Resume of:
Lauri
Donahue, Esq. |
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| 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 | ||
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