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Visibility Rankings  | | #2,466 out of 20,651 lawyers in Los Angeles, California | | #70,723 out of 898,912 total lawyers Overall |
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| Practice Areas | Business Law; Intellectual Property; Technology Law; Media Law | | | Education | University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., University of California, Davis, A.B., Economics, with honors | | | Admitted | 1996, California | |
| Memberships | Beverly Hills (Member, Intellectual Property Section) and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Intellectual Property Section); International Game Developers Association; Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association (SEMA). | | | ISLN | 919188967 | | | Transactions | Interactive Entertainment: Drafted and negotiated a $12-million game development and license agreement for a privately held videogame publisher; Negotiated licensed publisher agreements with Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony; Negotiated master replication and distribution agreements for publicly traded and privately held videogame publisher clients; Negotiated multiple international and domestic software distribution agreements; Structured, drafted, and negotiated middleware technology licenses. Toy Industry: Negotiated multiple toy content licenses with studios, networks, film companies, and other content holders; Negotiated toy inventor agreements on behalf of publicly traded toy company. Startup Companies: Counseled with respect to type of business entity: Drafted and prepared shareholder agreement, work-for-hire agreements, and employment agreements; Created technology licenses for software consulting company; Created technology license for software/middleware technology company; Created sales agency agreements for start-up company. Intellectual Property, Trademark Clearance and Prosecution, IP Counseling on Trademark and Copyright questions: Counseled and advised clients with respect to music rights issues, promotions and giveaways; Advised clients with respect to sweepstakes and promotions laws; Drafted rules and regulations for sweepstakes, promotions, and contests. Business Counseling: Lease negotiation for auxiliary space for software publisher; Review and negotiation of various vendor and service provider agreements. Mergers and Acquisitions: Co-counsel for videogame publisher in connection with its acquisition of a bestselling line of games and development studio from another publisher; Co-counsel for a wireless developer in connection with its acquisition by a wireless publisher. | |
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