Chair, Business Department at the firm Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Areas of Practice
Electronic Commerce; Technology Law; Securities; Corporate Law; Finance; Investments; Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions
Admitted
1991, Delaware; 1995, Tennessee
Law School
University of Virginia, J.D., 1990
College
Duke University, A.B., cum laude, 1987
Membership
American (Business Law - Cyberspace Committee), Tennessee, Knoxville, Nashville and Delaware Bar Associations; American Judicature Society.
Biography
Co-Chair/Author - "Selling Products and Services and Licensing Software Online: An Interactive Guide with Legal Forms and Commentary to Privacy, Security and Consumer Law issues"; ABA Section of Business Law Publication (2007). Co-Chair/Author - "Model Web Site: A Knowledge Management Approach to E-Business," ABA Section of Business Law Publication (2005). "Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley in Private Companies and Not-For-Profit Organizations," Lorman Seminars: Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville, TN; Wilmington, DE; Orlando, FL. "Sarbanes-Oxley: Why You Should Care!" Nashville Bar Association. "Board and Committee Structure and Function After the Sarbanes-Oxley Act," Lorman Seminars, Wilmington, DE. "Document Management Policies and The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley," Lorman Seminars: Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville, TN; Wilmington, DE; Orlando, FL. "Ten Potential Pitfalls of an Outsourcing Deal: A Lawyer's Perspective" Chicago, IL. "The 'What' of the Agreement: Defining and Managing Scope of Service and Service Levels," Outsourcing Seminar, Nashville, TN. "Whistleblower and Criminal Provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002," Wilmington, DE. "Organizing the New Venture," Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference, Memphis, TN. "eBusiness and Information Technology Legal Assessment," Presentation to the GE Legal Department. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Cyber Law from 2003-2005 (category changed), Information Technology Law (new category) (since 2006), Technology Law (new category) (since 2006), and Venture Capital Law. Board member of the Nashville Technology Council (2005); Secretary (present). Board member of the Tennessee Technology Development Council (2008). Board member of the Tennessee Capital Formation Board (2008 - present) Board member of the International Business Council of the Nashville Chamber of Commerce (present). Adjunct Professor - University of Tennessee School of Law (Contract Drafting). Adjunct Professor - Vanderbilt University School of Law (Corporate and Securities Transactions). Guest Lecturer - University of Tennessee (Technology law). Guest Lecturer - Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt University (Technology law). Taught Tennessee State and Federal Judges in the area of technology law. Drafted and helped enact amendments to Tennessee Securities law creating an accredited investor exemption and an exemption for employee stock option plans. Co-Chair - "Technology Outsourcing in the Healthcare Industry," national seminar on legal issues associated with health care technology. Co-Chair - American Bar Association Model Website Project. Co-Chair - Tennessee Bar Association CLE Seminar "Legal Issues in Computer and Internet Law" (2000).
Transactions
Recent Representative Transactions: Represented acquiror of assets of Elvis Presley Enterprises; Represented NYSE company in purchase of consumer brand company; Represented leading website development company for automobile dealers in sale of the company to a publicly traded purchaser; Represented Fortune 50 company in the divestiture of technology subsidiary; Represented hospital system in outsourcing its IT department; Represented Fortune 50 company in outsourcing of software development and implementation project to Indian company; Represented nationally known consumer products company in sale of the assets of a subsidiary containing key brands; Represented acquiror of British technology company; Represented U.S. manufacturing subsidiary of Malaysian company in sale of company; Capital formation for manufacturing, technology, healthcare technology, biotech, oil and gas and other companies; Represented technology company in dealings with the Federal Trade Commission arising out of computer hacking incident leading to possible dissemination of personal information; Represented technology company in developing open source software strategy. Corporate counsel for leading emerging company in electronic health records field; Corporate counsel for independent oil and gas company; Corporate counsel for emerging biotechnology firm; Corporate counsel for fiber optics company; Corporate and board counsel to non-profit foundation focused on education and protection of First Amendment principles.
Born
Hartford, Connecticut, May 7, 1965
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