Our diverse group of experienced attorneys can provide a wide range of legal services, ranging from board-level corporate governance and financing counseling, mergers and acqisitions, intellectual property protection, licensing and commercialization advice, employment, labor, and OSHA counseling, to dispute resolution services. |
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Dan began his career at a major Dallas firm in 1974, and moved to Austin in 1982. His 36 years of practice have been largely focused on representing business entities, entrepreneurs, and investors in a wide array of corporate and business transactions, including merger and acquisition transactions and equity and debt financing transactions. His experience spans several business sectors, both public and private, and includes serving as general counsel of an Austin-based telecommunications company that developed markets in Mexico and Central America. He is an alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin and the The University of Texas Law School where he graduated with honors and served as an editor of The Texas Law Review.
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Jane has over 36 years experience in legal practice, government service, and business management. Her legal practice—and before that, her government service—has been focused on labor and employment law, with an emphasis on OSHA and workplace safety and health issues. She authored and periodically updates the "Employee Safety and Health - Chapter 10" in James Publishing's Texas Employment Law. Her early experience managing an organization with 38 employees and a multi-million dollar budget provided unique opportunities for understanding and appreciating the challenges presented to small to medium-sized employers. Both her bachelors and JD degrees are from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Jerry has over 35 years experience with large law firms representing technology and industrial companies ranging from Fortune 500 and multinationals to startups in both domestic and international matters. His legal practice focuses on technology, intellectual property, and corporate law. He has also served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of a venture capital-funded IT company. Jerry received his J.D. degree after earning a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, both from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Ross had over 18 years of experience with large law firms prior to joining the firm. His legal practice focuses on intellectual property and technology law with an emphasis on litigation, patent prosecution, and intellectual property portfolio management in a variety of technology areas, including chemical (such as polymer science and biochemistry), nanotechnology, semiconductor, and computer technologies. Ross is recognized as one of the leaders in the field of nanotechnology. He has worked closely with nanotechnologists to procure and license their technologies, and his work assisting scientists at the Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University and the Alan G. MacDiarmid Nanotech Institute at the University of Texas at Dallas has resulted in some of the most important patents for producing and manipulating carbon nanotubes. Mr. Garsson is currently on the Board of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship (Houston) and the Steering Committee of the Austin Rice Alliance. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Austin Gifted School (Ace Academy). Ross received his J.D. degree from the University of Texas after earning a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering and a B.A. degree in Mathematics from Rice University.
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Kelly had over 19 years of experience with large law firms prior to joining the firm. His legal practice focuses on intellectual property and technology law with an emphasis on patent prosecution, licensing and intellectual property portfolio management in a variety of technology areas, including nanotechnology and information technology. Kelly is recognized as one of the leaders in the field of nanotechnology. He is President of the Texas Nanotechnology Initiative and has served on the Advisory Boards of the Nanomaterials Applications Center, Nanotechnology Law & Business, and the Science, Technology & Society Program at the University of Texas at Austin. He currently serves on the Energy & Clean Technology Advisory Board for the Energy & Clean Technology Venture Forum on behalf of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. Kelly received his J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Houston after earning a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University.
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Scott is a trial lawyer certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Law. After serving as a Briefing Attorney for the Dallas Court of Appeals, Scott has been a trial attorney in Austin for over 34 years. His present practice with Matheson Keys Garsson & Kordzik focuses on complex business and intellectual property litigation. He received his B.A from Rice University and his J.D. from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Rodney’s 32 year legal career includes extensive experience in business and corporate law, securities, finance, taxation, real estate and litigation. Having served as general counsel for a NASDAQ traded biotechnology company for fifteen years, he is experienced in the issues that face management and boards of directors of publicly traded companies, including securities regulation, corporate governance, Sarbanes-Oxley, employment matters, stockholder relations, directors’ and officers’ insurance, risk management, and resolution of disputes, including mediation, arbitration and litigation. His biotechnology experience includes management of legal issues in clinical trials of new drug candidates, including multi-country Phase 3 trials. Rodney is a founder of an SEC and FINRA licensed securities broker-dealer, and is a licensed securities representative of that firm. He is an alumnus of The University of Texas School of Law, and Texas A & M University. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and is licensed to practice in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and the United States Tax Court.
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Mark began his legal career over twenty years ago with a prominent national law firm based in California. Following ten years in its Los Angeles and San Francisco offices - with a practice focused on creditors' rights and the reorganization of distressed companies - he joined one of the Silicon Valley's largest firms. In the Silicon Valley, Mark transitioned his practice to mergers, acquisitions, financings, and other corporate transactions for technology companies. In 2002 he returned to Austin, subsequently completing graduate studies in accounting. Mark joined the accounting faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, where he currently teaches courses in auditing and advanced financial accounting. Mark also served as Professor in Residence at a "Big Four" accounting firm. His practice is devoted primarily to corporate and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions. Mark holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Iowa and M.B.A., M.P.A., and J.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the State Bars of Texas and California.
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Peter began his career at a small Houston creditor's rights firm in 1982 and moved to Austin in 1987 where he continued to practice in the area of creditor's rights, with a primary focus on consumer bankruptcy law. He changed careers in 2000 when he accepted employment with Merrill Lynch where he became a financial advisor, and thereafter with Wells Fargo Investments, LLC. Peter currently maintains an Of Counsel relationship with Matheson Keys Garsson & Kordzik where he practices corporate law, as well as being an approved Arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority("FINRA" f/k/a/"NASD"). Peter received his B.A. from University of St. Thomas, Houston, and his J.D. from South Texas College of Law.
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Sarah began her career with a large Austin law firm in 2002. Her practice is focused on corporate transactions and advising closely held companies. She devotes much of her attention to providing legal services to health care providers, with an emphasis on provider reimbursement and fraud/abuse. She received her B.S. from Georgetown University and her J.D. from Tulane University.
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