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PHILIP R. [email protected]
(415) 370-6732 mobile | http://www.linkedin.com/in/philstrauss
SUMMARY:
Bay Area business development executive focused on the legal industry (corporate and law firm). Duke JD/Berkeley (Haas) MBA and former President of the San Francisco Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel with a strong Bay Area legal network brings understanding of law, business and technology. Over a decade of prior legal experience, including VP/GC of Nasdaq-listed Silicon Valley enterprise software companies (Brio, Actuate), large-company strategic licensing (Adobe), Wall Street corporate law (Shearman & Sterling), and commercial litigation (Jones Day). BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE:
H5, San Francisco, CA 2007-present Practice Director (Private, VC-backed outsourced automated document review consultancy in the eDiscovery space)
♦ Engage in consultative sales processes to develop litigation support business in named corporate and national law firm accounts for collection, analytics, data reduction, responsive document review, review of inbound documents, and expert search/early case assessment involving eDiscovery and Electronically Stored Information.
♦ Establish partnerships with adjacent vendors to provide complementary services.
IN-HOUSE LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
MARKETTOOLS, INC., San Francisco, CA 2006-2007 General Counsel, Vice President and Corporate Secretary (Private, VC-backed; market research software and services company; $100M annual revenue)
ACTUATE CORPORATION, South San Francisco, CA (Nasdaq:ACTU) 2005-2006 General Counsel, Vice President of Corporate Development and Corporate Secretary (Nasdaq; business intelligence enterprise software; $120M annual revenue)
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED, San Jose, CA 2004-2005 Corporate Counsel, Worldwide Product Marketing Division (supporting Intelligent Documents Business Unit)
BRIO SOFTWARE, INC., Santa Clara, CA 2000-2004 Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Director of Ethics/Compliance (2003); Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Secretary (2002-2003); Corporate Counsel (2000-2002) (Nasdaq; business intelligence enterprise software; $100M annual revenue; acquired by Hyperion/Oracle)
♦ Closed venture financings, private placements of public equity, debt financings and buy/sell M&A transactions. ♦ Managed employment, patent, trademark, corporate governance and commercial litigation and other disputes. ♦ Oversaw SEC reporting, disclosure and corporate governance matters (including proxy contest, option repricing,
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance). ♦ Managed intellectual property assets including government contracts, open-source issues, and participation in
standards bodies. ♦ Negotiated domestic and international software and service agreements, reseller/OEM/distributor agreements,
commercial IT agreements, and outsourcing agreements (in Eastern Europe and India). ♦ Implemented privacy and anti-piracy initiatives and international expansion. ♦ Managed domestic and international corporate, employment and real estate matters. ♦ Developed contract/matter management systems, internal transaction tools and training. ♦ Developed new business models (i.e., syndicated research, ASP/SaaS, Internet toolbar distribution and
channels). ♦ Directed outside counsel and managed lawyers, paralegals and contractors.
CORPORATE LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP, New York, NY and San Francisco, CA 1997-2000 Associate (Structured Finance Department)
♦ Drafted and negotiated documentation for secured lending, private placement and asset securitization transactions for investors/lenders and borrowers/issuers (see transaction list pages 3-4)
♦ Performed due diligence of commercial borrowers/issuers; advised borrowers/issuers how to respond to due diligence requests
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LITIGATION EXPERIENCE:
HILL, PETERSON, CARPER, BEE & DEITZLER, Charleston, WV 1996-1997 HEDLUND, HANLEY & JOHN, Chicago, IL 1995-1996 JONES DAY, Chicago, IL Summers 1992-93; 1994-1995 Associate (Litigation Departments)
♦ Practiced primarily commercial litigation and products liability ♦ Tried and appealed cases in first- and second-chair positions ♦ Drafted motions, appellate briefs and client memoranda ♦ Participated in discovery, mediations, arbitrations, hearings, depositions, and witness interviews ♦ Negotiated settlements ♦ Clients included Abbott, Glaxo, Sears, Lehman, Liberty Mutual, RJR Nabisco, Bridgestone/Firestone
SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, Anchorage, AK 1993-1994 Law Clerk to Justice Allen T. Compton (deceased)
