Priya Cherian Huskins, Esq., Sr. Vice President

Named one of the “Top 100 Women of Influence in the Silicon Valley” in 2009 by the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal, Priya is a recognized expert in D&O liability risk and its mitigation. In addition to consulting on D&O insurance, she counsels clients on corporate governance matters, including ways to reduce their exposure to shareholder lawsuits and regulatory investigations. Priya is a frequent speaker nationally and internationally on D&O issues, is a regular guest lecturer for Stanford Law School’s Corporate Governance Colloquium, and has taught at Stanford’s Annual Directors’ College, among others. She has authored articles for journals as diverse as the Stanford Law Review and Directors & Boards.

Priya is on the board of directors of Realty Income Corporation, The Monthly Dividend Company®, (NYSE: O). She is also on the board of directors of the National Association of Corporate Directors, Silicon Valley Chapter, and is a member of the California Bar.

Priya began her career as a corporate and securities attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR), one of Silicon Valley’s leading law firms. At WSGR, Priya worked with public and private companies through all stages of their development, including IPOs, ongoing public reporting and M&A transactions. She joined Woodruff-Sawyer’s Corporate & Executive Protection Practice in 2003. In 2007, Business Insurance magazine recognized her as one of the industry’s “Women to Watch.”

Priya earned her undergraduate degree with high honors from Harvard University. She was awarded her juris doctorate with honors from the Law School at the University of Chicago, where she was managing editor of the University’s Legal Forum publication. Following law school, she was a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Frank Magill of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Selected Podcasts:

WS&Co. D&O Liability Series
WS&Co. Executive Summary Series

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Selected Speaking Events:

From the General Counsel's Perspective (January 2010)
2010 Plus D&O Symposium (February 2010)
Stanford Directors College (June 2010)
Western Regional Meeting of the Society of Corporate Directors (August 2010)
University of Chicago, Dartmouth and Stanford Directors’ Consortium (October 2010)
E&Y Strategic Growth Forum (November 2010)

Selected Publications

“D&O Liability Insurance” chapter in WSGR’s The Initial Public Offering: A Guidebook for Executives and Boards of Directors
"Climate Change Disclosure and Liability Danger," Corporate Board Magazine (Nov/Dec 2009)
"Board's Role in Enterprise Risk Oversight," Bloomberg Finance L.P. (November 2009)

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Priya lives in Foster City, California with her husband and two young sons.

To contact Priya Cherian Huskins, please email phuskins@wsandco.com or call 415.402.6527