Kelly Lawton-Abbott, Jd/Mba Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California (Ca), Us

San Francisco, California (Ca), Us

Represents clients in the tech industry as outside general counsel:· Formation - LLC and corporations· Corporate Governance and Compliance· Financing - Note and early stage venture financing· Employment - agreements and handbooks· Commercial and Tech Contracts - Service and SaaS Agreements· Intellectual property - Trademark prosecution, IP (trademark, copyright, and trade secret) protection and enforcement· Privacy Compliance - Privacy policies, GDPR/CCPA compliance

Seattle, Washington, Us

Commercial and Tech Transactions• Work on media licensing agreements for tech, games, online news, personal care products, and tech ancillary services.• Negotiate and analyze content license agreements with fortune 500 company.Corporate and Financing • Provide business strategy, formation and maintenance of corporations, LLC’s, and Nonprofits.• Provide transactional and consultative legal services throughout the business lifecycle including entity formation, growth strategy, dissolution, divestment and winding down.• Support fundraising transactions on Series Seed and Series A rounds. Privacy • Monitor existing and proposed privacy and electronic communication laws and regulations (CCPA, COPPA, GDPR, etc.) and evaluate the potential impact on the business of key clients.• Create and implement privacy risk mitigation plans and drafting privacy policies and terms of service.Intellectual Property • Develop and manage IP strategy for media businesses, including evaluating the availability of potential trademarks, performing preliminary trademark searches, preparing trademark applications, preparing office actions, monitoring for infringement, portfolio management and copyright registration and enforcement.• Advising on international trademark protection and preparing trademark filings under Madrid Protocol.• Collaborate with outside counsel on trademark filings and prosecution internationally, specifically in China and UK, deal support and local legal matters.

Seattle, Washington, Us

• Reviewed and analyzed a variety of corporate documents including: NDAs, Termination Letters, Convertible Notes, Service Agreements, Distribution Agreements, Merchandising Agreements, and Producer Releases.• Investigated online trademark and copyright infringement matters and draft Cease and Desist Letters.• Conducted due diligence on company financials and corporate governance documents to prepare for financing.

Durham, Nc, Us

• Reviewed Non-Disclosure Agreements, Sponsorship Agreements, and Partner Agreements.• Drafted of Addendums for Terms and Conditions. • Worked with business and sales team on legal related issues.

• Researched virtual payments and Money Market Funds to assist the Director in drafting banking legislation.• Created a flow chart to develop a software application for Loans to One Borrower Rule.

•Helped develop training videos used in controlled validation studies.•Helped to develop techniques to improve the effectiveness of the intervention.•In charge of accounting and taxes. Including entering data and submitting to IRS.•Assisted in preparing and submitting applications for $3 million grants. •Assisted in preparing Patent Application amendments.•Responsible for keeping in contact with clients, sending out software, technical and progress updates and sales.•Travel to and assist at conferences as exhibitor domestically and internationally.

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

• Responsible to locate, contact, set up and manage accounts for the Homeowners Associations for over 4,000 investment properties owned in Florida, Nevada and Colorado. • Obtained bills for past due fees and negotiating to lower amounts due, including working with law firms handling collection accounts. Negotiated $30,000 in savings. • Notified Staff Attorney of all HOAs with restrictions in an effort to reduce the amount of non-conforming assets of the company.

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

• Managed database for investment properties from the offer stage to acquisition, until the property is rent ready. • Worked closely with the field’s buyers and third-party brokers to provide pre-acquisitions input and assistance in due diligence process. • Submited wires for deposits on properties, funds for purchase and funds to be used at trustee auctions, at times wiring up to $15 million in a day.

La Jolla, Ca, Us

• Lead assistant at a San Diego elementary school with a group of 50 children and eight other research assistants and substitute as lead assistant at several of the schools• Helped administer standardized tests and intervention for controlled validation study funded by Institute of Educational Science; assisted in entering data. • Assisted in submitting documents to the Internal Review Board at UCSD. •Lead our group’s presentation and organization for Brain Awareness Day, at UCSD.

• Developed and maintained a filing system for legal documentation.• Drafted and filed Memorandum of Lease Agreements and Subordination and Non-Disturbance Agreements. • Assisted in the creation of conformed (amendment and restated) programming licenses with major networks.• Assisted in preparing and reviewing Title Review Documents for cell tower sites.

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Business Entities, Corporate Tax, Trademark, Copyright, Antitrust

Bs, Economics

Marketing

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)