EDUCATION:
WALTER A. HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CA; M.B.A. ♦ Part-time program; elective coursework focused on finance and accounting ♦ Co-Chair, Academic and Administrative Affairs Committee, EWMBA Association (student government) ♦ Prospective student recruiting activities and EWMBA staff recruiting/search committee ♦ Class Fundraising Committee, 2005-2006
DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Durham, NC; J.D. ♦ Executive Editor, Alaska Law Review (a Duke Law School publication) ♦ Moot Court Board; National Moot Court Team ♦ Internship, Carolina Legal Assistance (representing disabled low-income clients) ♦ Profiled at http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/EWMBA/enews/jul04/story4.html
EMORY UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, GA; B.A., International Relations ♦ Emory Scholars Program (full-tuition, four-year, academic merit scholarship) ♦ Internship, International Conflict Resolution, Jimmy Carter Presidential Center ♦ College Council (student government; all four years) ♦ Honor Council (investigated and adjudicated academic misconduct issues) ♦ Study Abroad, University of Florence, Italy ♦ Lacrosse and Crew Clubs
TEACHING/LECTURING EXPERIENCE:
♦ Adjunct Instructor, UC Berkeley/Haas School of Business MBA Program (http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/straussphilip.html)
o EWMBA 277-11 Business Law (Spring 2006, Spring 2007 and Fall 2008) (http://web.haas.berkeley.edu/registrar/info/descriptions/EWMBA275-1_Fall08.htm)
o EWMBA 277-1 “Legal Documents for Business Professionals” (Summer 2005) (http://web.haas.berkeley.edu/registrar/info/descriptions/EWMBA277-1_Summer05.htm)
♦ Guest Lecturer, Computer Law, UC Berkeley/Boalt Hall School of Law (Prof. Determann, Spring 2009) ♦ Guest Lecturer, Corporate Transactions, University of San Francisco Law School (Prof. Rooney, Spring 2006, 2008 and 2009) ♦ Guest Speaker, Negotiations, Haas (Prof. Elfenbein, Spring 2006 and 2007) ♦ Guest Speaker, Business Law, Stanford GSB (Prof. Savage, Fall 2005 and Spring 2007) ♦ Guest Lecturer, Outsourcing, University of San Francisco Law School (Prof. Determann, Fall 2005) ♦ Guest Lecturer, Corporate Governance module of Corporate Financial Reporting, UC Berkeley/Haas School of Business (Prof.
Maria Nondorf, Fall 2004) ♦ Guest Lecturer, Contract Law, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA (Prof. Meyer, 2002-2006) ♦ Judge, Stanford Law School First-Year Moot Court Competition (2001-2002) ♦ Teaching Assistant, First-Year Legal Research & Writing, Duke Law School (Prof. Madeline Morris, 1992) ♦ Research Assistant, Property & Constitutional Law, Duke Law School (Prof. Laura Underkuffler, 1991)
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PUBLICATIONS:
♦ Monthly/quarterly columnist on new-to-in-house-practice, lawyer-as-businessperson, and small law department issues, ACC DOCKET, 2003-present; THE RECORDER, 2006; Law.com In-House Column, 2007
♦ “Linguists, Statisticians & Geeks, Oh My! (O’Keefe)”, ACC DOCKET (October 2008) ♦ “The Rocky Horror eDiscovery Show”, ACC DOCKET (June 2008) ♦ “Extreme Business Makeover,” METROPOLITAN CORPORATE COUNSEL (January 2008) ♦ “Top 10 Tips for Preparing Executives for Deposition Testimony”, ACC Website, 2008 ♦ “Top 10 New-to-In-House Pointers”, ACC Website, 2006 ♦ “The Facts of In-House Life: 80s Things I Wish I Knew When I Went In-House”, ACC DOCKET (March 2005) ♦ “Blake v. Skidmore”, 101 W. VA. L. REV. 515 (Spring 1999) ♦ “Opposing Requests for Attorney’s Fees Under Rule 68”, THE ADVOCATE (Fall 1996) ♦ “Clarifying the Test for Piercing the Corporate Veil in Alaska”, 9 ALASKA L. REV. 65 (1992) ♦ “Japanese Politics and the European Community”, 9 EMORY J. INT’L AFF. 32 (Fall 1991)
PRESENTATIONS:
♦ Speaker, “Time Value of Money and Discounted Cash Flows for Lawyers”, ACC SFBA Mini MBA Day, San Francisco, CA, October 2008
♦ Speaker, “The Match Game: Search and Sampling of Electronically Stored Information”, LegalTech-West, Los Angeles, CA, June 2008
♦ Speaker, “Remarks on the GC’s Mandate: Leadership and Accountability”, Economist Conference, New York, NY, December 2007
♦ Speaker, “Preparing Your Executives for Deposition Testimony”, ACC National Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2007 ♦ Speaker, “Basics of Finance and Accounting for In-House Counsel”, ACC SFBA Mini MBA Day, San Francisco, CA, September
2007 ♦ Speaker, “Managing Your Legal Career”, Minority Corporate Counsel Association Career Fair, San Francisco, CA, August 2007 ♦ Moderator, “Chief Privacy Officer Roundtable”, ACC SFBA eCommerce/Privacy Committee, Palo Alto, CA, June 2007 ♦ Speaker, “General Counsel Roundtable”, Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA, July 2006 ♦ Speaker, “Developing Your Board”, ACC Leadership Development Institute, Washington, DC, March 2006 ♦ Moderator, “How to Advance Your In-House Career”, ACC/SFBA Career Development Committee, Santa Clara, CA, December
