About Jeremy W. Makarechian
The founder of E*Law Group is Jeremy W. Makarechian. Mr. Makarechian has over seventeen years of
legal experience in serving high technology companies, angel investors and
venture capitalists, the first ten years of which were spent with two of the
premier national law firms in the United States in that area of expertise. Mr. Makarechian
began his career in 1990 with the national law firm of Kirkland & Ellis,
where he focused on venture capital, private equity and mergers &
acquisitions. Mr. Makarechian
also worked on numerous international financings and Wall Street Journal reported corporate transactions while he worked
at Kirkland & Ellis. Mr. Makarechian joined Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP in
early 1995 to focus on the representation of high technology companies, working
with technology companies, venture capitalists and investment banks in Silicon
Valley, Newport Beach and Boulder, Colorado.
Mr. Makarechian was elected as a partner of Brobeck in December, 1996 and Managing Partner of Brobeck’s Colorado Office in 1997. In July, 1999, Mr. Makarechian
left Brobeck to found E*Law Group as an international
corporate legal boutique firm specializing in high technology and emerging
growth companies. Mr. Makarechian has personally worked on more than 50 initial
public offerings, 200 venture capital financings and 100 mergers, acquisitions
and strategic alliances in the high technology area over the past seventeen
years, and has an extensive network of contacts in the national and local
venture capital and investment banking communities. His article on initial
public offerings, “How to Go
Public the Right Way,” was very frequently cited on that topic. Mr. Makarechian
grew up in Colorado and holds a B.A.
from Colorado College, Magna Cum
Laude, an M.B.A from the University of Denver, Summa Cum Laude, and a J.D. from the University of Michigan, Magna Cum Laude. Mr. Makarechian earned
the highest score on the CPA Examination in the United States in 1986, and is a
Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Makarechian has served as a Director in the Colorado
Software Association and the Colorado Telecommunications Council, as well as
numerous other organizations, and is a frequent speaker on topics of interest
to emerging growth and high technology companies. Mr. Makarechian is
a member of the Venture Capital Association of Colorado. Mr. Makarechian
speaks fluent Portuguese, and has extensive experience living and working in
Brazil. Mr. Makarechian
was recently profiled in the Colorado
Business Magazine alongside one of his most prominent clients, Jared
Polis. Click here
to read the article.
Mr. Makarechian is among the most
experienced lawyers in the United States in his areas of practice. Today, Mr. Makarechian
focuses on startups and corporate formation, venture capital and private equity
financings, mergers & acquisitions, stock options and employment issues and
intellectual property. Mr. Makarechian is also familiar with many corporate issues
unique to Brazil and Latin America, and counsels clients on how to establish
relationships and do business in Latin America.
Mr. Makarechian
acts as principal outside general counsel for a majority of his clients, and
provides venture capital and investment banking expertise as needed. Mr. Makarechian is
known for his pragmatism, business sense, and ability to advise clients on how
to structure transactions and obtain the results they want. Set forth below is a non-exclusive summary of
his transactional experience, as well as selected non-legal experience and
honors and awards.
Representative
Venture Capital/Private Placement Experience (by deal size)
Evoke,
Inc. (f/k/a VStream, Inc.). Counsel to the Company in Series
D venture round (largest private Internet financing in Colorado history). Investors included Softbank
Technology Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Intel
Corporation and Excite (value $100 million).
Inflow,
Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series B venture round. Investors included First Union
Capital Partners and Meritage Private Equity Fund
(value $40 million).
Ancestry.com. Counsel to the Investors in Series B venture round. Investors included Tango,
CMGI Ventures, Amerindo Ventures, LVMH Ventures, AOL
and Compaq (value $40 million).
ProFlowers, Inc.
Counsel to the Investors in Series B venture round. Investors Jovian Holdings, LLC
(value $35 million).
Corporate
Express. Counsel to the Company in
underwritten private placement of convertible preferred stock.
Investors included Sprout Capital/Alex Brown (value $35 million).
Zolo
Technologies, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series
B venture round. Investors included Crescendo
Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures, Canaan Ventures, 3i
Technology Partners, Anschutz Ventures and Telecom Partners (value $32.5
million).
MyFamily.com (f/k/a Ancestry.com). Counsel to the Investors in
Series C venture round. Investors included Tango, CMGI Ventures and Kodak (value $30 million).
Vroom, Inc. (f/k/a WorldWerx, Inc.). Counsel to the Company in Series
B venture round. Investors included Accel Partners and Infinity Ventures (value $20 million).
