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San Diego, CA, US

San Diego, CA

Denver, Colorado

My trademark practice includes the prosecution of domestic and international trademarks under the Madrid Protocol, from clearance and filing to maintenance and large-scale portfolio management. I represent clients in trademark disputes before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). I advise clients on copyright.

Boulder, Colorado

• Attorney specializing in corporate law and soft intellectual property primarily in the entertainment, marijuana, biotech, and oil & gas industries.
• Guide strategic planning for start-up business owners, advising on business formation, IP, and asset protection.
• Extensive transactional document drafting experience including LLC operating agreements, articles of incorporation and bylaws for corporations, investor term sheets, private placements memoranda, shareholder.
• Member of team of attorneys that represents one of the largest medical and recreational marijuana companies in the country. Extensive compliance experience with Federal and State marijuana laws, and Marijuana.
• Court room experience appearing for arraignments and other hearings.
• Lead Entertainment Associate: Prepared partners for negotiations with major movie and television production company and broadcast network for reality TV show, drafted copyright and trademark license agreements.

Boulder, Colorado

• Negotiate with IRS Revenue Officers and Collection Representatives to reach offers in compromise for clients with upwards of $1M in tax debt, and establish installment agreements for the repayment of the negotiated.
• Serve as the Power of Attorney for approximately 1,000 clients nationwide.
• Represent clients in Collection Due Process hearings and Collection Appeals Program hearings.
• Negotiate with IRS officers to release levies on clients real and personal property, including garnished wages, social security and medicare income, securities and other investment property, and equity in property.
• Advise clients on proper tax debt resolution strategy.
• Ensure businesses stay current and compliant with 940-Unemployment tax returns, 941-Employment Federal tax deposits, 1120 and 1120S Corporate tax returns.*Analyze Profit and Loss statements, complete 433-A Collection.

Northern Colorado

Prepare and e-file personal and business tax returns, including forms 1040, W2, 1098E, 1098T, 1120, 1120S, 1099MISC, 1099DIV, 1040 Schedule C, D, E, EZ.Establish LLC's and provide tax advice for real estate investment companies.

East Lansing, Michigan

Represent clients in corporate formation and dissolution, and establishment of LLC’s, LLP’s and 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organizationsRepresent individuals and business entities in intellectual property protection including filing Trademark and Copyright applications with the United States Patent and Trademark OfficeDraft articles of incorporation and.

Legal research and analysis, write memoranda of law. (Civil Actions,Taxation, Land Use, First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment, Election Law)

J.D., Cum Laude, Law

Activities and Societies: (Vice President, Labor & Employment Law Association) (Senior Staff Writer, Senior Section Editor, Sports and.

B.S. Cum Laude, Business Administration, Marketing

International Business

Study abroad program in Rome, Italy. Studied international business, European Union economics, and Italian. Studied Wine for 6 months at.