Michael P. Waks

Michael P. Waks is an experienced legal professional specializing in trust and safety, data privacy, and regulatory matters. Currently serving as Trust & Safety Counsel at Whatnot since March 2024, Waks previously held roles as Associate General Counsel and Senior Counsel at OpenSea from December 2021 to November 2023, and as an Associate in Litigation & Trial at Latham & Watkins from January 2020 to December 2021. Additional experience includes a Judicial Law Clerk position at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California from October 2018 to September 2019, and as an Associate in Litigation at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP from October 2014 to May 2018. Waks earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.