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 a 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.
Justin Lynch, Esq.
Attorney
Areas of Practice: Contracts and Agreements, Business Formation and Governance, Intellectual Property (Copyright and Trademark), Tax-Exempt Organizations, Immigration.
Current Activities: Justin counsels clients on the legal aspects of running a successful business. His experience includes advising on corporate and intellectual property issues and drafting a wide spectrum of business agreements for clients in industries such as fashion, media, technology, and design. He routinely advises clients with respect to the protection and maintenance of their trademark portfolios, and as part of his practice conducts and analyzes trademark searches and prosecutes trademark applications. He also maintains an immigration practice that focuses on obtaining O-1 (“artist”) visas for visual and performing artists. His speaking engagements have included presentations on intellectual property and corporate law issues at Fashion Institute of Technology and City College of New York. In addition to his work as an attorney, Justin is a dancer with Elisa Monte Dance and The Metropolitan Opera, and is a member of the American Guild of Musical Artists.
Education: Juris Doctor, Columbia Law School (2005); Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar at Columbia Law School; staff member, Columbia Human Rights Law Review; Bachelor of Arts, Music, Boston University, summa cum laude (2001).
Justin began his career at Holland & Knight LLP, where his practice focused on complex corporate work, including mergers and acquisitions, securities, and asset financing. He has also worked with Kaplan Inc., helping to create its bar exam preparation materials for several states, in the Office of the General Counsel at THIRTEEN/WNET, and on pro bono projects with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Immigration Equality, and others.