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Christine Jones leaving Go Daddy — General Counsel

A long time fixture at Go Daddy is moving on.

Christine Jones, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for Go Daddy, will leave the firm Friday following 10 years.

Jones managed all legal affairs for the firm and frequently represented the firm as a witness at congressional hearings. She was a key player at the firm and the industry given her role in lobbying in Washington. She even had a cameo in GoDaddy’s 2009 “enhancement” Super Bowl commercial.

During her ten years at the firm she watched it grow from a modest startup to a multi-billion dollar firm, counting taking on an investment from PE firms last year.

But her tenure wasn’t always smooth sailing. Most recently, Jones got caught up in SOPA as she originally testified to congress in favor of the bill. GoDaddy later relented and changed its stance on the bill, but its position resulted in a good number of clients transferring their domains to competitors.

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