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Carol A. Brittain Attorney at Law
P. O. Box 47-5785 Marina Green Station San Francisco, CA 94147-5785 ------------------------------------------------------------ Tel 415-674-1906 Fax 877-801-1906 ------------------------------------------------------------ Licensed to practice law in the State of California ------------------------------------------------------------
Professional activities:
- Member and former Officer of the Executive Committee, International Law Section, State Bar of California
- Member and former Co-Chair, Women in Licensing/ Bay Area, an affiliate of the worldwide Licensing Executives Society
- Member and corporate legal advisor, Organization of Women Architects and Design
Professionals
- Member and former Northern California chapter chair, Women in
Toys national trade group
- Adjunct Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings
College of the Law, San Francisco (1998 and 1999)
- Alumni mentor to students, University of California, Hastings
College of the Law, and University of San Francisco Law School LLM
program
Education:
- B.A., Miami University, Ohio
- M.B.A., Thunderbird School,
Arizona
- J.D.,
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Previous Positions Include:
- General
Counsel of Dakin, Inc., worldwide designer, manufacturer and distributor
of consumer products
- Corporate
and Securities Attorney, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro
| Areas of practice:
- Corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), partnerships -- formation and transformation
- Technology and trademark licensing agreements in consumer products, publishing and other fields
- Contract review, negotiation and drafting
- Ownership expansion programs for privately held companies
- Mergers and acquisitions; corporate restructurings
Sample transactions:- Formation of C corporations, S corporations, LLCs
and partnerships
- Successful negotiation and drafting of high-stakes
technology and trademark license agreements for small companies against
large multinational corporations
- Acquisition of long-established manufacturing
company by entrepreneur/investor
- Reincorporation of out-of-state corporation into
California
- Expansion of ownership in closely held corporations
in architecture and engineering fields
- Ongoing legal advice to both start-up and
long-established companies in consumer products, technology, web-based
ventures, and professional services, including general business advice
and corporate restructuring
- Preparation of website terms and conditions for
online sales
- Mergers and acquisitions of businesses in
manufacturing, services, and technology fields
- Coordination with specialists in other areas of
law, including patent, trademark, employment, tax, and litigation to
achieve optimal outcome for clients
Publications:
- Tax Planning for Business
(co-author), Entrepreneur Press (2007)
- Selecting and Forming Business
Entities, Chapter 2: Evaluating Entity Choices (co-author), CEB
(Continuing Education of the Bar) (2007 edition and annual updates)
- Basics of International Licensing
(co-author), published in The California International Law Journal,
Vol. 14, No. 3 (2006), paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
State Bar of California
- Architect's Essentials of Ownership
Transition (contributor), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2002)
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