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Gary L. Kemp is a Partner in the Business Law Practice Group. Mr. Kemp has represented clients on a wide variety of contract and licensing matters, mergers and acquisitions, start ups, corporate financings and securities issues, including private placements and investment advisor registrations. He has provided advice and services to clients in the areas of manufacturing, computer software, publishing, consulting and consumer electronics. Mr. Kemp has an active trademark and copyright practice, covering evaluation, registration prosecution and infringement issues. For example, he successfully represented several clients whose trademarks were being infringed upon by third parties. In one case a well known Boston seafood restaurant chain’s trademark was misappropriated by a third party who intended to use it as the title of a locally produced television program on fishing and seafood cooking. The title was changed after intensive negotiations on behalf of the client. Before joining the firm, Mr. Kemp was an associate at Weiss, Angoff, Coltin, Koski and Wolf, where he represented clients in several public offerings. Previously, he served as Staff Attorney at the Massachusetts Securities Division. In that position he worked on corporate finance and enforcement matters and served as Vice President of the Investor Alert Committee of the North American Securities Administration Association. Mr. Kemp attended the University of Wisconsin and graduated with Distinction. He obtained his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. He is a member of the Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations and the International Trademark Association. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Driscoll School Extended Day Program in Brookline, MA. | 