Colin Samuels

Current

• Assistant General Counsel / Assistant Corporate Secretary at Accela, Inc.

Past

• Corporate Counsel at Tidemark Solutions
• General Counsel / Manager of Legal Affairs at Emergency Services Integrators, LLC
• Nondisclosure Agreements Coordinator at Scientific Atlanta, Inc.

• Attorney / Partner at Lanker & Samuels, Attorneys at Law

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Education

• Willamette University College of Law
• Washington State University

Connections

123 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• Infamy or Praise
• Unsilent Partners
• Twitter (colinsamuels)

Colin Samuels’s Summary

— Member, Oregon State Bar (no. 954014)
— Member, California State Bar (no. 800953)
— Member of Association of Corporate Counsel.
— Author, “Humanizing the Profession” (NEXUS Law Journal, Volume 11, 2006)
— Contributing Author, Blogging and Other Social Media: Technology and Law (Gower Publishing, 2008)
— Contributing Author, Legal Profession: Modern Approach
(The Icfai University Press, 2008)
— Blogger, Infamy or Praise (http://infamyorpraise.com)
— Co-Blogger, Unsilent Partners (http://unsilentpartners.com)
— Recipient of “Blawg Review of the Year” awards for 2005 (Blawg Review #35), 2006 (Blawg Review #86), 2007 (Blawg Review #137), and 2008 (Blawg Review #189)

Colin Samuels’s Specialties:

Intellectual property licensing; trademarks and copyrights; patent portfolio management; contracts; nondisclosure/confidentiality agreements; co-development and subcontracting agreements; negotiation; government procurement; strategic business counseling; regulatory and export compliance; outside legal counsel management; corporate litigation; employment practices oversight; mergers and acquisitions; corporate governance; general management.

Colin Samuels’s Experience

• Assistant General Counsel / Assistant Corporate Secretary

  Accela, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)

• Corporate Counsel

  Tidemark Solutions

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  February 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 3 months)

• General Counsel / Manager of Legal Affairs

  Emergency Services Integrators, LLC

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 10 months)

• Nondisclosure Agreements Coordinator

  Scientific Atlanta, Inc.

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SFA; Telecommunications industry)

  July 1998 — September 1998 (3 months)

• Attorney / Partner

  Lanker & Samuels, Attorneys at Law

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Law Practice industry)

  March 1996 — March 1998 (2 years 1 month)

Colin Samuels’s Education

• Willamette University College of Law

  1992 — 1995

• Washington State University

  BA , Political Science , 1988 — 1992

Additional Information

Colin Samuels’s Websites:

• Infamy or Praise
• Unsilent Partners
• Twitter (colinsamuels)