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Thomas H. Curzon

Tom's practice focuses primarily on serving as outside general counsel to emerging, growth-oriented companies and on entrepreneurial transactions, including venture capital and other private placements of securities, entity formation and transaction structuring, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, initial public offerings, corporate governance, licensing and distribution of software and other products, employee matters, and executive compensation.


Clients served represent a variety of industries and have included Adon Network (myGeek.com); Aegis Technologies, Inc.; Andigilog, Inc.; Apta Software, Inc.; Arizona State University; University of Arizona; AZDB Baseball. L.P.; BrainSavers, LLC; Child Support Network, Inc.; EmpowHer (HW, LLC); Ethix Media, LLC; Flypaper Studio, Inc.; Fusion Marketing Partners, L.L.C.; GoalCentrix, Inc.; Grand Canyon Railway, Inc.; Grayhawk Venture Partners, LLC; HealthCare Dimensions, Inc.; iCrossing, Inc.; ImaRx Therapeutics, Inc.; Infusion Software, Inc.; Innocal, LP; Interact Commerce Corporation (SalesLogix); Inventure, Inc. (Poore Brothers, Inc.); Involve Technology, Inc.; IPRO Tech, Inc.; Lowell Observatory; Montage Holdings, LLC; Motorweb, Inc.; National Health Enhancement Systems, Inc.; NetPro Computing, Inc.; Peacock, Hislop, Staley & Given, Inc.; Pink Jeep Tours, Inc.; Realink Corporation; Regenesis Biomedical, Inc.; Scottsdale.com, Inc.; SCS Advisors, Inc.; Sequencia Corporation; and SiVerion, Inc.

An Osborn Maledon Profile: The Curzons and their not-so-usual hobbies-Sailing, Tae-Kwon Do and Ice Skating

Southwest Super Lawyers Article: I Like Working With People Whose Hair Is on Fire

 
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Texas, 1979; Texas Law Review, Note Editor, 1978-1979; Order of the Coif; The Outstanding Third Year Student Award; Chancellors Award

B.A, summa cum laude, University of Kansas, 1976; Honors in History and Economics; Phi Beta Kappa; The Outstanding Male Graduate of 1976 Alumni Association Award
 
Clerkships
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, Judge James K. Logan, 1979-1980
 
Professional Recognitions and Awards
Phoenix Best Lawyers Corporate Lawyer of the Year, 2009

2008 Centers of Influence Award: Honoring Arizona's Most Influential Accountants, Bankers & Lawyers

Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/M&A, 2003-2009

The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, editions 1995-2010

Southwest Super Lawyers, Top 50 Arizona Attorneys, 2007-2008

Southwest Super Lawyers, Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, 2007-2009

Best of the Bar, Business Journal, Corporate and Securities Transactions, 2004

Marquis' Who's Who in American Law®

Marquis' Who's Who in America®
 
Practice Areas
Business
Corporate and Securities
Emerging Ventures
Employment Law and Executive Compensation
General Counsel Services
Mergers, Acquisitions and Strategic Transactions
Software
Technology and Intellectual Property
Venture Capital, Angel Financings and Private Placements
 
Bar Admissions
Arizona 1980

Texas 1979
 
Professional Activities
MIT Enterprise Forum, 2009-, Member Chapter Executive Committee, Sponsor Committee Chairman;

TiE Arizona, Charter Member, 2009-

State Bar of Arizona Subcommittee on Revising the Arizona Corporate Code, 1989-1993

Arizona Technology Council (formerly AZSOFT.net and Arizona Software Association), Board of Directors, 1997-2004, Member, 1991-2008

The Enterprise Network, President, 1994-1995, Board of Directors, 1989-1997

Arizona Technology Incubator, Board of Directors, 1995-2001

Arizona Business Alliance for Entrepreneurs, Chairman, 1994-1996

Arizona Association for Corporate Growth, 1994-1996

Arizona Venture Capital Conference, Member, Planning Committee, 1994-2003

Arizona Angel Investment Conference, Member, Executive Committee, 2004; Vice Chairman, 2005

Invest Southwest Capital Conference, Chairman, Board of Directors, 2006-2007; Board of Directors, 2006-

GSPED Town Hall, Planning Committee Chair, 1993; Scottsdale Equity Conference, Steering Committee, 1993

Arizona Town Hall, Member, 1993- ; Conference on NAFTA, Delegate, October 1992

ASPED Coalition and Executive Committee, Legal Counsel and Secretary, 1991-1992; Cluster Coordinator, 1992

Arizona Small Business United, Director, Legal Advisor and Secretary, 1991-1993
 
Community Activities
4th Degree Black Belt, Taekwon-Do (ITF)

Troop Committee Chairman, Troop 644, Boy Scouts of America
 
Publications and Presentations
Author: Arizona Legal Forms, Business Organizations (Corporations), Volumes 8 and 9, West Publishing, Second Edition, 2001-02
Presenter: Hot Topics in Securities Law (W.P. Carey School of Business MBA Program, 2004-06)
Presenter: Show Me the Money: Lecture on Intellectual Property in Business Models (Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management, 2004)
Presenter: Venture Capital Financing Recent Trends and Developments (Enterprise Network Business Seminar Series, 2003)
Presenter: Venture Capital Financing - Standard Terms and Recent Developments, (Financial Executives Institute, 2002)
Presenter: Disjointed Ventures (State Bar Convention, 2002)
Presenter: Getting Ready for the Dance: Preparing to Raise Venture Capital--A Coaching Primer (The Seminar Group, 2001)
Presenter: Venture Capital Financing - Term Sheet and Purchase Agreement Issues (The Seminar Group, 2001)

 

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