- Advises clients in diverse industries, such as insurance, financial services, technology, health care, and real estate in planning and structuring the formation of business organizations. Provides practical legal counsel with respect to ownership, financial and tax planning issues, and venture capital investments, as well as in mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and purchases and sales of businesses
- Former Associate General Counsel for Emageon Inc. where he served as lead attorney for company operations, including customer contracting, IT procurement, intellectual property prosecution and protection, labor and employment matters, regulatory compliance, risk management and equity plan administration. Assisted with all other legal matters affecting the company, including corporate transactions, litigation management and securities compliance
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- Extensive experience in the development and sale of business technologies as well as the procurement of such technologies
- Lead attorney supporting IT procurement staffs for two Fortune 100 financial services companies
- Lead attorney supporting US sales team for a Fortune 200 IT company
- Lead attorney supporting worldwide sales team for an industry-leading health care IT company
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- Regularly provides support through all aspects of the IT procurement and sales process, from Requests for Proposals to the execution of definitive agreements. Experience includes preparation and negotiation of license agreements, service and support agreements, equipment purchase agreements, and application service provider agreements and other web-related agreements
- Birmingham Magazine “Top Attorney” for Business Law and Corporate Finance
- Birmingham and Alabama State Bar Associations
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