Ecrix Corporation.
Counsel to the Investors in Series D-1 venture round. Investors included Meritage, The Centennial Funds and Valley Ventures (value
$20 million).
Bridge
Medical, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series
B venture round. Investors included Sierra
Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Coral Ventures and Nassau Capital (value
$20 million).
Zolo
Technologies, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series A venture
round. Investors included Crescendo
Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures, Anschutz and Telecom
Partners (value $18 million).
VStream, Inc.
Counsel to the Company in Series C venture round.
Investors included Softbank Technology Ventures, Centennial Ventures and Highland
Capital Partners (value $16 million).
Optika,
Inc. Counsel to the Company, a NASDAQ-listed publicly held corporation, in
Series A venture round. Investors include Thomas Weisel
Capital Partners (value $15 million).
Athene Software, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series
B venture round. Investors included TeleSoft Ventures, Crown Venture Funds and LHS Group, Inc
(value $15 million).
DataPlay.com Counsel to the Investors in Series B venture round. Investors included Tango and Sequel Venture
Partners (value $15 million).
Zolo
Technologies, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series D venture round. Investors included El
Dorado Ventures, Siemens Ventures and Duke Energy (value $13 million).
Castle
Pines Golf Club. Counsel to the Company, a
privately held not-for-profit corporation, in private placement of notes (value
$13 million).
Inflow,
Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series A venture
found. Investors included First Union
Capital Partners (value $11.5 million).
VStream, Inc.
Counsel to the Company in Series B venture round.
Investors included Softbank Technology Ventures and Centennial Ventures (value $8
million).
Bridge
Medical, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series A venture round.
Investors included Sierra Ventures and New Enterprise Associates (value $8
million).
Recondo
Technology, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series A venture
round. Investors included Lemhi Ventures (value $8 million).
Juniko, Inc. (Dans
Chocolates). Counsel to the Investors in
Series A venture round. Investors included Jovian Holdings, LLC
(value $7.5 million).
Confluence
Commons, Inc. (a/k/a Fuser). Counsel to the Investors in Series A venture
round. Investors included Jovian Holdings, LLC (value $6 million).
Lucidity, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series A venture round. Investors included Jovian Holdings, LLC
(value $6 million).
Authentor Systems, Inc. (f/k/a Sentry Systems,
Inc.). Counsel to the Company in Series A venture
round. Investors included Catalyst
Partners, SI Ventures, Sandlot Capital Partners and FLV Ventures (value $6
million).
Solution
System Partners, LLC. Counsel to the Company in Series A venture round. Angel investors (value $6.0 million).
Assurenet
Pathways. Counsel to the Company in
underwritten private placement of Series C Preferred Stock.
Investors included Weiss, Peck & Greer Ventures and Menlo Ventures
(value $5.25 million).
Authentor
Systems, Inc. (f/k/a Sentry Systems, Inc.).
Counsel to the Company in Series B venture round.
Investors included Catalyst Partners, SI Ventures, 5280 Partners and iSherpa Capital, LLC (value $5 million).
Zolo
Technologies, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series
C venture round. Investors included Crescendo
Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures and Canaan Ventures
(value $5 million).
FRx Software Corporation. Counsel to the Company in Series
B venture round. Investors included Great Plains
Software Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed publicly held corporation (value $5
million).
Berkeley Software Design, Inc. Counsel to the Company in
mezzanine financing. Investors included Yahoo! Inc., a
NASDAQ-listed publicly held corporation (value $5 million).
Berkeley
Software Design, Inc. Counsel to the Company in
mezzanine financing. Investors included Livin on the Edge, Ltd. (Japan) (value $5 million).
Innerwall, Inc.
Counsel to the Company in Series B financing.
Angel investors (value $5 million).
Asia Investment Partners, Inc. Counsel to the Investors in
Series A financing.
Investors included Jovian Holdings, LLC (value $5 million).
LifePics,
Inc. Counsel to the Investors in Series A-1 financing. Investors included Jovian
Holdings, LLC (value $4 million).
Berkeley
Software Design, Inc. Counsel to the Company in
mezzanine financing. Investors included Globe LinQ International Fund I, LLC (Japan), Plat Information
Technology, Inc. (Japan) and Nissho Electronics Corporation (Japan) (value $4
million).
TechTrain, Inc.
