David Linwood Colby, Esq.

Attorney and Managing Director

Areas of Practice: Deal Structuring, Contracts and Agreements, Business Formation and Organization, Intellectual Property (especially Trademark and Copyright internationally), Licensing, Business Planning and Strategy, Government Relations and Compliance.

Current Activities: In addition to representing his clients and managing the Firm, David works with organizations of all types on their strategic planning, risk assessment, capacity building, and government relations. David has worked with dozens of social enterprises and non-profit organizations in over 25 countries around the world to help them strategize, execute on their mission, and get results. David is also an Tenured Professor at Parsons, the Newschool of Design (NYC), where he teaches Business and Entrepreneurship and is a member of his faculty labor union, ACT-UAW Local 7902, and Adjunct Professor with the Fashion Institute of Technology's Enterprise Center (NYC) where he regularly teaches courses on Legal Basics for Business; Negotiation; and Business Planning and Strategy. David is a member of the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, The ABA Business Law Section and The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and is a frequent speaker and trainer/coach on topics such as deal structuring, negotiation and strategic planning.

Education: Juris Doctor, University of New Hampshire School of Law (1996); Bachelor of Arts, University of Southern Maine (1993); Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society (1992-93), National Collegiate Honors Council Program Graduate (1993).

Prior experience: David has had a wide range of experience including founding and operating several small businesses, practicing at a solicitor's firm in the UK (Finers Stephens Innocent, London), working as a Special Assistant ( US Attorney for the U.S. Federal Government (U.S. Small Business Administration)), and as a Legal Editor and Director of Content Development with LexisNexis, a part of Reed Elsevier PLC.