Ann O'Neil Baskins is former General Counsel for Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). Baskins was linked to the HP pretexting scandal.. On September 28, 2006, following public disclosure of the matter, Baskins resigned effective immediately, hours before she was to appear as a witness before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce at which she would later invoke the Fifth Amendment

Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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 to "not be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime." Baskins was never charged by California or federal authorities.

Baskins was succeeded by Charles Charnas, a member of her team, who became HP Acting General Counsel. On February 8, 2007, HP CEO Mark Hurd appointed Michael Holston as HP Executive Vice President and General Counsel, effective February 22, 2007. Holston will report directly to Mark Hurd and join HP's Executive Council.

Career

• Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May (now Reed Smith Crosby Heafey), 1980 to 1981
  • Associate

• Hewlett-Packard Company, 1982 to September 28, 2006
  • Attorney, 1982
  • Senior Attorney, 1985
  • Assistant Secretary, 1985
  • Corporate Counsel, 1986
  • Corporate Secretary, 1999 to 2006
  • Vice President, November 1999 to 2002
  • General Counsel (company's top lawyer), January 2000 to 2006
  • Senior Vice President, 2002 to 2006

Other memberships

• American Bar Association
  American Bar Association
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• American Corporate Counsel Association
• American Society of Corporate Secretaries
• Silicon Valley Association of General Counsels (SVAGC)

Education

• B.A.
  Bachelor of Arts
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  , History
  History
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  , Stanford University
  Stanford University
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  , Stanford, California
  Stanford, California
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  , USA, 1977
• J.D.
  Juris Doctor
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  , UCLA School of Law
  UCLA School of Law
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  , Los Angeles, California
  Los Angeles, California
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  , USA, 1980

Awards

• California Law Business, #1 attorney in annual list of California's top 50 counsel, 2001

Personal

• Husband is Thomas C. DeFilipps, partner in law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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