William Green

Experience

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  United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1986

  Judicial Externship

  Drafted legal opinions

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  Public Defender, Contra Costa County

  Nov 1987 - Oct 2000

  Deputy Public Defender

  Tried over 80 jury trials to verdict; litigated virtually every type of criminal case, including a dozen homicides.

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  Narus

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Head of Legal Affairs

  In-house counsel, Head of Legal Affairs, General Counsel; advised startup on software licensing, corporate governance, and employment law. Negotiated and structured licensing, OEM, VAR, reseller, distribution, business alliance, joint marketing, and professional services agreements.

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  Donahue Gallagher Woods LLP

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

  Attorney

  Software licensing, IP and complex civil litigation.

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  FantasyDispute.com

  Jan 2004 - now

  CEO

  Online fantasy sports dispute resolution service (currently in stealth mode). Resolving disputes between team owners for a fee.

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  Law Offices of William H. Green

  Jan 2006 - now

  Attorney

  Draft and negotiate software license agreements, SaaS, PaaS and related Agreements.Over 20 years experience representing technology companies in a variety of transactions, including negotiating and structuring complex licensing, SaaS, reseller, distribution, business alliance, joint marketing, OEM, VAR, EULA, end user license, cloud services and cloud monitoring, NDA and professional services agreements. He drafts agreements for clients with customers worldwide, including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. Show less

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  Criminal Conflict Program of the Contra Costa County Bar Association

  Aug 2015 - Jun 2019

  Director

  The Criminal Conflict Program of Contra Costa Superior Court appoints attorneys on criminal, juvenile, witness advisement, immigration, contempt, Probate Guardianship and Conservatorship matters. The CCP also has the additional purpose of maintaining a high standard of practice by member attorneys, and to assist member attorneys in the maintenance and improvement of their law practices.

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  Conflict Program of Contra Costa County

  Jul 2019 - Jan 2022

  Director

  The Conflict Program of Contra Costa Superior Court appoints attorneys on criminal, juvenile, witness advisement, immigration, contempt, Probate Guardianship and Conservatorship matters. The Program was previously administered by the Contra Costa County Bar Association. As of July 1, 2019 it is administered by Independent Counsel, Inc.