Experienced technology and business attorney offering a unique blend of business experience and legal expertise to business executives. Significant experience as former senior in-house legal executive with public high technology companies, including LSI Logic and MoSys, Inc. Provide effective legal and business strategy support for companies engaging in or anticipating sophisticated technology related transactions, including licensing, strategic partnerships and mergers and acquisitions.
General Counsel, IP Licensing, Board of Directors Counsel, SEC and Corporate Governance Business Negotiations Litigation Management and Dispute Resolution, Foundry and OEM Agreements Joint Development Transactions, Mergers and Aquisition Transactions, Sales and Distribution Agreements, U.S. Import and Export Compliance, and Environmental, Health and Safety Compliance
Practice areas
Inbound and outbound licensing including sotware, APIs, EDA, Open source and IP macros.
22 years, 500 cases
Procure hardware, equipment and consulting services. Negotiate commercial leases.
22 years, 500 cases
Corporate secretary, board advisor, SEC filings; human resources benefits and 401(k) advisor
22 years, 100 cases
Negotiate internation business agreements, countries include Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, China, France, UK, Canada, Romania and others.
22 years, 150 cases
Languages spoken
English
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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CA | Active | 2000 | 06/20/2022 |
Legal answers | 0 |
Legal guides | 0 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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Top 1% | AT&T | 1997 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Chief Corporate Counsel | MoSys Inc. | 2005 - 2009 |
Senior Corporate Counsel | LSI Logic Corporation | 2000 - 2005 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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Santa Clara Univ SOL | law | 1999 |
Saint Mary's College of California | BA - Bachelor of Arts | 1995 |
Seattle Univ | BA - Bachelor of Arts | N/A |
Posted by Peter P. Troendle
April 11, 2017
Ronald Cabanayan, Unknown Attorney on May 23, 2014
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
Mr. Crawford is a very experienced, knowledgable and respected attorney. He has also been an outstanding and visible leader in his community. His work ethic and commitment are examples of his desire to serve his clients' needs. He has been an excellent resource of legal information for me and has never had a problem with providing sound advice. I highly endorse Mr. Crawford.
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