(f/k/aTechTrainUSA, Inc.). Counsel to the Company in Series A
financing. Investors included Kitty Hawk Capital and PNC
Ventures (value $4 million).
Spider Technologies, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series A rights offering.
Investors included the Beacon Group and Conning Insurance Capital
Partners (value $3.5 million).
Picolight,
Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series
C venture round. Investors included BankAmerica
Ventures (value $3.5 million).
Microoptical
Devices, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series
B venture found. Investors included ARCH
Venture Partners (value $3.5 million).
Brainplay.com. Counsel to the Company in Series B venture
round. Investors included Sequel Venture
Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds and various entities
affiliated with Scott Beck (value $3.5 million).
Sonora
Holdings, Inc. Counsel to the Investors in
Series A financing.
Investors included Jovian Holdings, LLC (value $3.25 million).
InfoNow
Corporation. Counsel to the Company, a NASDAQ
listed publicly held corporation, in private placement of notes and stock
purchase warrants (value $3 million).
BridgeHealth
International, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series A
financing. Investors included Jovian Holdings, LLC (value $2.5 million).
EventConnex.com. Counsel to the Company in Series B
venture round. Investors included iVention Group, LLC
(value $2.5 million).
Phase-I Molecular Toxicology. Counsel to the Company in Series
B venture round. Investors included Oxford
Biosciences (value $2.5 million).
ProFlowers.com. Counsel to the Company and the lead
investor in Series A venture round.
Investors included Jovian Holdings, LLC (value $2.2 million).
LifePics,
Inc. Counsel to the Investors in Series B-1 venture round. Investors included Jovian
Holdings, LLC (value $2 million).
EventConnex.com. Counsel to the Company in Series A venture round. Investors included iVention Group, LLC (value $1.5 million).
TechTrain, Inc.
(f/k/aTechTrainUSA, Inc.). Counsel to the Company in Series
B financing. Investors included Kitty Hawk Capital and PNC
Ventures (value $1.5 million).
EPrairie.com, Inc. Counsel to the Investors in
Series A financing.
Investors included Jovian Holdings, LLC (value $1.25 million).
Innerwall, Inc.
Counsel to the Company in Series A financing. Angel
investors (value $1.0 million).
VStream, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series A venture
round. Investors included Softbank
Technology Ventures and Centennial Ventures (value $1.0 million).
Oberon
FMR, Inc. Counsel to the Investors in Series A
financing. Investors included Aquacopia Ventures I, L.P. and the Colorado Fund I, L.P
(value $900,000).
Biolink
International, Inc. Counsel to the Investors in
Series A financing.
Angel investors (value $850,000).
American
Floral Exchange, Inc. Counsel to the Investors in Series A
financing. Angel investors (value
$650,000).
LifePics, Inc.
Counsel to the Company in $500,000
Series A financing. Angel Investors (value $500,000).
Phase-I
Molecular Toxicology. Counsel to the Company in Series A venture round.
Investors included Tripos, Inc. (value
$500,000).
Snapperfarm,
Inc. Counsel to the Investors in
convertible note/Series A financing. Investors
included Aquacopia Ventures I, L.P. (value
$370,000).
Microoptical
Devices, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series A venture round.
Investors included ARCH Venture Partners (value $350,000).
Athene
Software. Counsel to the Company in Series A venture round.
Investors included Telesoft Ventures (value
$300,000).
Sportscape, Inc.
Counsel to the investors in
Series A venture round in Sportscape,
Inc. Investors included persons and entities
affiliated with Jared Polis (value undisclosed).
Intermezzo Systems, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series A venture round.
Investors included Catalyst Partners (value undisclosed).
InfoNow Corporation.
Counsel to the Company, a NASDAQ
listed publicly held corporation, in offer and sale of common stock to non-US
investors under Regulation S (value undisclosed).
Representative
Mergers & Acquisition/Hostile Takeover Experience (by deal size)
Coram Healthcare Corporation. Counsel to the Company, an NYSE
listed public corporation, in proposed acquisition of Lincare,
Inc., a NYSE listed public corporation, on behalf of NYSE listed public
corporation (value $1.1 billion).
Blue Mountain Arts.com. Counsel to the Company and
Selling Stockholders in sale to Excite@Home, a
NASDAQ-listed publicly traded corporation (value $1 billion).
Coram Healthcare Corporation. Counsel to the Company, an NYSE
listed public corporation, in the acquisition of the home infusion division of
Caremark International, Inc., a NYSE listed public corporation (value $350
million).
