https://www.techlawpartners.com/home daily 1.0 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618839d381fac01da699e45a/1636321831854-X06AK1EW5ENPAA55CH4R/brian.png Tech Law Partners LLP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618839d381fac01da699e45a/1636321879687-AG1F0PMXBQ4IKYYE8GC1/mike.png Tech Law Partners LLP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618839d381fac01da699e45a/1638663183717-QF2NABFXSHQ0R3WOQEXX/timfrenchheadshot.jpg Tech Law Partners LLP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618839d381fac01da699e45a/950e9f28-3b95-4b93-bfcc-5175af49b853/Adam+Heller+head+shot.+1+Nov+22+.jpeg Tech Law Partners LLP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618839d381fac01da699e45a/eb7c18eb-257e-4d45-aee6-5777b0f42fcd/HJMHeadshotblue+background.+may+2022+.jpg Tech Law Partners LLP https://www.techlawpartners.com/terms daily 0.75 2022-01-01 https://www.techlawpartners.com/practice daily 0.75 2022-11-06 https://www.techlawpartners.com/brian daily 0.75 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618839d381fac01da699e45a/1636321831854-X06AK1EW5ENPAA55CH4R/brian.png Brian Danella - Brian Danella Brian is a technology transactions lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience counseling clients in Silicon Valley. Brian was the General Counsel of Nuance Communications (Nasdaq: NUAN), a speech recognition technology company, and he practiced in the technology transactions and M&A groups at Wilson Sonsini and O'Melveny & Myers. Brian has an A.B. in Computer Science from Princeton University and a J.D. with a certificate in Law, Technology & Management from Syracuse University College of Law. You can learn more about Brian’s experience and credentials, and connect with him on LinkedIn. Brian’s recent clients have included companies in a wide range of industries. Examples include automotive telematics; Software as-a-Service (SaaS); on-premises software; electronic health records; fintech; semiconductors; automotive; LED lighting; ride-sharing; Cloud monitoring and management; IoT sensors; data warehousing; managed IT services; energy; and wearable devices. You can send email to Brian here: brian(at)techlawpartners.com https://www.techlawpartners.com/mike daily 0.75 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618839d381fac01da699e45a/f7c27864-6c97-4314-815e-e68b4b432bae/mike.png Mike Okada - Mike Okada Mike is an experienced legal executive with a focus on complex IP-related transactions, developing scalable business models and international business transactions. He brings over 30 years of technology transactions experience. Mike was the General Counsel of Immersion Corporation (Nasdaq: IMMR), which focused on the development and licensing of haptics-related technologies. Before that, Mike was VP, IP Transactions and Legal Affairs of Dolby Laboratories. He led its legal team supporting the audio and imaging technology licensing businesses and architected Dolby’s agreement frameworks for technology licensing across all of its consumer markets. Previously a partner at Wilson Sonsini, his practice included licensing, commercial transactions, M&A, start-ups, and IPOs. Mike also worked at Yamashita and Ohshima, a Japanese law firm in Tokyo. Mike received his J.D. from the University of Southern California and an A.B. in Economics from Columbia University. You can learn more about Mike’s experience and credentials, and connect with him on LinkedIn here. You can send email to Mike here: mike(at)techlawpartners.com https://www.techlawpartners.com/tim daily 0.75 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618839d381fac01da699e45a/e2de3bb9-0719-4369-a682-80db60b6a0a5/tim.png Tim French - Tim French Tim’s practice is focused on serving as outside general counsel to technology companies, advising on commercial agreements, corporate governance, intellectual property, employment, and day-to-day legal matters. He also represents founders on company formation and strategic corporate initiatives, and counsels executives in connection with compensation and separation negotiations. With more than 20 years of experience, Tim combines the perspective of outside counsel and in-house leadership to help clients navigate both legal and business challenges. Before joining Tech Law Partners, Tim was a corporate attorney at Seubert French Frimel & Warner, a boutique corporate law firm, and Director of Legal at Illumio, a leading cybersecurity software company. Tim also served as Director of Legal for Coupons.com, managing its $200 million initial public offering on the Nasdaq. In addition, Tim served as Vice President and General Counsel for Channel Intelligence, Inc., an online shopping engine and advertising company, which was acquired by Google. Earlier in his career, he practiced in the corporate and securities