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William M. Lawrence: Lawyer with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

William M. Lawrence

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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Wachovia Tower, Suite 1600, 420 North Twentieth Street
Birmingham, Alabama  35203-5202
(Jefferson & Shelby Cos.)

Telephone: 205-328-0480
Telecopier: 205-322-8007
http://www.bakerdonelson.com



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Practice AreasCorporate Law; Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Intellectual Property; Sports Law
 
EducationCumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1996, Auburn University, B.A., 1990
 
Admitted1996, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama
 
MembershipsAmerican Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section, Intellectual Property Section and Sports and Entertainment Forum); Alabama State Bar; Birmingham Bar Association.
 
BornAnniston, Alabama, December 13, 1966
 
BiographyPi Gamma Mu International Honor Society. Named "Best of the Bar" in Technology Law by the Birmingham Business Journal. Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow, 1995-1996. Member: American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 1994-1996; Entertainment and Sports Law Task Force of Alabama State Bar; Executive Committee of Southern Regional Entertainment and Sports Law / Intellectual Property Law Conference. Law Clerk to Honorable Robert B. Propst, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1996-1997. Co-Author, "Ex Parte Baron Services, Inc. - The Alabama Supreme Court Ostensibly Rejects the Application of Marketability Discounts to the Determination of the Fair Value of Shares Owned by a Dissenting Shareholder in a Closely Held Corporation," 34 Cumberland Law Review 3 (2004). Author, "E-Sign: A Boon to Lessors Entering into the Increasing Electronic Lease Market," XXI LJN's Equipment Leasing 5 (2002). Co-Author: "E-Sign: An Important Federal Statute that Paves the Way for Enforcement of Electronic Leases," 15 Commercial Leasing Law and Strategy 3 (2002); "E-Sign: A Necessary Element of E-Commerce Legislation Impacting the Leasing Industry," 29 Monitor Leasing and Financial Services 9 (2002).
 
ISLN912607410
 
TransactionsRepresents one of the top 30 United States bank holding companies in various matters, including technology transactions, service and equipment procurement and financing matters. Represents one of the United States' largest, publicly traded title insurance companies in both litigation and non-litigation matters involving boundary disputes, mortgages and security deeds, creation of easements, adverse possession, corrective measures, bad faith failure to pay claims and lis pendens, among other matters. Represents publicly-traded and privately held clients in merger and acquisition work spanning a broad range of businesses, including telecommunications services, medical imaging, materials wholesale, automobile conversion and customization, furniture manufacturing, lighting control, special-interest publishing, retail sporting goods, building materials and clothing retailers. Represents professional athletes, television and radio personalities, musical artists, night clubs, health clubs and studio owners, among others, in the sport and entertainment industry. Regularly negotiates and closes software and other technology/eCommerce transactions from both the supplier and purchaser perspectives involving software license and service and support agreements, software development agreements, website design and hosting agreements, hardware acquisition and services agreements and application hosting agreements.
 


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