• Corporate Law
• Securities Law
• Internet Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Emerging Businesses

Serve as outside counsel to:

• A major Ohio-based hospital system in connection with information systems, software license agreements and related technology issues, including a system-wide, multi-site VoIP implementation with major national and international equipment and service vendors. 
• A national real estate investment trust in connection with a major ERP software license and integration transaction with a major international software vendor.
• A Cleveland-based electrical parts distribution company in connection with a major ERP software license transaction with a major international software vendor.
• A Cleveland-based VoIP service provider in connection with a major ERP software license transaction.
• A national manufacturer of greeting cards and novelty items in connection with intellectual property and technology contracts and issues.
• An international polymer and diversified products conglomerate in connection with intellectual property matters and technology contracts and issues, including data security and privacy and information technology services outsourcing.
• A consortium of major international software developers in connection with the analysis of intellectual property and business aspects of software patent portfolios, and the acquisition of software patent portfolios.
• An international adhesives manufacturer in connection with the resolution of a dispute with a national ERP software vendor, the resolution of intellectual property issues in a significant international outsourcing transaction, the negotiation of a major multi-site ERP software license transaction with a major national software vendor, and with intellectual property and technology contracts and issues.
• National condominium and apartment developers and owners in connection with satellite and cable television, broadband Internet access and VoIP services implementation agreements.
• A provider of onsite and online health care screening programs and related content and services in connection with general corporate intellectual property and technology matters.
• A provider of logistics planning services to small and middle market companies in connection with general corporate intellectual property and technology matters.
• A developer of surgical instruments and spinal implants in connection with business issues, financings, sales of product lines and intellectual property and technology contracts and issues.
• A developer of magnetic resonance imaging equipment in connection with intellectual property commercialization and protection issues, and corporate and securities matters, including aspects of a $15 million venture capital finance transition.

Handled transactions on behalf of clients with national and international hardware, software, systems and medical device/life sciences companies including:

• Cisco Systems
• AT&T
• Oracle
• Intuit
• QAD
• Integra Life Sciences
• NuVasive
• Matria
• The Ohio State University
• Pennsylvania State University
• InstantDx
• Heartlab
• Compco
• TaxStream

Served as outside consultant to:

• State Senator Eric Fingerhut with respect to the formulation of the Ohio Digital Signature Act - an amendment to the Uniform Commercial Code in Ohio to expressly permit digital signatures, including the formulation of the initial proposal for digital signature legislation for the State of Ohio, the preparation of materials for use in the drafting of a digital signature bill, aiding the Senator to develop broad-based bipartisan support for the measure, and participation in the legislative process.

Publications
"Ohio Technology Tax Credit Brings Significant Advantages to Technology Investors," Ulmer & Berne LLP Business and Tax Law Letter (Spring 2001)

"Digital Signatures and Records," Ulmer & Berne LLP Business and Tax Law Letter (Fall 2000)

"Internet Watch: New Federal Statute Requires Compliance by Employees," Ulmer & Berne LLP Business & Tax Law Letter (Fall 1999)

"Website Development Agreements: What Every Purchaser Should Know," Ulmer & Berne LLP Business & Tax Law Letter (Spring 1999)

"Pending Privacy Act Aimed At Child-Targeted Websites," Crain’s Cleveland Business (May 17, 1999)

"e.law: An Internet user’s guide to the hazy, pitfall-laden world of Internet law," Cleveland Magazine (November 1997)

"Planning Helps Address Internet’s Legal Issues," Crain’s Cleveland Business (September 15, 1997) (republished on the World Wide Web by Law Journal Extra at http://www.ljx.com).

Presentations
"Data Security and Data Breach Disclosure," Hot Topics: Financial Services Update 2007 (November 2007)

“Website – Friend or Foe,” Cohen & Company CPE Day, November 17, 2007.

"Intellectual Property Aspects of Joint Ventures", American Corporate Counsel Association, Northeast Ohio Chapter, August 17, 2005.

"Legal Developments in the Regulation of SPAM," Ulmer & Berne, Crain's Cleveland Business and Northern Ohio Direct Marketing Association Seminar on SPAM and Privacy, June 3, 2003.

"Intellectual Property/eCommerce Legal Issues," Kent State University Symposium, November 19, 2002.

"Intellectual Property Issues for Marketing and Public Relations Professionals," Dix + Eaton, September 24, 2002.

"Developments in International Privacy Law and Regulation," ITEC Technology Trade Show, September 17, 2002.

"Representing the Technology-based Enterprise" - Internet and IP legal issues that all managers must understand, American Marketing Association, September 20, 2001.

"Representing the Technology-based Enterprise" - Internet Law for Marketing Professionals, DigiKnow Knowledge Series, August 23, 2001.

"Intellectual Property Law and IP Due Diligence," panel discussion participant, Association of Internet Professionals, Cleveland Chapter, March 6, 2001.

"Scoring with Angel Investors," International Angel Investor Institute (January 8, 2001)

Cleveland Bar Association 2001 Securities Institute; Chair of panel on issues pertaining to securities offerings and the Internet.

"Internet Law panel discussion participant," Transitioning into the New Economy Forums sponsored by EMC, Oracle and Bowne (October 31, 2000)

"Analyzing the Investability of a Business Plan," moderator of panel discussion, Northeast Ohio Seed Capital Initiative II (October 23, 2000)

"New Developments in Internet Privacy Law," Infagard Association of Network Security Professionals (September 11, 2000)

"e-Commerce Start-ups and Entrepreneurial Ventures," e-Commerce for the New Millennium seminar of the American Marketing Association, Oracle Corporation, Weatherhead Andersen Consulting Business Symposium and the Northeast Ohio Software Association (March 31, 2000)

"Developments in Internet Law for Entrepreneurs and Start-up Companies," Inside Business Magazine’s TechKnow Show (March 15, 2000)

"From Brick and Mortar to Click and Mortar - New Developments in Internet Law," Ulmer & Berne LLP Breakfast Forum Series (February 15, 2000)

Cleveland Bar Association 1999 Securities Institute; Chair of panel on issues pertaining to securities offerings and the Internet.

American Bar Association (National Institute on Representing High Technology Companies; Member, Planning Committee; 1998)

American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Committee on Law and Commerce in Cyberspace, Member)

American Bar Association (Science and Technology Law Section, Member)

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (Past Chairman, Technology Committee)

Case Western Reserve University Law School Adjunct Professor (“Advanced Business Associations: Representing the Internet Start-Up Company," and "Advanced Contracts: Electronic Contracts")

Cleveland Music School Settlement (Board Member)

IP Advisory Council, University of Akron Law School (Board Member)

American Red Magen David for Israel, Cleveland Chapter (Board Member)