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Licenses
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Admitted to Practice in Texas
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Admitted to Practice in the federal courts, Northern District of Texas
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Certified Information Privacy Professional/US
Education
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Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, J.D.
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St. John’s College, B.A.
Practice Areas
• General counsel and legal function advisory
• Legal department creation and planning
• Legal project planning, development, and management
• Corporate and M&A
• SaaS, IaaS, Software & Hardware Technology
• Corporate Governance & Compliance
• Corporate Securities & Private Placement
Prior Professional Experience
• 14 years private practice representation of software and hardware tech companies and other clients internationally across diverse legal subject areas, serving various industries
• 18 years in-house and outsourced general counsel experience leading seed, venture, private equity, and public companies, making and acting on legal decisions in their national and international operations and subsidiaries.
• 8 years investing in and guiding technology portfolio companies as a private equity fund management company executive and general counsel
• 4 years evaluating and executing M&A transactions as a corporate development executive
• 6 years negotiating, drafting, and signing licensing contracts as contract manager and head of contracts department with a Fortune 200 and 100 company’s software division
• 6 years leadership collaboration as a tech company member of the board with 2 private equity fund portfolio companies, including chairperson responsibility
My Story
THE MISSION: Excellent Legal Service & Complete Client Satisfaction.
SERVICES: Legal advisory through risk identification, solution development, solution management and implementation. Efficient project staffing with skilled, experienced colleagues.
CLIENTS: Small to mid-size businesses (SMBs).
PERSPECTIVES:
- Every executive’s time is precious.
- "One riot, one ranger" is a favored practice.
- Invest legal budget directly in legal service, not office rent, not training junior lawyers.
- Keep clients informed. "Heads up!" Not "duck!"
I MANAGE CLIENTS' LEGAL LIVES:
- Identify risks and deliver avoidance strategies
- Eliminate potential risks with nonlegal action if feasible
- Plan and lead legal projects
- Give executive direction for your staff attorneys and non-attorney legal staff
- Staff experienced Fulton|Jeang law colleagues for execution and implementation where needed
- Lead M&A projects from pre-offer diligence and planning through post-closing integration
- Lead private funding for operating companies.
- Form business entities and plan governance frameworks for businesses and start-ups
- Manage and update operating contract forms
- Negotiate business agreements
- Review compliance and corporate policies
- Provide software and cyber, SaaS, AI, data, privacy and intellectual property protection.
- Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US)
Contact
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