Departments: Litigation, Intellectual Property, Antitrust and Competition, White Collar/Investigations• IP litigation and appellate experience in federal, state court and arbitration. Served clients in the fields of streaming media, software, semiconductor, LCD, OLED, CAD, renewable resources, banking, and accounting. Trial experience in the ITC, Santa Clara County Superior Court (jury trial), and International Arbitration concerning technology, intellectual property, breach of contract, and competition. Patent infringement and validity analysis. Extensive pre-trial investigations and e-discovery experience. Negotiated and drafted agreements with counsel, vendors, and experts. • Legal analysis and guidance concerning licensing terms and negotiations, IP protection, copyright and TM use, marketing/engineering policies and best practices, cross-border regulations, acquisitions, internal investigations, and public relations. Drafted settlements and contracts regarding technology and intellectual property licenses. Represented CEO during internal investigation regarding financial reporting, risk management and fraud. Negotiated with Board regarding standards and auditor independence. • NITA training: Trial Advocacy, Depositions

Recipient of 2nd Circuit Judge Jon O. Newman Fellowship for academic achievement. Researched and drafted legal memoranda, briefs, complaints, and motions regarding fraud investigations, employment claims, first amendment rights, evidence, and sentencing. Drafted successful 2nd Circuit appellate brief in felony immigration case. Appeared in Federal District Court, establishing elements of a felony offense, outlining plea agreement, and taking guilty plea. Attended training sessions conducted by U.S. Attorney for Conn, Chief Criminal and Civil Assistant U.S. Attorneys, and District Court and 2nd Circuit Judges.

IMC is a systems engineering and information technology company providing sophisticated services for both government and commercial clients. Member of software engineering team developing web based process modeling applications. Primary engineer in charge of verifying the “look and feel” and usability of proprietary software applications. Designed plans for improvements and upgrades. Identified design/development risks and proposed successful solutions. Presented and defended proposals during client and staff meetings. Verified implementation complied with business and professional standards.

Lilien Systems provides product and IT consulting solutions for enterprise computing, data management, virtualization and business continuity. Delivered a verified web application enabling sales/marketing to access internal databases, sync data and and generate wireless on-the-fly sales and pricing reports in the field. Managed project at all stages of the development life cycle. Interviewed potential users, defined project requirements and timeline, and obtained approval of specifications from CTO and President. Provided frequent presentations and memoranda regarding goals, progress and ongoing evaluation and evolution of design. Designed and implemented ASP/VB driven intranet application. C++, SQL, VBScript, and XML used as well. Conducted beta testing and deployed verified product on schedule. Drafted detailed technical description, maintenance plan, and proposed upgrades for technical staff, and user-manual for non-technical end-user.

Avasta (acquired by Navisite) was one of the original Cloud Computing companies, providing infrastructure-on-tap for business applications. Development team member responsible for designing new features for Avasta's Customer Information portal, a web-based java application allowing customers to access applications and data managed by Avasta's servers and databases. Designed and conducted precision quality assurance testing.