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| | Address | | 600 Hansen Way | | Palo Alto, California 94304-1043 | | (Santa Clara Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 650-856-6500 | | Telecopier: 650-843-8777 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.ssd.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative Law, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Agricultural Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Aviation & Aerospace, Banking Law, Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Business Law, Chemicals, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Construction and Engineering Law, Contracts, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Debtor & Creditor, E-Commerce, Education Law, Election, Campaign & Political, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Energy, Entertainment & Sports, Environmental Law, Financial Institutions & Services, Government, Government Contracts, Health Care and Hospitals, Immigration, Indians & Native Populations, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Dispute Resolution, International Law, International Trade, Internet Law, Investments, Labor & Employment, Life Sciences, Litigation, Manufacturing, Media Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Natural Resources, Occupational Safety & Health, Private Equity, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Project Finance, Public Finance, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Technology & Science, Toxic Torts, Transportation, Trusts & Estates, Wills & Probate, White Collar Crime, Workers Compensation, Utilities and Zoning, Planning & Land Use. | Firm Profile:
Founded in 1890, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. has lawyers in 32 offices and 15 countries around the world. With one of the strongest integrated global platforms and our longstanding one-firm philosophy, Squire Sanders provides sophisticated seamless legal counsel worldwide. The Palo Alto office of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. embraces its innovative, fast-paced and technology-driven surroundings by providing like-minded legal counsel in a wide range of legal areas: corporate and investment matters, intellectual property strategies, protection and enforcement, environmental regulation and disputes, employment law, and dispute resolution and litigation. Its lawyers are experienced in an array of industries, including information technology, software, semiconductors, e-commerce, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, financial services, communications, energy and transportation. The Palo Alto office represents local Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area companies, companies with an interest in the Silicon Valley business and technology spheres, and multinational corporations. | | Firm Size: 850 |
Other Office Locations of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.
Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Tysons Corner, Virginia, U.S.A.
Brussels, Belgium
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil
Beijing, China
Hong Kong, China
Shanghai, China
Prague, Czech Republic
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
London, England
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Budapest, Hungary
Tokyo, Japan
Warsaw, Poland
Moscow, Russia
Bratislava, Slovakia
Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine
Caracas, Venezuela
| | PARTNERS | | PALO ALTO OFFICE | | David S. Elkins (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, California; U.S. District Court, Northern, Central and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, Berkeley (A.B., 1986); University of California, Davis (J.D., 1990). Author: "NEC v. Intel," A Guide to Using Clean Room Procedures as Evidence, 10 Computer Law Journal 453, Dec. 1990. Member: State Bar of California (Intellectual Property Section); Federal Circuit Bar Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trade Secrets; Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: David S. Elkins | | Wayne A. Jones (Partner) born Eureka, Kansas, 1952; admitted to bar, 1982, New York; 1991, District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in California). Education: Brigham Young University (B.S., with high honors, 1978); Duke University (J.D., 1981). Tau Beta Pi. Member: District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association. Languages: Indonesian. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. | | Ethan A. Miller (Partner) born Stanford, California, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, California; 1992, Oregon (inactive); U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California. Education: St. Lawrence University; Universite de Bordeaux III, Bordeaux, France; University of California, Riverside (B.A., 1987); University of California, Davis (J.D., 1991). Member, 1990 and Articles Editor, 1991, University of California at Davis Law Review. Member, Defense Research Institute, 1991-1993. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; Los Angeles (Member: Litigation and Environmental Law Sections) and American (Member, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Defense Research Institute. (Also at San Francisco Office). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Ethan A. Miller | | Arman Pahlavan (Partner) born Tehran, Iran, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, New York; 1995, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., with high honors, 1986); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1991). Phi Beta Kappa. Articles Editor, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review. Board of Directors, The Enterprise Network of Silicon Valley. Founding Member, International BioMed Society. Member, Venture Capital Advisory Board, Canadian Consulate Trade Office, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Member: State Bar of California; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Technology Law; Intellectual Property; Corporate Finance. Email: Arman Pahlavan | | Nicholas C. Unkovic (Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, California. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1973); University of Michigan (J.D., with honors, 1976). Former Director, British American Business Council. Managing Partner, Palo Alto office. Named in 2007 The Best Lawyers in America and as one of Silicon Valley's top corporate lawyers in San Jose Magazine; Named among Law & Politics Magazine's Northern California Super Lawyers. Member: State Bar of California (Former Co-Chair, Partnerships Committee, Business Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law; Banks and Banking. Email: Nicholas C. Unkovic | | OF COUNSEL | | PALO ALTO OFFICE | | C. Craig Lilly (Of Counsel) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; 2004, California. