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Robert F. Mechur, a partner, joined Boylan, Brown in 2002 as a member of the firm's Business & Corporate Department. He practices general corporate law, with special emphasis on corporate finance, including public and private equity financings, debt financing, mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property matters. Mr. Mechur's clientele includes a broad range of companies, including many technology companies.
Before joining Boylan Brown, Mr. Mechur was the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Applied Theory Corporation (Nasdaq: ATHY), a provider of e-business solutions (including website development and hosting and Internet access). He began his career with the New York City firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. He was a longtime partner in the firm of Underberg & Kessler, LLP, Rochester, New York, where he was managing partner from 1989-1992. He helped found and served as the President of Omnicad Corporation, a software development company in which AT&T and several national venture capital firms were major investors.
Mr. Mechur is a graduate of Cornell University (A.B., 1965) and received his law degree cum laude from Syracuse University (J.D., 1968). He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; and the U.S. District Court, Western District of New York. Mr. Mechur frequently lectures on corporate and securities matters. He is very active in the Rochester community, and is chairman of the Rochester Venture Capital Group and a director of The Little Theater Film Society, Inc. He has also been active in High Technology of Rochester, Inc.; the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation; Ronald McDonald Children's Charities; and the United Way of Greater Rochester.
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