Greater Denver Area
- Current
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- Corporate Counsel at Viaero Wireless
- Past
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- Consultant at Governor's Innovation Council
- Summer Associate at Hogan and Hartson
- Summer Associate at Musgrave & Theis LLP
- Summer Law Clerk to Justice Allison H. Eid at Colorado Supreme Court
- Research Assistant to Professor Philip J. Weiser at University of Colorado School of Law
- Summer Intern at Intrado, Inc.
- Senior Consultant at Braun Consulting
- Information Architect at Agency.com
- Education
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- Peking University
- University of Colorado School of Law
- Northwestern University
- Collegiate School
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Micah Schwalb’s Summary
Micah Schwalb’s Specialties:
Information and communications technologies, international business law, green and clean technology, and biotechnology.
Micah Schwalb’s Experience
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Corporate Counsel
Viaero Wireless
(Privately Held; Wireless industry)
May 2009 — Present (9 months)
Led a comprehensive grant application effort that involved drafting contracts, writing grant applications, software development, and negotiating agreements with local governments and quasi-governmental entities, as well as government relations, public relations, and project management.
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Consultant
Governor's Innovation Council
(Public Policy industry)
September 2008 — May 2009 (9 months)
Authored a policy study on entrepreneurship and higher education in Colorado. Worked with entrepreneurship educators, technology transfer professionals, and university executives at the University of Colorado, Colorado State University, the Colorado School of Mines, the United States Air Force Academy, Metro State University, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The final deliverable detailed how higher education supports economic growth in Colorado through entrepreneurship education and commercialization, as well as how to remove barriers to academic entrepreneurship.
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Summer Associate
Hogan and Hartson
(Partnership; Law Practice industry)
June 2008 — August 2008 (3 months)
Drafted contracts for a $2.6 million round trip investment in a Chinese company. Worked with local counsel in China, Taiwan, Brunei, and Singapore to identify registration exemptions for an initial public offering in the United States. Helped to draft the prospectus for the initial public offering of a Chinese company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Co-authored a law review article with managing partner of the China practice about joint ventures between colleges and universities in the P.R.C. Conducted research and authored filings in the successful defense of Chinese companies in a proceeding before the U.S. International Trade Commission (Certain Off-the-Road Tires from China, USITC Pub ____, Inv. No. 701-TA-448 (Aug. 2008)), and helped to translate a federal opinion from the Tenth Circuit into Mandarin.
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Summer Associate
Musgrave & Theis LLP
(Law Practice industry)
July 2006 — August 2006 (2 months)
Contributed research and writing to briefs in Qwest Servs. Corp. v. FCC, 509 F.3d 531 (D.C. Cir. 2007). Prepared managing partner for oral arguments in Qwest Corp. v. AT&T Corp., 479 F.3d 1206 (10th Cir. 2007).
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Summer Law Clerk to Justice Allison H. Eid
Colorado Supreme Court
(Government Administration industry)
May 2006 — July 2006 (3 months)
Contributed to certiorari recommendations and judicial opinions.
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Research Assistant to Professor Philip J. Weiser
University of Colorado School of Law
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2004 — May 2006 (1 year 9 months)
Conducted research for and performed editing on law review articles, white papers, and books, including "Digital Crossroads," Professor Weiser’s book on telecommunications law; served as teaching assistant for course on telecommunications law.
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Summer Intern
Intrado, Inc.
(Public Company; TRDO; Telecommunications industry)
May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)
Authored memoranda concerning shareholder activists, the attorney-client privilege in an in-house context, product design and pen register laws, veil-piercing, wiretaps, and the effect of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 on certain contemplated acquisitions.
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Senior Consultant
Braun Consulting
(Public Company; BRNC; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2001 — May 2004 (3 years 2 months)
Worked with chief operating officers, chief technical officers, and product managers to develop business strategies and IT platforms for Fortune 500 companies. Clients included Abbott Laboratories, Minnesota Mutual Life, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Roche Diagnostics, and Schering-Plough. Responsibilities included writing sales proposals, leading project teams, conducting research and interviews, delivering presentations, developing software, creative direction, business analysis, and information architecture.
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Information Architect
Agency.com
(Public Company; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 1 month)
Sold and delivered strategic technology projects. Clients included Abbott Laboratories, ABN AMRO, Goldman Sachs, Medtronic, and Skil/Bosch.
Micah Schwalb’s Education
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Peking University
LL.M. , Chinese Law , 2007 — 2009
Associate Editor, Peking University Journal of Legal Studies; Beijing Municipal Government Scholarship for Foreign Graduate Students
- Activities and Societies:
- Peking University Journal of Legal Studies
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University of Colorado School of Law
JD , Law , 2004 — 2007
Editor-in-Chief, Journal on Telecommunications & High Technology Law; 2007 Honorable Steven F. Williams Leadership Award; Best Brief & Semifinalist, 2006 National Telecommunications Moot Court
- Activities and Societies:
- Silicon Flatirons Program, Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law
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Northwestern University
BA , Computer Science, Psychology, Philosophy , 1996 — 2000
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Collegiate School
1991 — 1996
Additional Information
Micah Schwalb’s Honors:
Micah Schwalb, Exploit Derivatives & National Security, 9 YALE J. L. & TECH. 162 (2007).
Micah Schwalb, IPTV: Public Interest Pitfalls, 5 J. ON TELECOMM. & HIGH TECH. L. 305 (2006).
