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David
Frazee
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David Frazee, a partner in the firm’s Business and Intellectual Property practice groups, helps companies drive innovation through the creation of comprehensive corporate, business, and intellectual property strategies. David helps companies from formation through equity financings, IPOs, and M&A transactions. He also helps companies derive value from IP through licensing, litigation, competitive mapping, audits, mining, tax optimization, blocking patents, spin-offs, open innovation, and distressed asset acquisitions. He understands the unique problems of emerging growth companies, having served as general counsel of two technology start-ups, one of which he led through its IPO. David also has significant international experience, especially involving Greater China.
David has appeared in many publications discussing innovation and business strategy, including Fortune, The Financial Times, The Red Herring, The Hollywood Reporter, South China Morning Post, and The Wall Street Transcript. He is a frequent speaker, including at the 2005 Fortune Global Forum in Beijing and the 2006 Financial Times Innovation Summit in London.
Professional Leadership
- Pro bono counsel, Oakland China Wildlife Preservation Foundation
- Pro bono counsel, Asia-Silicon Valley Connection
- Pro bono counsel, National Academic Quiz Tournaments
- Counsel, Jordan Science and Technology Initiative
Community Involvement
- Officiated international, professional, and NCAA soccer games and was one of the youngest nationally ranked soccer referees in the United States
- Captained the University of Michigan quiz team that won both the College Bowl National Championship and the University Challenge International Championship, broadcast on BBC2-TV
- Appeared on Jeopardy! in March 2003, winning $26,800
- Won a $10,000 entry into 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event by beating 490 players in a satellite qualifier; finished in top one-sixth of the record field of 8,773 players
Related Employment
- Greenberg Traurig LLP, East Palo Alto, CA, Shareholder
- Jasmine Networks, Inc., Vice President of Legal Affairs and Intellectual Property
- Telocity, Inc., Corporate General Counsel and Director of Intellectual Property
Clerkships
- Hon. J. Dickson Phillips, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1996 - 1997
- Chief Judge Thelton E. Henderson, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1994
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- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, Dean's Scholar, 1996
- Associate and Contributing Editor, Michigan Law Review
- First Place Award, Campbell Moot Court Competition
- Stanford University, A.B., with honors, with distinction, 1993
- David Starr Jordan Scholar
- Firestone Medal for Excellence in Research
- Dean's Award for Public Service
- Teaching Assistant, Computer Science Department
- Freie Universität Berlin, 1990
Stanford University Exchange Scholarship
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
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