2005 ♦ Speaker, “International Software Licensing”, ACI Seminar, San Francisco, CA, October 2005 ♦ Speaker, “Protecting Your Company’s Confidential Information”, ACC National Meeting, Washington, DC, October 2005 ♦ Speaker, “CLE Programming”, ACC Leadership Development Institute, Washington, DC, October 2005 ♦ Moderator, “International Employment Contracts – From Marriage to Divorce”, ACC International Law Committee National
Webcast, June 2005 ♦ Speaker, “Hallmarks of an Effective In-House Counselor”, ACC Corporate Counsel University, Dallas, TX, May 2004; Chicago,
IL, June 2003; Los Angeles, CA, May 2005 ♦ Panelist, “Putting it All Together (New-to-In-House Practice)”, ACC Corporate Counsel University, Los Angeles, CA, May 2005 ♦ Speaker, “Remarks on the Future of American Institutions”, ACC Annual Gala, San Francisco, CA, April 2005 ♦ Speaker, “Document Creation & Retention: The Dos and Don’ts in the Employment and Litigation Context”, ACC/Lex Mundi
Presentation, Palo Alto, CA, February 2005 ♦ Speaker, "Forging Relationships: Keys To Success For The New In-house Litigation Counsel", ACC Litigation Committee
National Webcast, December 2005 ♦ Speaker, “Doing Business with the Federal Government”, ACC National Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2004 ♦ Speaker, “Opportunities and Pitfalls in International Licensing”, ACC/SFBA International Law Committee, Santa Clara, CA,
August 2003 & March 2004 ♦ Speaker, “Crossing the Pond Without Drowning: a Primer on International In-House Legal Practice”, ACC International Law
Committee National Webcast, February 2004 ♦ Speaker, 2003 ACC Leadership Development Institute, San Francisco, CA, October 2003 ♦ Speaker, “ACC Boot Camp: an Introduction to In-House Practice”, ACC National Meeting, Washington, DC, October 2002 ♦ Moderator, “SCCBA Primer on Government Contracting”, Santa Clara, CA, June 2002
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/AWARDS:
♦ Admitted to practice law in California and New York (active); Massachusetts and Illinois (inactive) ♦ Association of Corporate Counsel – (“ACC”; formerly ACCA)
o Past President, SF Bay Area Chapter (“SFBA”; two terms, 2005 and 2006) (1,700+-member chapter of the in-house bar association)
o Chair, SFBA Chapter Communications/PR (2007-2008) o Co-Chair, SFBA Mini MBA (Financial Literacy for In-House Counsel) Event (2007) o Founder & Co-Chair, SFBA Chapter Privacy/eCommerce Committee (2007) o Past Chair, Program Committee, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (2004-2005); Program Committee Member (2007)
Arranged continuing legal education programming activities for monthly chapter luncheons o Founder & Past Chair, New-to-In-House-Practice National Committee (2001-2004)
Developed and assembled resources (training programs, written materials, Web resources) for new in-house lawyers Developed the concept and curriculum for Corporate Counsel University, an annual two-day CLE program for new
in-house lawyers o Past Chair, SFBA Chapter Intellectual Property Law Committee (2004) o Past Chair, SFBA Chapter Small Law Department Committee (2002-2003) o Robert I. Townsend Award (ACC National Member of the Year, 2003)
♦ Bay Area General Counsel Group; American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association ♦ Founder & Coordinator, Cal Bull & Bearristers networking association for JD/MBAs from Haas
PRESS:
♦ “Corporate Lawyers Face a Changing Landscape,” SF Business Times, 9/8/06, p. 28 ♦ “GCs Vent Their Frustrations,” The Recorder, 5/22/06 ♦ “Corporate Counsels Battle a Communication Chill,” Silicon Valley Business Journal, 4/17/06 ♦ “Advancing the Careers of California’s In-House Attorneys,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 2006
BOARD AFFILIATIONS:
♦ Board Member, Lance-Kashian & Company, Fresno, CA, 2009-present ♦ Advisory Board Member, eRealInvestor.com, San Francisco, CA, 2008-present ♦ Board Member, The Cade R. Alpard Foundation (for pediatric liver disease research), Houston, TX, 2005-present ♦ Member, Haas Alumni Council, 2005-present ♦ Member, Emory College Alumni Board, 2006-present (also Nominating Committee) ♦ Former Board Member, DataBeacon Inc. (private, VC-backed, sold to Cognos), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2005
SKILLS/INTERESTS/OTHER:
♦ Creative Writing ♦ Conversational Italian and French ♦ Outdoor sports, weight training, reading, foreign affairs ♦ Former Ironman triathlete ♦ Former Congressional Page, U.S. House of Representatives (1984-85) ♦ Dual US-German citizenship