Cynthia Tregillis Biography and Net Worth

Cynthia Tregillis is the Chief Legal Officer and Secretary at Western Digital. She oversees the company's worldwide legal, risk management, compliance, and government relations functions.

In her role, Cynthia advises the company's executive leadership team and members of the company's Board of Directors. She oversees the teams responsible for supporting the company's efforts to develop, manufacture, market and sell storage products globally through the company's independent subsidiaries. She also leads teams responsible for protecting the company's significant intellectual property, strengthening and defending the company's brands worldwide, and complying with regulatory and public company obligations. Since joining Western Digital in 2012, she has held several positions, most recently serving as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel.

Previously, Cynthia was an attorney Of Counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and a Partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP and Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly LLP, where her practice focused on intellectual property and civil litigation. She was also a judicial clerk at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Cynthia sits on the Boards of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, U.S.-India Business Council, and International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition. She is the past chair of the University of Southern California Intellectual Property Institute and a member of the Executive and Planning Committees. She is also a founding leader of the Los Angeles chapter of ChIPs, an organization focused on connecting and advancing women in technology, policy, and the law. The World Trademark Review has identified her on its WTR 300 and Global Leaders lists.

Cynthia graduated from the University of California, San Diego (Revelle College) and the University of San Francisco School of Law.