Virginia Newman Executive Director of Sustainability & Assistant General Counsel JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS
Virginia is Executive Director of Sustainability & Assistant General Counsel at Joyson Safety Systems. Prior to joining Jayson, Virginia focused her practice on complex commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense matters, including internal and government investigations involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). She has worked on teams representing companies in significant U.S. and international matters, including the defense of a large financial institution in connection with foreign exchange investigations conducted by the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She has extensive experience conducting internal investigations for multinational technology and telecommunications companies, particularly in Asia. Ms. Newman also advises clients in data management and cryptocurrency mining disputes.
Ms. Newman earned her Juris Doctor in 2014 from the University of Virginia, where she won the Jean-Pictet International Humanitarian Law Competition, and her Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 2010, where she was a recipient of the school's highest academic scholarship.
Ms. Newman speaks, reads, and writes Mandarin Chinese. Prior to joining Miller & Chevalier, Ms. Newman practiced in the Hong Kong office of a large U.S. law firm as a Registered Foreign Lawyer.
Education University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. University of Georgia, B.A., Magna Cum Laude
Court Admissions New York District of Columbia Languages Mandarin Chinese