Baroid
Corporation. Counsel to the Company, an NYSE
listed public corporation, in the acquisition of Sub-Sea International, Inc., a
privately-held corporation (value $126 million).
FRx Software
Corporation. Counsel to the Company in sale to
Great Plains Software Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed publicly held corporation
(value $75 million).
Baroid
Corporation. Counsel to the Company, an NYSE
listed public corporation, in acquisition of Diamant
Boart Stratabit, S.A., a privately-held
Belgian/Swedish joint venture headquartered in Brussels, Belgium (value $70
million).
Optika,
Inc. Counsel to the Company in sale to Stellent,
Inc., a NASDAQ-listed
publicly-held corporation (value $50 million).
Citicorp
Venture Capital. Counsel to Citicorp Venture
Capital in acquisition of Tri-Star Electronics, Inc., a privately-held company
and its Swiss affiliate (value $35 million).
Information
Management Research, Inc. Counsel to the Company in sale to
Captaris, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed publicly-held
corporation (value $30 million).
American
Fundware, Inc. and Flagship Group, Inc. Counsel to the Companies in sale to Intuit, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed publicly-held
corporation (value $30 million).
First
Data Corporation. Counsel to the Company, an NYSE
listed public corporation, in the acquisition of Anasazi,
Inc., a privately-held corporation (value $25 million).
Geodata Solutions, Inc. Counsel to the Company in sale to The Metzler Group, Inc., a NASDAQ listed public
corporation (value $25 million).
Berkeley
Software Design, Inc. Counsel to the Company in sale of
BSD software division to Wind River Systems, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed publicly
held corporation (value $20 million).
Link
VTC. Counsel to the Company in sale to Confertech
International, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of a publicly traded corporation
(value $16 million).
Berkeley
Software Design, Inc. Counsel to the Company in
connection with acquisition of Telenet System
Solutions, Inc., a privately-held corporation (value not disclosed).
Berkeley Software Design, Inc. Counsel to the Company in
connection with acquisition of Walnut Creek CDROM, Inc., a
privately-held corporation (value not disclosed).
ccplanet.com, Inc.
Counsel to the Company in
acquisition of certain assets of CyberStax, Inc. and SoftLine Information, Inc., privately held corporations
(value not disclosed).
The Centennial Funds. Counsel to Centennal
Funds in acquisition of Criterion Investments, Inc., Criterion International,
Ltd. And CVC Partners, Bermuda, a
family of venture capital funds (value not disclosed).
Smallworldwide, PLC.
Counsel to the Company, a NASDAQ
listed public corporation based in the United Kingdom, in acquisition of
Integration Technologies, Inc., a US based privately held corporation (value
not disclosed).
American
Floral Exchange, Inc.
Counsel to the
Company in sale to AFE.Net, Inc., a privately-held corporation (value not
disclosed).
FrogMagic, Inc.
Counsel to the Company in
acquisition of certain assets of Zipsend, Inc. (value
not disclosed).
iXsystems, Inc. Counsel to the Company in sale of computer server hardware business to Racemi, Inc. (value not disclosed).
Red Wing Software, Inc. Counsel to the Company in
acquisition of certain assets of Active IQ Technologies, Inc., a publicly-held
corporation (value not disclosed).
Optika, Inc. Counsel to the Company in
acquisition of Select Technologies, Inc., a privately-held corporation (value
not disclosed).
Information
Management Research, Inc. Counsel to the Company in
acquisition of certain assets of Royasoft, Inc., a
privately-held corporation (value not announced).
Todd
Shipyards Corporation. Counsel to certain shareholders
in proxy contest in opposition to the management of Todd Shipyards Corporation,
an NYSE listed public corporation.
NL Industries, Inc. Counsel to certain shareholders
in proxy contest in opposition to the management of Lockheed Corporation, an
NYSE listed public corporation.
Flagship Group, Inc. Counsel to certain shareholders
in successful takeover via consent solicitation of The Flagship Group, Inc., a
privately-held corporation.
Breece Hill Technologies, Inc. Counsel to certain shareholders in successful takeover via consent
solicitation of Breece Hill Technologies, Inc., a
privately-held corporation.
Representative
Public Offering Experience (by deal size)
Baroid Corporation.
Counsel to the Company, an NYSE
listed publicly held corporation, in public offering of the common stock of
Tremont Corporation (value $250 million).
