Stevie Cline is an experienced general counsel for startups who has worked with over 15 companies at every level of their innovation journey. She has represented companies in sectors such as AI, Fintech, Healthcare, and Software. She is also the co-founder and managing partner of Vol. 1 Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on investing in pre-seed, seed, and series A companies operating in regulated sectors. Stevie is also the former founder of Prenome, a genetics company that discovered the first polygenic risk score for gestational diabetes and worked to prevent pregnancy complications in women. She also has held leadership positions at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), Johns Hopkins University, White Castle, and Fiat S.p.A./Ferrari. Prior to entering the technology sector, she was a Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, focused on Corporate Law, M&A, Regulatory, and Taxation. She has also argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Tax Court. Stevie is also the founder of Highly Regulated, a newsletter on the regulatory and compliance landscape that has over 20,000 subscribers. She is also a registered lobbyist, working with companies looking to market new, regulated, products in the United States.
Stevie is currently working as a fractional general counsel for startups around the United States and abroad.