Kim Farbota Email & Phone Number

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Santa Monica, California, United States

Completing a year-long residency at studio/gallery. Debut solo show "Rapid Evolution" June 15 - July 17. Second solo “Folk Ontologies” TBA.

Sole practitioner representing eco-conscious, venture-backed emerging companies in environmental matters and as "outside in-house counsel."Services aimed at helping clients maximize the benefits of operating a green business include:• Identifying and pursuing programs aimed at promoting the growth of environmentally responsible companies to improve client cash flow, revenue, and long-term success• Leveraging skill and experience in government relations and lobbying• Exceptional expertise regarding California's carbon markets (Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Cap-and-Trade)Client success is further supported with highly skilled, lower-cost fulfillment of general legal needs:• Contract review, drafting and negotiation (TOUs, licensing agreements, leases, manufacturing agreements, vendor contracts, NDAs, etc.)• Company policy creation (e.g., remote work, vacation, disciplinary action)• IP assessment, management, and protection• Broad spectrum legal research and counsel

"EcoBids (www.EcoBids.org) is a non-profit learning and trading platform that will allow people to buy or sell shares of climate-focused outcomes, donate to charities, and earn money in a way that directly helps the world."

Member of Professor Martin Monti's Higher Cognition, Language, and Consciousness laboratory:• Assisted with multi-modal MRI fusion projects using neuroimaging data to predict post-acute neurological outcomes in severe traumatic brain injury patients• Consulted on questions and projects involving altered states of consciousness, including sensory deprivation, anesthesia, coma, and psychoactive drug states (ketamine, LSD, PCP, DMT)

Los Angeles, California

Climate change attorney focused on California's carbon markets, environmental commodities, clean energy projects, greenhouse gas neutral development, and alternative transit initiatives:• Primary responsibilities included tracking and analyzing complex legal regimes and developing appropriate business strategies, securing regulatory approvals, lobbying government agencies, and retaining and managing cross-functional consultant teams.• Complimentary emerging companies practice focused on representing high-growth, venture-backed emerging companies in matters relating to corporate governance, technology licensing, IP strategy, risk mitigation, and general contract drafting and negotiations.• Transactional experience included evaluating the environmental aspects of potential deals, performing due diligence, and negotiating agreements.• Received California State Bar Wiley W. Manuel award for pro bono legal services in connection with 1,500+ hours spent successfully representing the interests of victims of child sex trafficking.

Chicago, Illinois

Performed due diligence for technology transactions; analyzed legal issues relating to employment matters and corporate governance; wrote memoranda regarding FDA regulation of mobile medical apps.

New Haven, Connecticut

Conceptualized and developed a prison-based rehabilitation program informed by neuroscience; co-authored a textbook chapter addressing the legal admissibility of neuroimaging evidence.

Madison, Wisconsin

Devised a strategy to ensure the long-term sustainability of state conservation funding; garnered bi-partisan support from a divided state legislature; oversaw design, development, and launch of WDNR mobile app.

Madison, Wisconsin

Interviewed personnel from 107 local health departments and 28 private health insurance providers; devised a strategy to coordinate vaccination efforts, saving the state over $5 million.

J.D.

• Yale Law Journal, Editor • Yale Journal of Law and Technology, Executive Editor • William K.S. Wang Prize for Excellence in Business Law.

Ph.D., Neuroscience

Doctoral dissertation work offered some of the first evidence of post-acute neurological healing in human traumatic brain injury patients..

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Environmental Policy

Masters thesis focused on confluence of economic development and progressive environmental policy in the renewable energy sector.

B.A., Psychology And Political Science, 4.0