Doug Bernstein Email & Phone Number

I represent venture capital funds -- primarily serving as general counsel to First Round Capital (www.firstround.com). I fell in love in high school and followed her to the University of Rochester -- where I learned that it's really cold in Rochester, hard to get a job with a history major, and that I should probably go to law school (or play the lottery) if I ever wanted to be able to afford season tickets to my beloved NY Mets. Following college I received my law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, which is a really long name -- even for a law school. After law school I (finally) married my high school sweetheart (she's a patient angel), worked at a bunch of law firms and a private equity fund, taught a law school course on venture capital law, and turned down the general counsel job at half.com shortly before it was acquired by eBay (for a lot). In 2009 I founded Bernstein Law Group, PC, a name I selected after exhaustive market research — and a few beers. I lecture frequently on a wide variety of topics -- primarily to my wife and kids. I've worked on more venture capital transactions than any lawyer in the history of the world, and hope that my #StatsIMadeUp meme on twitter (@DougBernstein) catches on one day. I co-chair an annual PLI "Venture Capital Nuts & Bolts" program.I believe in the oxford comma. I compete in an annual whac-a-mole competition -- which I have never won. Yes, whac-a-mole is a sport. No, I can't teach you how to Dougie. I'm allergic to red wine, have developed an immunity to iocane powder, switched from beer to scotch, (and back to beer again), and still don't have those Mets season tickets.[BTW, the NY State Bar would like you to know that this is attorney advertising. Those who know me, my (lack of) marketing skills, and my career path, will know why that's the funniest part of this bio.]

Listed skills include Venture Capital, Whac A Mole, Sarcasm, Private Equity, and 12 others.