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Did you get a cease and desist for your brand? Your fabric design? Your software? Your technology? I can help.
18 year transactional and litigation counsel. Extensively quoted in Forbes.com (http://tinyurl.com/azpcwxa). Significant experience with tech transactions, ip and partnership litigation and defamation/right of privacy/right of publicity ( see e.g., http://tinyurl.com/bfle3du).
Gregory Alan Rutchik is a uniquely qualified commercial transactional and litigation counsel. For
the past 18 years, he has represented business owners and individuals with varied simple and complex contracts & disputes. Gregory provides “wrap-around” legal services for his list of long-term clients, and has experience litigating diverse matters in both State and Federal Court and FINRA through disposition. He is not a shy litigator. Often the conversation with Gregory begins with a new business idea, problems with a competitor or strategic partnering or financing. He is often the second set of eyes on sensitive legal and non-legal matters. Problems that require a non-linear approach are the best fit for Gregory’s mind.
Gregory has worked as a solo practitioner for the past 10 years. He spent his earlier years with a
New York firm, a large Silicon Valley firm, and in house counsel of a publicly traded company. First job was as financial analyst for Japanese semi-conductor industry in Tokyo-based securities firm. Spent last three years in financial services at Northwestern Mutual. Gregory draws upon his experiences to exploit the levers that impact outcomes. Never afraid of a fight or confrontation, he is quick to see how to simply get the deal done. Gregory selects clients that appreciate individual, specialized attention that most lawyers at large firms simply cannot provide.
Gregory is fluent in Japanese, and has worked on import-export, cross-border technology transactions, international arbitrations, lobbying and governmental advocacy, as well as art brokerage.
Work history
Beverly Hills Bar Association, Foundation; CFO/Treasurer
Gregory Rutchik, Attorney At Law, Principal
Mostly IP litigation - trademark, copyright infringement; partnership disputes and business breakups. Also do business transactional work related for businesses with ip - strategic alliances, ip licensing, Severance, partnership, defamation.
Provisors, Member
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Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, JD, LLM, Financial Rep
As of March 1, 2013 I am no longer affiliated with Northwestern Mutual. I remain however a happy customer.
the arts and technology law group, Business Litigator
Betrayal in business is not uncommon. One needs an advocate to prevent betrayal and to litigate when betrayal results in damage.
Betrayal occurs in the context of
- a contract
- a partnership
- a shareholder arrangement between minorities and majority shrholders
- employer/employee relationship
- between competitors (from interference, false advertisement to infringement)
No overlawyering or overcharging. Get an advocate that cuts to the chase.
Sterling Hi-Fidelity, Founder
law firm, Founding Partner, Idell Seitel & Rutchik LLP
Noosh, Corporate Counsel
Negotiated web-based procurement; channel partner; customer and partner side deals
Loudcloud, Assistant General Counsel
Negotiated complex outsourcing agreements (e.g. fixed line, telco, data center) for this Infrastructure service company for Fortune 100 customers and advised on commercial agreements with the likes of AOL, AT&T, MCI, Equinix, Microsoft, Ebay;
Advised company on open source issues, service level agreements
Cooley Godward, Associate, Technology Transaction Group
Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements related to software, information technologies, internet publishing, outsourcing. Client's included Terayon, Wind River, Blue Nomad, Adobe, General Magic, Siebel, JGuru and many others that no longer exist :-).
Fulbright, Fulbright Fellow; University of Japan
Research and graduate legal studies focus on the licensing of information technologies by Sony, Hitachi, Fujitsu, MITI, NEDO
Northfield Mount Hermon School, Summer School