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.B.A., with distinction, 1987; J.D., with honors, 1990). Order of the Coif. Former Legal Adviser for restatement of the Texas Partnership and Limited Liability Company Acts and Former Member, Texas Business Law Foundation. Member: State Bar of California (Member, Business Law Section); State Bar of Texas (Member, Business Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section and Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions; California Reporter, State Regulation of Securities Section, 2007). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Private Equity Funds; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Technology and Science; Investments. Email: C. Craig Lilly | | Elizabeth R. Monnet (Of Counsel) born Weymouth, England, 1952; admitted to bar, 1974, England and Wales; 1978, California. Education: University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England (LL.B., honours, 1973); Inns of Court School of Law, London, England. Author: "Selling Through Agents and Distributors in the U.S." and "Establishing A Business Presence in the U.S.," published by the United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry. Director, British American Business Council, San Francisco. Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Technology and Science; Corporate Law; Intellectual Property; International Law. Email: Elizabeth R. Monnet | | David A. Saltzman (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1995, Texas (inactive); 1999, California. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1992); Emory University (J.D., with distinction, 1995). Practice Areas: Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: David A. Saltzman | | COUNSEL | | PALO ALTO OFFICE | | Jerome J. Joondeph, Jr. (Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Ohio; 2002, California. Education: Miami University (B.A., cum laude, 1986); The Ohio State University (M.B.A., 1989; J.D., with honors, 1990). Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; International Mergers and Acquisitions; International Corporate Law; Technology Joint Ventures; Private Ventures. Email: Jerome J. Joondeph, Jr. | | SENIOR ASSOCIATES | | PALO ALTO OFFICE | | Jose Luis Martin (Senior Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, California; U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1995); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1999). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Jose Luis Martin | | Song Zhu (Senior Associate) born Qiqihar, 1958; admitted to bar, 1998, New York; 1999, District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in California). Education: University of Wisconsin - Madison (Ph.D., 1991); Georgetown University (J.D., 1997). Languages: Chinese (Mandarin). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Song Zhu | | ASSOCIATES | | PALO ALTO OFFICE | | Marek J. Adamo (Associate) born San Clemente, California, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, California; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 2000); University of San Diego (J.D., 2005; M.B.A., 2006). Member: San Francisco and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Marek J. Adamo | | Xavier Brandwajn (Associate) born Santa Clara, California, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, California; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., 2003); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 2006). Languages: French, Spanish (moderate) and Chinese (Mandarin) (limited). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Litigation. Email: Xavier Brandwajn | | Barry D. Brown (Associate) born San Francisco, California, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 2000); University of San Francisco (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Barry D. Brown | | Joseph Grasser (Associate) (Admission pending). Education: Santa Clara University (B.S., cum laude, 2002; J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Insurance Coverage Litigation. Email: Joseph Grasser | | Elizabeth Seals (Associate) born St. Louis, Missouri, 1976; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: Missouri State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1998); Golden Gate University (J.D., with highest honors, 2007). Associate Editor, Golden Gate University Law Review, 2007. Registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Intellectual Property. Email: Elizabeth Seals | | Wenzhao (Connie) Wang (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Minnesota; 2007, District of Columbia. (Not admitted in California). Education: Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (B.A., 1987); Johns Hopkins University (Master of International Public Policy, 1998); University of Minnesota (J.D., 2003). Author: "China's New MÆ Regulation and Its Impacts on Foreign Business," Law Journal Newsletter, China Trade Law Report of American Lawyer (ALM) Media, October, 2006. Co-Presenter, "Current Climate for Trade and Investment in China," CLE program organized by Information Technology Association Of America (ITAA) and WestLegalEdcenter, September 2006. Member: District of Columbia Bar. Languages: Chinese. Practice Areas: Government; Corporate Law. Email: Wenzhao (Connie) Wang | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
The Americas Offices: Cincinnati, Columbus, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Palo Alto, Phoenix, San Francisco, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tysons Corner, Washington DC, West Palm Beach, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Santo Domingo, São Paulo.
European Offices: Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Frankfurt, Kyiv, London, Moscow, Prague, Warsaw.
Asia Offices: Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo.
Associated Firms: Bucharest, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Santiago.
| (For Biographical Data on Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Miami, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach, Florida; Los Angeles, Palo Alto and San Francisco, California; New York, New York; Phoenix, Arizona; Washington DC; Tysons Corner, Virginia; Caracas, Venezuela; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; São Paulo, Brazil; Bratislava, Slovak Republic; Brussels, Belgium; Budapest, Hungary; Frankfurt, Germany; Kyiv, Ukraine; London, England; Moscow, Russian Federation; Prague, Czech Republic; Warsaw, Poland; Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai, China; and Tokyo, Japan Personnel, see Professional Biographies at those Points Respectively) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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