trademark
searches and trademark application preparation. She has experience
reviewing and drafting intellectual property agreements and privacy
policies and also often assists with litigation matters.
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