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Axiom Attorneys have recently found themselves…

Licensing
Drafting licensing and distribution form agreements for one of the nation’s fastest growing home solar companies.
Commercial Contracts
Working on commercial contracts at the education authority that regulates the UK national curriculum.

 Life Sciences
Helping with clinical trial agreements and other commercial contracts at a leading pharma company’s recently launched branded products division.

Finance
Handling corporate governance matters and policy administration issues resulting from the merger of two leading financial institutions.

 Media
Handling production contracts, studio contracts and original and independent programming deals for the television home of American classics.



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Life before Axiom: Latham & Watkins; Quinn Emanuel; University of Michigan Law; UC Berkeley
I became an attorney because: I can’t turn down a dare. In this case, the dare came my junior year from a friend who dared me to take the LSAT and the rest is history.
Something you wouldn't expect to hear about me: My wife and I decided to get married two weeks after meeting. 8 1/2 years and 2 kids later, it remains the only spontaneous thing I’ve done to date.
Career Highlight: At the very beginning of my legal career I was put on an employment discrimination case. We were up against a seasoned and wily claimant counsel and the Partner on the case effectively let me run it. The experience was exhilarating and most rewarding of all was filing a writ of mandamus which we won (and was subsequently published). There have been other wins since but none as exciting as that one.
 If you were stranded on a deserted island with only 3 things, what would they be?:
1. Short wave radio
2. Compass
3. Boat
Life at Axiom: Atmel










We’ve scoured the World Wide Web so you don’t have to! Check out the Axiom Blawg Roll, our overview of legal happenings across the blogosphere.

Highlights from this month's issue include...

 “Layoffs expected to lead to lawsuits”
Dan Slater of the WSJ Law Blog reports that employment and discrimination-related lawsuits are likely to jump as the flurry of layoffs and downsizing in the legal world continues in 2009.

 “Protecting yourself in a perilous time”
Jim Calloway of Law Practice Tips Blog provides advice for recession-proofing your law firm while In-House Blog describes how currently employed lawyers can protect themselves from unemployment.

“Pendulum swings away from BigLaw”
Larry Bodine of LawMarketing Blog suspects that lawyers in smaller and mid-size firms will continue to successfully lure away clients from large law firms and discusses the main reasons for this trend.


Axiom and BBLP launch: Building a Better Legal Profession’s Guide to Law Firms
We’ll be bringing together lawyers, press, students and professors for drinks & dessert at the launch of Building a Better Legal Profession’s recently released guide to law firms... just one of the many ways BBLP, a Stanford Law School student-run organization, is advocating for law firm reform.
April 3, 8:00-10:00pm @ Clift Hotel, Spanish Suite
(495 Geary Street, San Francisco)
For questions or to RSVP email Abbey.

 Asian Law Caucus 37th Anniversary Dinner: In Defense of Civil Rights, The 25th Anniversary of the Korematsu v. United States Corum Nobis Decision
Come support the advocacy efforts of the Asian Law Caucus and the furtherance of civil rights for all sectors of society. The dinner commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Northern District of California Court ruling that overturned Fred Korematsu’s 1944 conviction for evading Executive Order 9066, which authorized the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
April 30, 6:00-9:30pm @ Hyatt Regency
(5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco)
For questions or to RSVP click here.



Axiom is a firm of experienced lawyers liberated from the unnecessary overhead and inefficiency one typically associates with BigLaw. Clients turn to us to reduce their dependence on outside counsel and to expand the capabilities of their in-house teams. And attorneys come to us for a challenging, yet more satisfying practice that offers variety and self-determination. Click here for a 60-second glimpse of a short film made about the Axiom experience.