Georgetown University Law Center

The University of Texas at Austin

Corporate Attorney

Houston, Texas, United States

- Run a legal practice assisting entrepreneurs in business litigation and transactions, including M&A, startups, technology and finance transactions.•	Structure, negotiate, and document a wide variety of arrangements to acquire, develop, protect, and distribute technologies, including disruptive technologies (e.g., blockchain, cryptocurrencies, smart contracts).•	Advise on technology-related matters, such as licensing, SW development, SOW, MSA, IP Assignments, privacy, and ToS.•	Handle a wide range of legal matters, including regulatory compliance, formation, debt and equity offerings, KYC/AML, litigation filings, compliance reviews, new product launches, and investor-facing materials by working directly with founders, issuers, broker-dealers, and regulators.•	Represent clients in claims against insurance companies, including Person Injury and Bad Faith

The Joseph Law Firm, PLLC

Managing Attorney

- Founded and led this blockchain voting startup, and assisted with company formation, financing, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, employment, and privacy matters.•	Spearheaded the dApp product launches on Bitcoin and Ethereum (ERC20) blockchains, developed the product launch roadmap, and managed multi-disciplinary teams.•	Drafted Employment Agreements, Advisory Agreements, Founder Agreements, Independent Contractor and Consulting Agreements, Shareholder Agreements, IP Agreements, NDA’s, Privacy Notices, and Terms of Use.

BCI Labs, Inc.

CEO, General Counsel, Co-Founder

- Represented clients in disruptive technologies, including blockchain, handling specific legal, regulatory, and business issues associated with this type of technology, while helping clients capitalize on and meet the challenges of this evolving industry.•	Provided expert advice across areas affecting digital currencies including regulatory-compliant blockchain token offerings, and Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and Security Token Offerings (STO) under SEC regulations.•	Collaborated with outside counsel to apply current legal frameworks to disruptive technologies, and with cross-functional teams aiming to decentralize industries (including engineering, product management, marketing and legal teams).

Sutton Stone

Associate

- Handled a wide range of business litigation and transactions for established companies and startups, and advised on formation, intellectual property planning and transactions, financing, acquisitions, joint ventures, operations, governance, and compliance.•	Drafted and negotiated Bills of Sale, Partnership Agreements, Shareholder and Operating Agreements, Bylaws, Asset Purchase Agreements, and Assignments; advised on HIPAA; handled client intake; and negotiated pre-litigation settlements.

Kwok Daniel Ltd LLP

Of Counsel

- Advised Fortune 500 and Oil & Gas clients on corporate securities and tax transactions, including regulatory filings, equity offerings, debt offerings, IPO’s, M&A transactions, MLP’s, REIT’s, RIC’s, ETN’s, and FCPA matters.

Vinson & Elkins, LLP

- Assisted a litigation team on behalf of this non-profit public interest law firm, performed legal research on novel legal issues to promote economic liberty, and drafted a legal memorandum.

Institute for Justice

Law Clerk Intern

- Assisted Justices and Staff Attorneys by conducting legal research, proofreading, citation checking, and drafting memoranda for court opinions for Second District Court of Appeals cases on docket.

Texas Second Court of Appeals

Judicial Law Clerk Intern

- Supported business critical applications by leading on-site teams for American Honda Motors SW HQ; completed a state-wide network migration on behalf of the Texas Adult and Child Protective Services (CPS).

Northrop Grumman Information Systems

Senior Field Engineer, Systems Engineer

- Administered, managed and supported ITSO division’s network, servers, users and applications.

Jim A. Joseph