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Tel: 415-668-7900
pspiegel@eclecticlaw.com
EMPLOYMENT
1988-present:
PRIVATE PRACTICE,
San Francisco, California
General business and litigation practice, intellectual property, internet,
multi-media, software and technology licensing, business structures, trademark
and copyright, arts and entertainment, emerging businesses, technology
startups, real property, land use, commercial real estate development,
international business consulting, negotiations and mediation. Specializing
in unusual clientele.
1990-92:
HITACHI AMERICA LTD.,
Brisbane, California
Associate corporate counsel, drafted and negotiated technology licensing
and development agreements, joint ventures, product sales agreements,
joint venture agreements, leases, provided consultations on corporate
strategy
1986-87:
MASUNAGA, NAGASHIMA & HASHIMOTO,
Tokyo, Japan
International commercial representation of Japanese clientele, corporate,
intellectual property, licensing, computer and technology issues, international
joint ventures, immigration.
1985-86:
COUDERT BROTHERS,
San Francisco, California
U.S. commercial representation of international clientele, corporate,
acquisitions, intellectual property, licensing, real property, hotel management,
labor law.
1984:
LILLICK & CHARLES,
San Francisco, California
Insurance defense litigation, preparation of pleadings and memoranda,
interview and deposition of witnesses, general research, attention to
French automotive and aerospace clients.
1982:
SHEARMAN & STERLING,
New York, New York
Summer Associate, Real Estate and Corporate groups.
1978:
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, D.C.
Legislative Assistant, Government Activities & Transportation Subcommittee.
HONORS & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
1981-83:
CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW, Associate Editor
1994-present: Consulting Counsel, Planet Vaudeville, San Francisco, California
1991-present: Director, Theatre of Yugen, San Francisco, California
1988-present: Consulting Counsel, Compagnie Mundial Sisters, Paris, France
1993-1995: Director, Climate Theatre, San Francisco, California
1981-82: Director, The International House Corporation, Berkeley, California
1978-79: Member, University Art Museum Counsel, Berkeley, California
EDUCATION
1983
BOALT HALL SCHOOL OF LAW, Berkeley, California
Juris Doctor
Admitted to California State Bar
1982-83
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Exchange Student, with honors
1979
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
Bachelor of Arts in European and Asian History
Graduated cum laude and with academic distinction
FOREIGN EDUCATION
1987 INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, Mitaka, Japan
1975 UNIVERSITY OF PARIS, SORBONNE, Paris, France
1973 INSTITUTO DE ESTUDIOS MEXICANOS, Cuernavaca, Mexico
LANGUAGES
Fluent French, functional Spanish, basic Japanese and Italian
FOREIGN RESIDENCE
Residence
in Tokyo (1986-87) and Paris (1988, 1985, 1975) & Travel Extensive
travel experience worldwide
References and representative clients available upon request.