Trina R Hunn

Trina Hunn is Vice President & Associate General Counsel at HarperCollins Publishers and has expertise in a wide range of book publishing issues. In part, she focuses on the content of HarperCollins’s books, conducting prepublication review of authors’ non-fiction works and providing guidance to editorial staff about content related questions. She also responds to claim letters regarding content and drafts and negotiates settlement agreements and releases. Trina also manages and supervises litigations, disputes, and subpoena compliance. In recent years, Trina has focused her practice on the intersection of copyright infringement and artificial intelligence, including the historic settlement of an action brought by authors against Anthropic. She previously held positions at Hearst Corporation and Squadron Ellenoff Plesent & Sheinfeld, LLP / Hogan & Hartson LLP. She earned her BA from the University of Texas at Austin and her joint JD and Master of Public Policy from Harvard Law School and John F. Kennedy School of Government. 

Fun Fact: My family and I were rescued by park rangers in Big Bend National Park after we became trapped in a canyon by flash floods. (Not fun, actually!)