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.
- 23 Osborn Maledon, P.A. Lawyers Named ‘Best’ in National Publication
Twenty-three of the 51 attorneys in the Phoenix law firm of Osborn Maledon, P.A. have been singled out for national recognition in the new 2012 edition of Best Lawyers®, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession. - Osborn Maledon, P.A. Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers List
Fourteen of the 49 attorneys at Osborn Maledon, P.A., a Phoenix law firm, have been named to the Southwest Super Lawyers 2011 list. - Osborn Maledon, P.A. Practice Groups and Attorneys Ranked as Tops in Chambers Guide
Three practice areas in the Phoenix law firm of Osborn Maledon, P.A. received the highest possible ranking among Arizona law firms for the seventh year in a row in the 2011 ranking by the prestigious legal resource guide, Chambers USA.
Phoenix Best Lawyers Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year, 2011
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, 2003-2011
The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, editions 1995-2012
Southwest Super Lawyers, Top 50 Arizona Attorneys, 2007-2010
Southwest Super Lawyers, Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance 2007-2011
Arizona's Finest Lawyers
Best of the Bar, Business Journal, Corporate and Securities Transactions, 2004
Marquis' Who's Who in American Law®
Marquis' Who's Who in America®
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, Executive Planning Committee, 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, 1999-2009; Member, 2009-
- I Like Working With People Whose Hair is on Fire
Southwest Super Lawyers, May 2009
Arizona's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem , November 11, 2010
Author: Arizona Legal Forms, Business Organizations (Corporations), Volumes 8 and 9, West Publishing, Second Edition, 2001-2002
Presenter: Hot Topics in Securities Law (W.P. Carey School of Business MBA Program, 2004-2006)
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)