Edmond Farrell is a partner with t|e General Counsel, Taylor English’s fractional general counsel practice. He provides fractional general counsel and strategic business advice for start-up and scale-up, tech-enabled companies. His straightforward guidance and creative solutions are invaluable to founders, investors, executives, and boards. Mr. Farrell has served several times as a company’s first general counsel…
Jeff Schnayer is a partner in the firm’s intellectual property department. Mr. Schnayer focuses his practice on drafting and prosecuting patents across a wide range of technologies, primarily related to computer hardware and software. Additionally, he counsels clients in patent and validity analysis, design around and freedom to operate, and strategic patent portfolio development.Mr. Schnayer…
Michael Vaughn brings 35 years of transactional corporate experience to Taylor English. As a partner in the firm’s corporate department, Mr. Vaughn focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and other strategic transactions. He guides clients through complicated deals while balancing legal and business challenges.Mr. Vaughn has extensive M&A experience, having navigated deals…
As a partner in Taylor English’s Intellectual Property Department, Dr. Li counsels companies on intellectual property rights involving U.S. and foreign institutions. His comprehensive intellectual property practice includes patent prosecution, patent infringement assessment, patent right licensing agreements, patentability, and intellectual property counseling and due diligence. Dr. Li handles patent prosecution matters and support litigation for…
As a former in-house counsel for a nationwide retailer, Ken Mallernee brings extensive practical and strategic business experience to the representation of his clients and a thorough understanding of the retail real estate industry. Mr. Mallernee also works with local restaurant operators and franchisees of national restaurant chains in the leasing, purchase and sale of…
Brandie Barrows is a partner in Taylor English’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Department, where she focuses her practice on the representation of non-federal governmental health benefit and retirement plans, ERISA benefit plans, and non-profit funds.Ms. Barrows uses her legal knowledge to help clients accomplish their strategic objectives and solve important legal issues in a…