10 Opendoor legal leaders
Rishi Kotiya, SVP, Head of Legal and Corporate Secretary at Opendoor, heads this list of Opendoor legal leaders, which also includes senior directors, directors and associate general counsels. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at Opendoor from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Ashley Simms
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Associate General Counsel · Opendoor
Ashley Simms has been Senior Director, Associate General Counsel at Opendoor since December 2025 and has also held the title Director, Associate General Counsel there since April 2024. At Opendoor, Ashley Simms was also Associate General Counsel (2023–2024) and Senior Counsel - Structured Finance (2022–2023), and was Associate General Counsel at Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco from 2019 to 2022.
Bernard Gajos
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel · Opendoor
Bernard Gajos has been Associate General Counsel at Opendoor since October 2023 and was Senior Counsel at Opendoor from 2021 to 2023. Bernard Gajos was also Senior Legal Counsel at Kyriba from 2018 to 2021 and Sr. Corporate Counsel at ServiceSource (acquired by Concentrix) from 2015 to 2017.
Dawn Robertson
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, Associate General Counsel - Product, Regulatory and Commercial · Opendoor
Dawn Robertson is a former Director, Associate General Counsel - Product, Regulatory and Commercial at Opendoor (2023–2025), a role the profile describes as building and leading a cross-functional team of attorneys. Dawn Robertson was also Associate General Counsel - Product at Opendoor from 2020 to 2023 and has been Senior Director, Product Counsel at Handshake since October 2025.
Kaimi Jones
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director, Associate General Counsel & Compliance Officer · Opendoor
Kaimi Jones is a former Senior Director, Associate General Counsel & Compliance Officer at Opendoor (2023–2024) and was Director, Associate General Counsel & Compliance Officer there from 2022 to 2023. Kaimi Jones has been Assistant General Counsel, Technology & Product at Lowe's Companies, Inc. since July 2026.
Michael Laskin
LinkedInExperience: Director, Associate General Counsel · Opendoor
Michael Laskin has been Director, Associate General Counsel at Opendoor since March 2024 and was Associate General Counsel - Product at Opendoor from 2022 to 2024. Michael Laskin also held the roles Principal Corporate Counsel at Redfin (2021–2022) and Corporate Counsel, Compliance & Operations at Amazon (2013–2017).
Michael Zamudio
LinkedInExperience: Director, Associate General Counsel · Opendoor
Michael Zamudio has been Director, Associate General Counsel at Opendoor since April 2023. At Opendoor, Michael Zamudio also held the roles Associate General Counsel, Compliance (2022–2023) and Senior Counsel, Head of Compliance, Mortgage FinTech (2021–2022), and was Associate General Counsel at Homebridge Financial Services, Inc. in 2021.
Michelle Carter
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Associate General Counsel · Opendoor
Michelle Carter has been Sr. Director, Associate General Counsel at Opendoor since September 2025, with a profile headline naming litigation, product, compliance and regulatory work. At Opendoor, Michelle Carter also held the roles Director, Associate General Counsel (2023–2025), Associate General Counsel (2022–2023) and Sr. Litigation Counsel (2021–2022).
Rishi Kotiya
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Head of Legal and Corporate Secretary · Opendoor
Rishi Kotiya has been SVP, Head of Legal and Corporate Secretary at Opendoor since November 2025, and the profile lists corporate matters, IPOs, SEC reporting, governance, M&A and employment among the matters handled. At Opendoor, Rishi Kotiya also held the roles VP, Corporate Legal + Assistant Secretary (2025), Director, Associate General Counsel (2022–2025) and Associate General Counsel (2019–2022).
Sally Mimms
LinkedInExperience: Former VP & Deputy General Counsel · Opendoor
Sally Mimms is a former VP & Deputy General Counsel at Opendoor (2022) and also held the Opendoor roles Deputy General Counsel - Regulatory and Product (2019–2022) and Director of Legal - Regulatory & Product (2017–2019). Sally Mimms was VP, Deputy General Counsel at Brex from 2023 to 2024 and has been VP, Deputy General Counsel at Cedar since January 2025.
Tristan Favro
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel · Opendoor
Tristan Favro has been Associate General Counsel at Opendoor since October 2023 and was Senior Counsel, Litigation at Opendoor from 2022 to 2023. Tristan Favro was also Principal Counsel, Enforcement at FINRA from 2021 to 2022 and Legal Counsel, Associate Director at Greenwich Biosciences from 2020 to 2021.
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- 01How do in-house lawyers at a real estate technology company work with product teams on new offerings?
- 02How does a legal team divide regulatory, litigation and corporate work as the business changes?
- 03What changes when an in-house lawyer moves from associate general counsel to a director or head of legal role?
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