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Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, is pleased to announce that Cynthia-Clare Tagoe has joined the Firm as Of Counsel in its Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Information Management and Business, Corporate and Commercial Practice Groups, where she will focus on intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, commercial and technology transactions, data privacy and protection, risk management, and subsidiary management. Her addition further strengthens the Firm’s capabilities in helping clients navigate the evolving legal and regulatory challenges surrounding technology, data protection, and complex business disputes.

Ms. Tagoe brings more than two decades of legal experience advising global organizations on commercial transactions, intellectual property, compliance, technology matters, and litigation. Most recently, she served as Vice President and General Counsel at QSC, LLC, where she oversaw all legal matters related to the company’s global operations, including mergers and acquisitions, technology transactions, litigation, ethics and compliance, data privacy and protection, and risk management. 

Ms. Tagoe also served as Assistant General Counsel at Lockheed Martin Corporation and spent more than a decade as Senior Corporate Counsel at Caterpillar Inc., advising executive leadership teams on sophisticated legal and operational matters involving technology, intellectual property, procurement, and international business transactions. 

She earned her MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, her J.D., cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and her B.S., summa cum laude, from Central State University. Ms. Tagoe is admitted to practice in New York and California and is also admitted before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 

Outside of her legal practice, Ms. Tagoe is an avid soccer fan and plays keyboard in a worship band.

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm with over 125 attorneys, has developed a reputation for innovative solutions and professional leadership. For 50 years, the Firm has served the public and private sectors with a broad range of practice areas and industry experience including business, commercial, education, energy, utility regulation, environmental, land use, immigration, intellectual property, labor and employment, matrimonial and family law, real estate development, federal and state taxation, cybersecurity and data privacy, estate planning and administration, health care, government relations and litigation.