Robert Quinn's Bio

Rob Quinn brings more than 25 years of corporate legal experience guiding businesses through their organization, operation, contracts and sales, securing, licensing and protecting their intellectual property, helping them resolve and prevent litigation and advising them in the employment and retention of good employees. Rob is adept at providing strategic and sensible counsel to both Fortune 500 companies and small to medium sized businesses.

Representative transactions in the past few years have included:

Sale of software company for $140 million--represented software company founders
Texas energy company in obtaining a temporary restraining order against Chinese national oil company on offshore China oil properties
International distribution agreements for photonics company
Sale of Nation’s largest audio book rental company
Stock option plan for hybrid automotive technology company

Representative Clients
Freshwater Software (software); Audio Adventures (audio tapes); DataLever (software); Outside Intelligence (GIS); TransZap (energy software); Sonora Entertainment (Spanish language movie theatres); WorldWIT (global online network); ICG Communication (telecommunications); Qwest (telecommunications); NetIgnite (internet, directory/data services); Meadowlark Optics (photonics); Fiberforge (auto technology); Anchor Point (wildland fire management); Eclectic Radio Company (internet radio); Santa Fe Southern Pacific (transportation, energy, forest products, telecommunications); The Halliburton Companies (engineering, energy service, construction); Champion International (forest products company); Southern Pacific (transportation, telecommunications); New York Life Insurance Company (financial services); Orion Corporation (commercial satellite company); Colorado Photonics Association (photonics trade organization); Armco Steel Company (engineering, construction services); Transco Pipeline Company (gas transmission, regulatory); Shearson Lehman Brothers (securities brokerage); Alex. Brown & Sons (securities underwriting); First Interstate Bank (banking services); Tracor, Inc. (defense contractor).

Publications/Presentations
Rob has spoken on a variety of corporate, technology, trademark, contract, employment and intellectual property topics. Articles authored or co-authored by Rob have appeared in the Boulder County Business Report, Colorado Software Association, Colorado Trial Lawyers.

Associations/Affiliations
Colorado Internet Keiretsu, Counsel; Start Up Base Camp, Co-founder; Boulder Community Networks, Director; Boulder Valley School District, Volunteer

Education
UT Law School, J.D. with honors, 1979
U VA, B.A. with high distinction, 1976
AV Rated—Martindale Hubbell