groups at Latham & Watkins and Davis Polk & Wardwell. Tim earned his J.D. from U.C. Berkeley School of Law, where he graduated first in his class and received the Thelen, Marrin Prize. He also holds a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley. You can learn more about Tim’s experience and credentials, and connect with him on LinkedIn. You can send email to Tim here: tim(at)techlawpartners.com https://www.techlawpartners.com/heather daily 0.75 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618839d381fac01da699e45a/2e3da604-d865-4cae-9b4f-601e8fec38a1/heather.png Heather Meeker - Heather Meeker Heather Meeker is also a Founding Portfolio Partner at OSS Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund specializing in commercial open source development. She was formerly a partner in O’Melveny & Myers’ Silicon Valley office in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice group. Meeker advises technology clients on intellectual property matters, including licensing and collaboration arrangements, software copyright and patent issues, technology procurement, open source licensing strategies, and intellectual property issues in investments, mergers and acquisitions. She is an internationally known specialist in open source software licensing. Her latest book, Open Source for Business, is a definitive handbook for lawyers, engineers, and businesspersons on open source licensing in business. Her Technology Licensing: A Primer, is a widely used handbook for technology licensing specialists. In 2019, Meeker was named by Business Insider as one of the ten people transforming the way the technology industry does business, along with the CEOs of Salesforce, Stripe, and Microsoft. She was the only lawyer on this list. Meeker is widely recognized for her leadership in intellectual property licensing law, with Chambers USA, the Legal 500, Best Lawyers in America, and SuperLawyers naming her among the industry’s top lawyers in multiple years. She received the prestigious IP Vanguard Award for private practice from the Intellectual Property Section of the California state bar for 2016. In 2012, Best Lawyers named her its “San Francisco Information Technology Law Lawyer of the Year.” In 2018, she was named one of the top Women Leaders in Tech Law by The Recorder. The Daily Journal named Meeker to its list of “Top 100 Women Lawyers in California” in 2013, and has named her twice to its list of “25 Top IP Portfolio Managers (Licensing) In California.” Managing IP named her to its “IP Stars - Top 250 Women in IP” list in 2013. She is a member of the Advisory Council for the American Law Institute’s projects on Principles of the Law of Software Contracts (2010) and Restatement of Law, Copyright (ongoing). Heather graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1979 with a B.A. in Economics. She received her J.D from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994. There, she was Order of the Coif and Editor-in-Chief of the Berkeley Technology Law Review. You can learn more about Heather’s experience and credentials, and connect with her on LinkedIn, here. Heather's blog is available at www.heathermeeker.com and her Twitter feed appears at twitter.com/HeatherMeeker4. You can send email to Heather here: heather(at)techlawpartners.com https://www.techlawpartners.com/adam-heller daily 0.75 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618839d381fac01da699e45a/950e9f28-3b95-4b93-bfcc-5175af49b853/Adam+Heller+head+shot.+1+Nov+22+.jpeg Adam Heller - Adam Heller Adam has more than 25 years of legal experience, beginning in Washington, D.C., at what is now Pillsbury Madison Shaw Pittman. Hearing the call of the West, Adam moved to San Francisco, where he worked for what is now GemAlto NV, VeriSign Inc., and as General Counsel at Hands-On Mobile, Inc., and then, publicly traded Geeknet, Inc. (NASDAQ: GKNT), parent company of SourceForge and ThinkGeek. Since 2012, Adam has represented a variety of tech start-ups and education technology companies, including Mixpanel, PubNub, Padlet, Zazzle, ABL, OSOM Products and Maze.Design. Adam has a particular interest in data privacy and security, and he obtained his CIPP certification in 2014. His practice includes assisting clients with their SOC2 certifications. Adam is a member of the California, New York and Washington, D.C. bars. He earned his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School and his B.A. in History from Clark University. He is also a licensed California real estate broker. In his free time, Adam can be found cycling around SF, enjoying all the beauty and nature the Bay Area has to offer with his wife and three children. You can learn more about Adam’s experience and credentials, and connect with him on LinkedIn. You can send email to Adam here: adam(at)techlawpartners.com