Irina Lerner Mellinger

Irina Lerner Mellinger currently serves as Commercial Counsel II at Box since March 2023, specializing in structuring and negotiating complex software licensing agreements and collaborating with internal stakeholders to ensure compliance with policies. Previously, Mellinger worked as a Contracts Attorney at Verily, handling a wide range of agreements, and as a Deal Strategist at Google Cloud, where strategic commercial structures were developed for competitive opportunities. Mellinger's experience also includes roles as Contracts Manager at Google in Marketing Operations and Contracts Specialist at the University of California, San Francisco. Early legal experience encompasses work as an Associate Attorney at Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP, and a Litigation Paralegal at Uber. Mellinger earned a Doctor of Law (JD) from Golden Gate University, School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.