Carney Badley Spellman, PS

CARNEY
BADLEY
SPELLMAN
Seattle Office
701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3600
Seattle, Washington 98104
Tel: (206) 622-8020
Fax: (206) 467-8215
[email protected]
www.carneylaw.com
Startup Legal Services
Joe Wallin focuses his
Startup Legal Services
and startup companies. He
We are a full service law firm for businesses.
We can help you get your business formed and
set up for maximum growth. We can also help
you throughout the life of the business and its
ultimate sale. Among other things, we can help
you with the following:
practice on emerging, high growth,
represents companies in angel
and venture financings, mergers
and acquisitions, and other
significant business transactions.
He represents investors in and acquirors of businesses,
and provides general counsel services for companies
from startup to post-public. Joe is the co-founder and
editor of The Law of Startups blog. He invites guests to
• Choice of entity and business formation
chat on his weekly podcast on a variety of issues related
• Founder arrangements
to startups and technology. You can follow Joe on
Twitter, on LinkedIn or Facebook.
[email protected]; (206) 607-4157
• Restricted stock and stock option plan
administration
• Shareholder agreements
Ashley Long focuses
her practice on providing
brand owners and technology
companies the means to use,
protect, and commercialize their
intellectual property. Ashley
works with clients throughout
the technology spectrum, from e-commerce
retailers to video game studios. Her current
client base includes local startups and global
emerging companies. She has experience in
trademark clearance, registration (domestically and
internationally), protection, and enforcement.
Ashley is skilled in creating technology related
commercial agreements, including distribution and
licensing agreements, Internet and website related
contracts, sweepstakes and contests rules, and
entertainment agreements.
[email protected]; (206) 607-4194
www.carneylaw.com
• Angel and venture capital financings
• Executive compensation plans
• Deferred compensation plans
• Noncompete, nondisclosure agreements
• Trademark, name and logo registration
• Trademark protection and enforcement
• Distribution and licensing agreements
• Entertainment agreements
• Borrowing agreements
• Business plan counseling
• Real estate leases, subleases
• Employment law
• Tax law
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Immigration
Susan Schalla focuses
on corporate and business
law and tax planning. Susan
advises corporations, LLCs and
partnerships on entity formation
and structuring, partnership and
shareholder agreements, contract
negotiation, finance, and mergers and acquisitions.
She has significant experience with stock sales
and asset purchases for both large and small
businesses. She also works with clients to create
equity compensation plans, including restricted
stock, phantom stock or LLC unit plans.
schalla@carneylaw. com; (206) 607-4148
Daniel Neuman advises
companies from start-ups to
non-profits to large private
corporations on entity formation,
protecting intellectual property,
raising capital and structuring
M&A transactions. He represents
clients in a vibrant range of industries, including life
sciences, healthcare, software/IT, manufacturing
and real estate. He has successfully negotiated
numerous angel and venture capital financings as
well as complex IP arrangements.
[email protected], (206) 622-8020.
Melissa Cunningham’s
practice includes transactions
and litigation. Melissa supports
the startup team on financial
transactions, entity formations,
and mergers and acquisitions.
She assists clients with
employment agreements, non-competition
agreements and employer policies. She also
advises clients in the health care industry on health
law, insurance regulation, and related transactions
and litigation, including issues relating to HIPAA
and the Affordable Care Act.
[email protected]; (206) 607-4112