Areas of Practice
Technology, corporate governance and finance, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions

Representative Experience
Three decades of experience assisting and advising domestic and international clients on matters critical to their organization, development, product sourcing, sales, marketing and eventual liquidity. Thoroughly seasoned in guiding high technology and high growth companies in addressing the challenges of rapid growth and expansion. Advisor to domestic and international clients on strategic issues relating to protection of intellectual property, joint ventures, product sales and procurement.

Representative Clients
Clients include leading aerospace, software, games, manufacturing, medical technology, and special materials companies

Publications and Presentations
Regular speaker internationally and in the U.S. on corporate governance and finance, including the implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation

Contributing author to Cracking the New E-Conomy and Intellectual Property Word Desk Reference

Memberships and Activities
Co-chair, Business Investment & International Trade Practice Group of the Pacific Rim Advisory Group

Board and Executive Committee member, Washington Technology Industry Association

Co-chair, International Service Committee, Seattle Rotary #4

Board and Executive Committee member, Humane Society of Seattle-King County

Founder/founding board member of the CEO Roundtable, the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association and the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest

Member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, Alliance of Angels and the Washington Science and Technology Roundtable

Education
J.D., Duke University School of Law, 1972

• Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal

Former Certified Public Accountant

B.S., Finance and Accounting, Florida Atlantic University, 1969