Mia is currently working as General Counsel at Creative Commons, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting flexible copyright for creative work. She joined Creative Commons after working in the Silicon Valley office of the law firm Simpson Thatcher and Bartlett on a range of shareholder and securities, antitrust and intellectual property litigation matters. Prior this, Mia completed a Masters of Law at Stanford, specializing in Law, Science, and Technology, to deepen her knowledge of IP and technology issues. Before her Stanford studies, Mia worked as an IP associate in the Sydney office of Gilbert & Tobin Lawyers. In private practice her work has involved advising companies from a range of industries including advertising, broadcasting, finance, Internet and technology, recording and news companies. Throughout her legal career, Mia has regularly acted on a pro bono basis for individual creators, giving them legal advice on IP and related issues. Mia has also written numerous articles on current issues in IP and technology law and presented frequently on these issues. Her most recent article - "Player, Pirate or Conducer: A Consideration of the Rights of Online Gamers" - will be published in the upcoming Spring edition of the Yale Journal of Law & Technology.
Mia received a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales in 1998 and her Masters of Law from Stanford Law School in 2003. She is admitted to practice in New South Wales, Australia, and in California, US.