Bain Capital. Counsel to Bain Capital and
Specialty Retailers, Inc., a privately-held company, in proposed initial public
offering of common stock and senior subordinated notes (value $200 million).
Coram
Healthcare, Inc. Counsel to NYSE listed public
corporation in proposed issuance of subordinated bridge notes underwritten by
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation (value $150 million).
Valhi,
Inc. Counsel to the Company, an NYSE listed publicly held corporation, in
public offering of the common stock of Baroid
Corporation (value $110 million).
Evolving Systems, Inc.
Counsel to the underwriters in
initial public offering underwritten by Goldman Sachs & Co., BancAmerica Robertson Stephens, Hambrecht & Quist, UBS
Securities (value $74 million).
Provide Commerce, Inc. Counsel to the Selling
Stockholders in the Company’s initial public offering. Selling Stockholders included
Jared Polis, the founder of the Company (value $64.5 million).
SCC
Communications Corporation. Counsel to the Company in initial
public offering underwritten by BancAmerica Robertson
Stephens, Hambrecht & Quist (value $40 million).
Provide
Commerce, Inc. Counsel to the Selling
Stockholders in the Company’s secondary public offering.
Stockholders included Jared Polis, the founder of the Company (value $39
million).
Carrier
Access Corporation. Counsel to the Company in initial
public offering underwritten by Credit Suisse First Boston, Hambrecht &
Quist, Warburg Dillon Reed LLC (value $36 million).
Horizon Organic Dairy.
Counsel to the underwriters in
initial public offering underwritten by Hambrecht & Quist, Piper Jaffray Inc., Hanifen Imhoff, Inc. (value $33 million).
ElectroStar, Inc.
Counsel to the Company in initial
public offering underwritten by Robertson Stephens & Co., Alex Brown &
Sons (value $22.5 million).
Optika Imaging Systems, Inc. Counsel to the Company in initial public offering underwritten by Volpe
Welty & Co., Piper Jaffray, Inc., Needham Co. (value $13 million).
InfoNow
Corporation. Counsel to the Company in
proposed secondary offering of common stock and stock purchase warrants (value
$10 million).
AssureNet Pathways, Inc. Counsel to the Company in proposed secondary offering underwritten by
Smith Barney, Hambrecht & Quist, Punk Ziegel
& Knoell (value not disclosed).
Clinicom Incorporated. Counsel to the underwriters in proposed secondary offering underwritten
by Dean Witter Reynolds (value not disclosed).
Representative Strategic Partnerships, Debt Financings and Corporate
Recapitalizations/Spinoffs Experience (by deal size)
Kronos
International, Inc. Counsel to the Company, an NYSE listed publicly held corporation, and its
international subsidiaries in connection with negotiation of a secured credit
facility. Lenders included Bayerische Hypotheken-und Weschel Bank AG and Banque
Paribas (value $650 million).
NL
Industries, Inc. Counsel to the Company, an NYSE listed publicly held corporation, in joint venture
with subsidiary of a United Kingdom based public corporation, Imperial
Chemicals Industries, PLC, and related credit facility (value $420 million).
BrainPlay
.com. Counsel to the Company in joint
venture/merger with KB Toys, Inc., an NYSE listed
publicly held corporation, in one of the first “click and mortar” deals ever
completed. (value
$100 million).
Sienna Imaging, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series
B offering/merger with Gretag Imaging Holding, AG, a publicly
traded corporation headquartered in Switzerland (value $25 million).
FRx
Software Corporation. Counsel to the Company in investment/corporate partnership with Great
Plains Software Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed publicly held corporation (value
$5 million).
Berkeley
Software Design, Inc. Counsel to the Company in
$5,000,000 mezzanine financing. Investors included Yahoo! Inc., a
NASDAQ-listed publicly held corporation (value $5 million).
Berkeley
Software Design, Inc. Counsel to the Company in $5,000,000
mezzanine financing. Investors included Livin on the Edge, Ltd., a Japanese publicly held coporation (value $5 million).
Configuresoft,
Inc. Counsel to the Company in
connection with the negotiation of venture loan and secured credit facility.
Lender is Horizon Technology Funding Company, LLC (value $5 million).
Berkeley Software Design, Inc. Counsel to the Company in
mezzanine financing. Investors included Globe LinQ International Fund I, LLC (Japan), Plat Information
Technology, Inc. (Japan) and Nissho Electronics Corporation, Japanese publicly
held corporations (value $4 million).
