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Tom's practice focuses primarily on serving as outside general counsel to emerging, growth-oriented companies and on entrepreneurial transactions, including venture capital and other private placements of securities, entity formation and transaction structuring, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, initial public offerings, corporate governance, licensing and distribution of software and other products, employee matters, and executive compensation.
Clients served represent a variety of industries and have included Adon Network (myGeek.com); Aegis Technologies, Inc.; Andigilog, Inc.; Apta Software, Inc.; Arizona State University; AZDB Baseball. L.P.; Brain Savers, LLC; Child Support Network, Inc.; Ethix Media, LLC; Fusion Marketing Partners, L.L.C.; GoalCentrix, Inc.; Grand Canyon Railway, Inc.; Grayhawk Venture Partners, LLC; HealthCare Dimensions, Inc.; iCrossing, Inc.; ImaRx Therapeutics, Inc.; Infusion Software, LLC; Innocal, LP; Interact Commerce Corporation (SalesLogix); Interactive Alchemy, Inc.; Inventure, Inc. (formerly Poore Brothers, Inc.); Involve Technology, Inc.; IPRO Tech, Inc.; Lowell Observatory; Montage Holdings, LLC; Motorweb, Inc.; National Health Enhancement Systems, Inc.; NetPro Computing, Inc.; Peacock, Hislop, Staley & Given, Inc.; Pink Jeep Tours, Inc.; Realink Corporation; Regenesis Biomedical, Inc.; Scottsdale.com, Inc.; SCS Advisors, Inc.; Sequencia Corporation; and SiVerion, Inc.
Please read An Osborn Maledon Profile for more about Tom.
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Texas, 1979; Texas Law Review, Note Editor, 1978-1979; Order of the Coif; The Outstanding Third Year Student Award; Chancellors Award
B.A, summa cum laude, University of Kansas, 1976; Honors in History and Economics; Phi Beta Kappa; The Outstanding Male Graduate of 1976 Alumni Association Award
Clerkships
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, Judge James K. Logan, 1979-1980
Professional Recognitions and Awards
Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/M&A, 2003-2007
The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, editions 1995-2008
Best of the Bar, Business Journal, Corporate and Securities Transactions, 2004
Marquis' Who's Who in American Law®
Marquis' Who's Who in America®
Practice Areas
Business
Corporate and Securities
Emerging Ventures
Employment Law and Executive Compensation
General Counsel Services
Mergers, Acquisitions and Strategic Transactions
Software
Technology and Intellectual Property
Venture Capital, Angel Financings and Private Placements
Bar Admissions
Arizona 1980
Texas 1979
Professional Activities
State Bar of Arizona Subcommittee on Revising the Arizona Corporate Code, 1989-1993
Arizona Technology Council (formerly AZSOFT.net and Arizona Software Association), Board of Directors, 1997-2004, Member, 1991
The Enterprise Network, President, 1994-1995, Board of Directors, 1989-1997
Arizona Technology Incubator, Board of Directors, 1995-2001
Arizona Business Alliance for Entrepreneurs, Chairman, 1994-1996
Arizona Association for Corporate Growth, 1994-1996
Arizona Venture Capital Conference, Member, Planning Committee, 1994-2003
Arizona Angel Investment Conference, Member, Executive Committee, 2004; Vice Chairman, 2005
Invest Southwest Capital Conference, Chairman, Board of Directors, 2006-2007
GSPED Town Hall, Planning Committee Chair, 1993; Scottsdale Equity Conference, Steering Committee, 1993
Arizona Town Hall, Member, 1993- ; Conference on NAFTA, Delegate, October 1992
ASPED Coalition and Executive Committee, Legal Counsel and Secretary, 1991-1992; Cluster Coordinator, 1992
Arizona Small Business United, Director, Legal Advisor and Secretary, 1991-1993
Community Activities
3rd Degree Black Belt, Tai Kwon-do (ITF)
Troop Committee Chairman, Troop 644, Boy Scouts of America
Publications and Presentations
Author: Arizona Legal Forms, Business Organizations (Corporations), Volumes 8 and 9, West Publishing, Second Edition, 2001-02
Presenter: Hot Topics in Securities Law (W.P. Carey School of Business MBA Program, 2004-06)
Presenter: Show Me the Money: Lecture on Intellectual Property in Business Models (Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management, 2004)
Presenter: Venture Capital Financing Recent Trends and Developments (Enterprise Network Business Seminar Series, 2003)
Presenter: Venture Capital Financing - Standard Terms and Recent Developments, (Financial Executives Institute, 2002)
Presenter: Disjointed Ventures (State Bar Convention, 2002)
Presenter: Getting Ready for the Dance: Preparing to Raise Venture Capital--A Coaching Primer (The Seminar Group, 2001)
Presenter: Venture Capital Financing - Term Sheet and Purchase Agreement Issues (The Seminar Group, 2001) |
