By Dan Clark 

Jeff True takes over as the company’s top lawyer, replacing Aparna Bawa, who became the company’s first general counsel in 2018 and then the chief operating officer in May.

San Jose, California-based Zoom Video Communications Inc. has hired a longtime technology general counsel to serve as its top lawyer while its former chief legal officer takes on the role of chief operating officer full-time.

The company made the announcement Monday of Jeff True’s hiring on its earnings call. True is now listed as the company’s general counsel on the executive page. According to True’s LinkedIn profile, he has worked as the company’s general counsel since August.

True takes over as the company’s top lawyer for Aparna Bawa. Bawa became the company’s first general counsel in September 2018. In May of this year, she was promoted to be Zoom’s chief operating officer but has served as the interim chief legal officer since then.

According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bawa began making a base salary of $400,000 Aug. 1 in her role as chief operating officer. As the company’s general counsel, she was paid $250,000 per year. Compensation information for True was not available.

“I am thrilled to join the Zoom team and help in its mission to deliver a world-class, frictionless and secure communications experience for customers around the world,” True said in a statement to Corporate Counsel. “I look forward to the opportunity to continue growing and scaling an already amazing legal team to address Zoom’s current and future legal needs.”

Zoom became popular at the beginning of the pandemic as employees were sent to work from home and companies wanted to find ways to connect. As the company has become more popular, it has also been the target of lawsuits from consumers. Two of the lawsuits were among the first to invoke the California Consumer Privacy Act and claimed the company shared user information with Facebook without consent.

True has spent his entire career working in-house, according to his LinkedIn profile. Most recently he served as the executive vice president and general counsel of Palo Alto Networks. He has served as vice president and general counsel of 2Wire Inc. and has also worked in-house at Informatica Corp. and Con-Way Transportation Services. True graduated from the Santa Clara University School of Law.

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Dan covers cyber security, legal operations and intellectual property for Corporate Counsel. Follow him on Twitter @Danclarkalm.

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