Resume of:

Lauri Donahue, Esq.

Phone: (604) 241-5966      FAX: (604) 241-5966     E-mail: lauri@tek-law.com

EDUCATION
1983-1986 Harvard Law School

Cambridge, MA

Juris Doctorate. Co-founder, Journal of Law and Technology; Associate Editor, International Law Journal.
1979-1983 Boston University

Boston, MA

Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude. Double major: economics and international relations.
Summer, 1981 University of Vienna

Strobl, Austria

Studied international business law and German.
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
1992-present Law Office of Lauri Donahue

Valley Village, CA; Portola Valley, CA

Draft and review technology-related contracts such as patent and software   licenses and OEM agreements; develop business models and agreements for Internet-based products and services; create automated systems for document generation. Created intranet-based antitrust compliance program and employee intellectual property handbook. Commercial and administrative litigation practice. Clients include(d) Philips Semiconductor, Acer,  Hewlett-Packard, Intuit, Fujitsu, Watkins-Johnson, DSPG, WSI, Synopsys, Quantum and the American Electronics Association.
1990-1992 Khourie, Crew & Jaeger

San Francisco, CA

Associate, specializing in antitrust and intellectual property cases. Member of Atari v. Nintendo trial team. Reviewed intellectual property licenses and other contracts and prepared trademark applications.
1989-1990 Atari Corporation

Sunnyvale, CA

Assistant Corporate Counsel: Acted as lead counsel in antitrust, intellectual property, and commercial cases. Negotiated, drafted, and reviewed contracts. Worked with Congressional and FTC staff; participated in Congressional hearings. Oversaw outside counsel and reviewed billings. Hired and supervised professional and clerical support staff.
1986-1989 Pacific Gas & Electric Company

San Francisco, CA

Attorney: Represented company before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Reviewed contracts. Counseled in-house clients.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
1992-1994   Project Artaud

San Francisco, CA

Executive Director of artists' live-work community of theaters, galleries, and 71 studios. Managed annual budget of $350,000; handled development and press relations; represented organization in court and before administrative and legislative bodies (part time).
1992-1994 Lawyers Alliance for World Security

San Francisco, CA

Program Director: collected and shipped over 5,000 law books to former Soviet Union. (part time)
1992-1993 INR/LexComm

Emeryville, CA   

Did market research and wrote business plan for start-up continuing legal education firm. Developed courses on "The Ethics of Billing" and "What Business Clients Want from their Lawyers." (part time)
Fall, 1992 Estonian Business School

Tallinn, Estonia

Winter, 1991 International University

St. Petersburg & Moscow, Russia

Taught courses on American business law, business writing, and negotiation; led seminars for lawyers and entrepreneurs in St. Petersburg and Moscow.
VOLUNTEER WORK
Board of Directors: Harvard Club of San Francisco and The Management Center. Harvard Law School Association of Northern California (President, 1989, 1991-1997).
LANGUAGES
Working knowledge of German; some knowledge of French, Russian, Spanish, Hebrew and Japanese.
ADMISSIONS
State Bar of California, Ninth Circuit, Northern District of California.
PUBLICATIONS
  • "Misuse of Intellectual Property," 37 Am. Jur. Proof of Facts 3d 315 (Bancroft-Whitney, 1996)
  • "Intellectual Property Licensing: A Crib Sheet for Dealmakers," 15 Computer Lawyer, Number 8 (August, 1998).

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