Verizon Executives

Sarah B. Deutsch
Vice President and Associate General Counsel
Verizon

Sarah Deutsch is vice president and associate general counsel for Verizon on global Internet policy issues, including liability, privacy, intellectual property policy and Internet jurisdiction. She currently represents Verizon on a host of domestic and international Internet issues ranging from digital rights management, the Hague Convention, Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention, Europe's E-Commerce and Copyright Directives, ICANN Internet governance and domain name issues, and all U.S. Internet legislation.

Sarah was selected by U.S. Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to serve as Private Sector Advisor to the U.S. Delegation to the World Intellectual Property Organization 1996 Conference on the WIPO Copyright Treaties. She served as one of five negotiators for the U.S. telecommunications industry in negotiations, which resulted in the passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Formerly vice president and chief intellectual property counsel for Bell Atlantic (now Verizon), Sarah is responsible for large intellectual property practice, including registration and enforcement of patents, trademarks and copyrights worldwide and related policy.