Teresa Hutson is Deputy General Counsel of Microsoft Corporation with responsibility for leading the company’s HR Legal Group. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing the company’s immigration, employment law, EEO investigations, and employment compliance teams. Teresa joined Microsoft in 2008, and before becoming Deputy General Counsel for HR Legal, she was Assistant General Counsel responsible for leading the Global Employment and Migration team. Prior to joining Microsoft, Teresa worked at Paul Hastings LLP in San Francisco. While in private practice, Teresa handled wage and hour class actions and individual suits regarding discrimination, sexual
harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, disability accommodation and compliance matters for a variety of clients including UPS, Target, Wal-Mart, UBS, Safeway, Microsoft, Bechtel, and Amgen.

Teresa received her law degree from Cornell Law School and her bachelor’s degree from Syracuse
University.