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Victoria is a reporter for Legaltech News, where she covers national and international cyber regulations and legal tech innovations and developments.

Alesya Nasimova is the former Deputy General Counsel and Head of Legal and Compliance at DailyPay, Inc., a financial services tech startup. As their first legal hire, Alesya was in charge of the creation, implementation and training of Company wide standard agreements and compliance programs. Working closely with internal departments and outside counsel to contribute to the growth and scale of the Company, Alesya spearheaded the Trademark and Patent filings, the contract negotiation of Revenue driving deals and Data Privacy Regulation and Compliance.

Before DailyPay, Alesya has worked at WestPoint in the Commercial Real Estate and Investment Funding sector as well as devoting her time to Pro Bono work representing defendants in Consumer Debt Litigation. Alesya Proudly holds a Bachelor of Science and Juris Doctorate from St. John’s University.

LACEE CURRENTLY SERVES AS ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL AT AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, HEADQUARTERED IN PITTSBURGH, PA, WHERE SHE HANDLES CORPORATE, COMMERCIAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL MATTERS.

PRIOR TO AMERICAN EAGLE, LACEE SERVED AS COUNSEL AT UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION. SHE HAS WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN TRANSACTIONAL MATTERS NEGOTIATING A VARIETY OF AGREEMENTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE ENTERPRISE IN BOTH THE STEEL AND RETAIL INDUSTRIES. SHE EARNED BOTH HER B.A. AND J.D. FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AND IS ADMITTED TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BAR AND U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PA.

ADDITIONALLY, LACEE IS A MEMBER OF THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION WHERE SHE RECENTLY COMPLETED HER TERM AS CHAIR OF THE YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION AND SERVES AS A TRUSTEE FOR THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION.

LACEE HAS BEEN A BIG SISTER WITH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER PITTSBURGH FOR 6 YEARS AND RECENTLY COMPLETED HER TERM AS PRESIDENT OF IT’S YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OUTREACH BOARD. ADDITIONALLY, LACEE SITS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR SCHOOL FACILITY DEVELOPMENT, INC., WHERE SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AS PRESIDENT.

Leah Yadegar is the Senior Corporate Counsel for Material, (formerly LRWGroup), a leading integrated marketing services company that leverages deep human understanding to help brands deliver material outcomes and experiences for their customers and the communities they serve.

Along with her General Counsel, Leah supports over 1250 employees in over 20 offices around the world. Leah is responsible for enterprise-wide legal, and risk management functions spanning across Material’s eleven entities. Leah most enjoys spearheading client contract negotiations, vendor onboarding, employee and independent contractor matters, data security and training others in the art of negotiation.

Before joining Material, Leah was a litigator in a boutique civil litigation practice in Beverly Hills. Leah has been active on the board of several international non-profit organizations and in 2017-2018 was appointed the Director of the StandWithUs legal fellowship, which provides practical, hands-on legal training to law students from the five Los Angeles based law schools. Leah holds two bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California, Santa Barbara in History of Public Policy and Sociology (summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa), a J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law, and a Certificate in A.D.R. from the prestigious Straus Institute.

Outside of her passion for law, business and negotiating, Leah is an avid international traveler, and enjoys skiing, and tennis. When she’s not at work, she is busy running after her three young sons and adventuring with her attorney husband.