Priya Aiyar

Priya Aiyar is a highly experienced legal executive currently serving as the Chief Legal Officer for Warner Bros. Discovery, a role she assumed in February 2025. In this capacity, she leads the company's global legal organization and strategy, which encompasses a broad range of legal areas, including intellectual property. Her work at Warner Bros. Discovery has involved overseeing the development of internal guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence in production and assisting with the execution of a music publishing joint venture, indicating engagement with technology and content-related intellectual property matters. She is credited with achieving favorable outcomes in significant legal matters for WBD, both through court wins and strategic settlements.

Prior to joining Warner Bros. Discovery, Ms. Aiyar served as Chief Legal Officer for American Airlines from 2022, and as Senior Vice President and General Counsel since 2019. Her responsibilities there included managing the airline's global legal affairs and strategies, including intellectual property issues and litigation. The single tracked case shows her appearing on the plaintiff side as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, consistent with an operating company managing its intellectual property portfolio.

Before her in-house leadership roles, Ms. Aiyar was a partner at prominent law firms, including Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP from 2017 to 2019, and earlier at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel PLLC. Her career also features extensive public sector service, including Acting General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Department of the Treasury (2013-2017), Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Energy, and senior legal roles within the Federal Communications Commission. There is no specific information available regarding her direct involvement in PTAB or IPR proceedings.

Ms. Aiyar holds a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, a Master's degree from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar, and a Bachelor's degree from Harvard University. She was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2002.