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Bruce Methven
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Get to Know Bruce Methven

29 years as an attorney; 20 years of experience as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.

Admitted to the State Bar of California 1980

Education

Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley; BA University of California at Berkeley; Two years of undergraduate work at MIT

Affiliations

Alameda County Bar Association; American Bar Association; American Arbitration Association; EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation; CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility; Former ERN Entrepreneurs Resource Network-founder and president; Founder and Former Chair - Alameda County Bar Association; Intellectual Property and Computer Law Committee Former Chair - Intellectual Property Committee, BAMTA; Former President - High Technology Entrepreneurial Council; Former Director - MDG.org Multimedia Development Group, Legal Counsel; Former Director - Junior Achievement, Legal Counsel

Certifications

29 years of legal services in the areas of:

Real Estate Sales

Purchases, Leases, Options to purchase; Title change; Investment; Domestic and foreign propertie;

General Business Law

Contracts; Agreements; Licenses; Opinion letters for FNMA loans; Franchises; Government filings and reports; Employee manuals; Employment laws and lawsuits; Independent contractor agreements, including how to avoid employee classification; Mergers; Restructuring; Buy outs and takeovers; Court awards procurements

Business Entities and Stock Offerings

Corporations, Partnerships, LLPs, Sole Propriotorships; Entity choice and formation; Domestic and foreign investors and parent companies; Stock option plans and purchase agreements; Employee ownership incentives

Securities law Investment agreements; Exemptions when interests in an entity are being sold to investors; Securities regulations compliance: state and federal

Litigation and Arbitration Blocking injunctions; Breach of confidentiality and unfair competition allegations; Recovering large sums for clients; Breach of contract; International cases; Domestic representation of foreign clients

Intellectual Property Trademark, Copyright, and Service Mark applications; Programming, Work-for-hire, Software agreements; Trade secrets; Non-disclosure; Aggressive representation; International licenses and compliance; Domain name dispute; Ecommerce; Click-through agreements; Limitation of liability statements; Disclaimers; Jurisdiction statements; Children's Online Privacy Protection Act; Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Non-profits Formation; Tax exempt status; Charitable status; Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulation compliance

Estate Planning and Probate Wills; Trusts; Powers of attorney; Probate; Transferring property to the heirs.