Spider
Technologies, Inc. Counsel to the Company in Series A rights offering.
Investors included the Beacon Group and Conning Insurance Capital
Partners (value $3.5 million).
Zolo Technologies, Inc. Counsel to the Company in
connection with the negotiation of a secured credit facility.
Lender is GATX Ventures, Inc. (value $2 million).
Zolo Technologies, Inc. Counsel to the Company in
connection with the negotiation of a venture loan and secured credit facility.
Lender is Silicon Valley Bank (value $500,000).
Spider Technologies, Inc. Counsel to the Company in spinoff from Intek
Information, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed publicly traded corporation (value not
disclosed).
GolfTEC,
Inc. Counsel to the Company in sale/joint venture with GolfTEC
Holdings, LLC and the Gart family (value not
announced).
Rocky
Mountain Institute. Counsel to the Company in the spinoff of Solution System Partners, LLC, a
privately-held limited liability company (value not announced).
Venture
and Angel Fund Formation Experience (alphabetical order)
Aquacopia Ventures I, L.P. Counsel to the General Partner in
the formation of Aquacopia Ventures I, L.P., an early
stage venture fund (value not disclosed).
Jove Capital Fund, L.P. and Jove Master Fund, L.P. Counsel to the Special Limited
Partner in formation of Jove Capital Fund, L.P. and Jove Master Fund, L.P.,
both of which are hedge funds (value not disclosed).
Diagnostics
Seed Capital Partners, L.P. Counsel to the General Partner in
formation of Diagnostics Seed Capital Partners, L.P, an early stage angel fund
(value not disclosed).
Fashion
Seed Capital Partners, L.P. Counsel to the General Partner in
formation of Fashion Seed Capital Partners, L.P., an early stage angel fund
(value not disclosed).
Fiberoptics
Seed Capital Partners, L.P. Counsel to the General Partner in
formation of Fiberoptics Seed Capital Partners, L.P.
(value not disclosed).
Internet
Seed Capital Partners, L.P.
Counsel to the General Partner in
formation of Internet Seed Capital Partners, L.P. (value not disclosed).
Lifestyle
Media Partners, L.P. Counsel to the General Partner in
formation of Lifestyle Media Partners, L.P. (value not disclosed).
Rubicon
Ventures, LLC. Counsel to the Managing Members
in formation of Rubicon Ventures, LLC., an early stage
private equity fund (value not disclosed).
Software
Seed Capital Partners I
IV, L.P. Counsel to the General Partner in
formation of Software Seed Capital Partners I, II, III & IV, L.P, early
stage angel funds (value not disclosed).
Tango IV, L.P. Counsel to the General Partner in
formation of Tango IV, LP., an early stage venture
fund (value not disclosed).
Tango V, L.P. Counsel to the General Partner in
formation of Tango V, LP., an early stage venture fund
(value not disclosed).
Tango
VI, L.P. Counsel to the General Partner in formation of Tango VI, LP., an early stage venture fund (value not disclosed).
Technology Seed Capital Partners, L.P. Counsel to the General Partner in formation of Technology Seed Capital
Partners, L.P., an early stage venture fund (value not disclosed).
Significant
Non-Legal Experience
Professor, University of Michigan School of Business
Administration. Taught an introductory course in
federal income taxation to undergraduate students while attending law school.
Consultant,
Arthur Andersen & Co. Provided accounting, auditing and
tax assistance to emerging growth companies.
Accounting Instructor, University of Denver. Taught introductory accounting
course as a teaching assistant while attending MBA program.
Selected Honors and Awards
Graduated 15/381 University of
Michigan Law School Class of 1989 (top 4%)
Order of the Coif
Associate Editor, University of Michigan Law Review
University of Michigan Law School Certificate of Merit for Highest Grade in Tax
I (A+)
University of Michigan Law School Book Award for Excellence in Legal Writing and
Oral Advocacy
Elijah Watt Sells Award for Performance with High Distinction on the CPA
Examination (First in the United
States – May 1986)
Colorado Society of CPA’s Gold Medal for Highest Score on the CPA Examination
(May 1986)
Selected for “Top Business School Graduates of 1986” feature in The Denver Business Magazine
Federal of Schools of Accountancy Student Award for Top Graduate Accounting
Student (May 1986)
1984 Mohl Prize for the Outstanding Senior Thesis in
Economics (Colorado College – 1984)
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Colorado College Dean’s List 1982, 1983 and 1984 (graduated in three years)
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