Danielle Ochs is an equity shareholder in the San Francisco office of Ogletree Deakins. She serves as co-chair of the firm’s Technology Practice Group and focuses on matters arising in the TECHPLACETM. She has 30 years of experience representing an array of “tech” employers, as well as employers in a range of other local, national, and international industries, including higher education. Danielle’s experience includes successfully defending employers in both jury and bench trials and in arbitration proceedings. She currently dedicates a significant portion of her practice to trial court litigation, arbitration, and strategic conflict management in the areas of employment law, trade secrets and unfair competition, and technology in the workplace. She works closely with her clients to develop effective strategies for litigating and resolving legal actions, approaching each case zealously and strategically with a steadfast commitment to client service. Danielle also has active advice and counsel, training, and investigations practices, working closely with employers on a variety of employment and employment-based technology, trade secret, and unfair competition compliance issues with the goal of avoiding litigation. In the last five years, Danielle has focused on artificial intelligence (AI) governance and the responsible use of AI in the workplace, including the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs), AI-transcription technology, HR chatbots, and the use of GenAI and other emerging technologies in the workplace. Danielle regularly speaks across the country on a range of employment and employment-based technology issues. Check out her latest Insights below.
