patricia song

* Serve as lead legal counsel to the assigned product development teams, advising the teams on all phases of the product life cycle, including open source licenses. * Negotiate all technology agreements, including software and subscription licenses, software development, technical alliances, and OEM agreements for the assigned product development teams. * Support IP due diligence in M&A transactions. * Work with Purchasing to help set global procurement policies and procedures for the company. * Manage and resolve vendor disputes and audits. * Advise Marketing on marketing releases, contests and promotions.

* Negotiated all technology agreements, including software and subscription licenses, software development, technical alliances, and OEM agreements for the assigned product development teams. * Serving as the procurement legal expert, advised and negotiated complex enterprise agreements for the business teams. * Managed and resolved vendor disputes and audits. * Advised Marketing on marketing releases, contests and promotions.

* Sole legal support to US Purchasing for 4 years, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of inbound commercial arrangements, including software and subscription licenses, professional services, financial services, marketing, facility, recruitment, and other commercial agreements. * Worked with Purchasing to develop a comprehensive procurement policy for the company. * Trained Purchasing staff on the review and negotiation of commercial agreements. * Developed contract templates for Professional Services, Marketing, Education, and Human Resources engagements. * Managed and resolved vendor disputes.

* Managed all aspects of family law cases, including advising clients, researching case law, drafting briefs conducting discovery, arguing motions, and participating in mediation, arbitration, and settlement conferences. * Conducted bench trials.

* Advised the Javasoft engineering and business teams on contractual obligations related to the JavaSoft license and support agreements. * Reviewed the terms of JavaSoft pre-release, technology development, licensing, distribution, and support agreement and created a database for use by the JavaSoft engineering and business teams.

* Advised clients, drafted pleadings, argued motions, conducted discovery, and participated in mediation, arbitration, and settlement conferences. * Appeared in all pre-trial court matters relating to tort cases.