Kaleo Legal is excited to announce that Brittany Berky and Tim Boykin have joined the Richmond Office as part of the Complex Civil Litigation and Technology Transaction Teams

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Richmond, VA - Brittany Sadler Berky: Kaleo Legal welcomes Brittany Sadler Berky to the firm as a member of its Complex Commercial Litigation practice, with a particular focus on labor and employment litigation and counseling, civil rights litigation, government investigations, and appeals. At Kaleo Legal, Brittany will serve as both trial counsel and Virginia co-counsel in cases in federal and state court, in addition to arbitration and administrative proceedings. Brittany has over ten years of experience in a wide variety of litigation subject matters.

Prior to joining Kaleo, Brittany was an Assistant Attorney General in the Virginia Office of the Attorney General, Office of Civil Rights, where she focused on investigation and litigation of discrimination complaints in Virginia. She has in-depth knowledge of Virginia and federal civil rights laws. Prior to that, she spent time with a national law firm in their Consumer Financial Services group handling compliance matters and Fair Credit Reporting Act cases. Brittany also previously worked on the U.S Senate Judiciary Committee as Counsel, handling over 100 hearings during her time in the position, where she covered judicial and executive nominations, oversight of executive agencies, and substantive legislation in diverse areas of law such as intellectual property and immigration.

“Brittany’s multifaceted experience with Congress, a federal appellate court, a large national firm, and the Executive Branch in Virginia will bring an extraordinarily unique perspective to her cases. We look forward to her developing both her trial skills and her counseling expertise at Kaleo for clients of all sizes, while adding to our growing firm presence in Richmond,” said Billy Poynter, a principal at Kaleo Legal.

Brittany is a graduate of William & Mary Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review and Moot Court Team, and Thomas Edison State College. She clerked for Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She is a member of the Virginia State Bar and is an adjunct professor at William & Mary Law School.

Richmond, VA - Tim Boykin: Kaleo Legal also welcomes Tim Boykin to the firm as a member of its Technology Transactions practice in the firm’s Richmond, Virginia office. He will focus on counseling technology providers and corporate legal departments on complex commercial and technology-related negotiations, data, privacy, and AI-related matters.

Prior to joining Kaleo Legal, Tim served as Assistant General Counsel at Owens & Minor, a Fortune 500 company before recently being sold to a private equity firm. At Owens & Minor, he was the legal-business partner to the global IT organization; collaborated with IT, cybersecurity, and compliance leadership; advised on AI, privacy, cybersecurity, and information governance programs; and served as lead commercial counsel for internal and customer-facing technology and analytics solutions. Before that, as corporate counsel and head of legal of a Richmond-based financial services and technology provider, he was the first in-house attorney for the company, serving on the senior management team of a growing venture capital-backed enterprise. Tim drafted and negotiated cloud-based SaaS and technology vendor agreements, spearheaded cybersecurity and privacy efforts, and streamlined contracting processes across the business.

“I am excited to welcome Tim to Kaleo Legal,” said Will Dickinson, a principal at Kaleo Legal. “Tim and I have worked together directly, and I have seen first-hand his practical, business-minded approach to the practice of law. He will be a great addition to our group and to the clients we serve.”

Tim holds a J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law, an M.B.A. from the University of Richmond Robins School of Business, and a B.A. in Public Policy and History from the College of William & Mary. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

About Kaleo Legal

Kaleo Legal is a regional firm, based out of Virginia, that provides the highest level of legal service in a cost-effective manner by operating on a largely virtual basis, and hiring seasoned counsel, most of whom have worked at AmLaw 200 and Fortune 500 firms. We operate as fractional general and in-house counsel for our clients, handling the most sophisticated technology transactions, corporate deals, employment matters, and anything else that an in-house counsel would be expected to handle. We also serve as merits counsel to our clients in a wide variety of complex civil litigation matters, including patent and trademark cases, employment cases, class action defense matters, and products liability cases, in addition to cases involving constitutional law claims. Our trial lawyers participate directly with EDVA judges and other legal professionals in local chapters of the Federal Bar Association, the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, and local bar associations.

Contact

Brittany Sadler Berky, brittanyberky@kaleolegal.com

Tim Boykin, timothyboykin@kaleolegal.com