Recent News and Announcements
NW Venture Law Clients on PSBJ 2011 Fastest Growing Private Companies
NW Venture Law clients Spectrum Information Services NW Inc. and QuoteWizard.com LLC were recently announced as part of the 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies for 2011 by the Puget Sound Business Journal. QuoteWizard finished at 4th place with 3 year revenue growth at over 360%. Spectrum Information Systems NW finished in the top half with 3 year revenue growth of almost 94%. NW Venture Law congratulates these companies and their employees on their great accomplishment.
Posted Wednesday, October 26, 2011
NW Venture Law Clients on PSBJ 2011 Fastest Growing Private Companies List
NW Venture Law clients Spectrum Information Services NW Inc. and QuoteWizard.com LLC were recently announced as part of the 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies for 2011 by the Puget Sound Business Journal. NW Venture Law congratulates Spectrum Information Services NW and QuoteWizard on this great accomplishment.
Posted Thursday, September 22, 2011
Attorney John Gregory to Lead IP Litigation at NW Venture Law
NW Venture Law is pleased to announce John Gregory will be leading the firm’s intellectual property litigation practice. John began his legal career as a successful public defender in Washington state; however, his professional passion was protecting and commercializing the intellectual property assets of creative people and companies. John followed his passion to University of Washington, where he earned an L.L.M. in Intellectual Property Law & Policy and now focuses on intellectual property licensing and litigation.
Posted Monday, July 11, 2011
NW Venture Law Client is on PBJ 2011 Fastest Growing Private Companies List
NW Venture Law client Spectrum Information Services NW Inc. was recently announced as a 100 Fastest Growing Private Company for 2011 by the Portland Business Journal. NW Venture Law congratulates Spectrum Information Services NW on this great accomplishment.
Posted Thursday, May 26, 2011
Patent Attorney Ali Ritter Joins NW Venture Law
NW Venture Law is please to announce that Ali Ritter has joined the firm and will lead the firm’s patent prosecution practice. Ali has experience working with a range of different technology industry clients including software, biotech, research and development, and outdoor recreational equipment. Ali was also a Teaching Assistant for the University of Washington Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP).
Ali is a law graduate of Seattle University School of law and received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of North Texas as well as course work in Biology, Physics, Bioengineering, Computer Science and Math from the University of Washington.
Ali has lived and traveled internationaly in too many places to list. Besides English, she is fluent in Swedish, and has reading comprehension or basic understanding of Norwegian, Danish, German, Spanish, and French. Ali also has taken courses in Mandarin and Afrikaans.
Ali is an avid outdoor enthusiast and enjoys cycling, skiing, and exploring.
Posted Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Gonzaga Law Student Lucas Michels Interns at NW Venture Law
NW Venture Law is proud to have Lucas Michels as a legal intern. Lucas previously worked as a lobbyist and international regulatory consultant in Brussels and Seattle servicing agricultural industry organizations, food and chemical companies, and developing world governments. In these roles, Lucas provided market and regulatory consultation for businesses wishing to pursue foreign market opportunities and has worked closely with U.S. and foreign government officials to reduce trade barriers and influence legislative proceedings for foreign and domestic companies.
Lucas received a Master of Arts in International Relations from the Brussels School of International Studies and is currently attending Gonzaga University School of Law where he is an associate editor of the Gonzaga Journal of International Law.
Lucas has lived and worked in the United Kingdom and Belgium and has traveled throughout Europe and East Asia. Lucas speaks French, and is conversant in German.
Posted Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Jarrett Payne Nominated to Board of Directors for Seattle Net Impact
NW Venture Law attorney and founder Jarrett Payne has been nominated to the Board of Directors for the Seattle professional chapter of Net Impact. Net Impact is an international nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire, educate, and equip individuals to use the power of business to create a more socially and environmentally sustainable world.
Posted Monday, September 20, 2010
NW Venture Law Signs New Lease
NW Venture Law has signed a two-year lease with Washington Real Estate Holdings for space in One Union Square. NW Venture Law owner Jarrett Payne is excited that NW Venture Law was able to negotiate a favorable lease. “Not only will we be able to keep operating costs lower over the next two years, but it is also a great and convenient location for clients to visit our offices.”
Posted Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Net Impact Event in Seattle
NW Venture Law attorney and founder Jarrett Payne attended the Net Impact networking event last night in Seattle. “It was a engaging event last night with so many professionals focused on making the organizations and companies they work have sustainable impacts on the community, the environment, and economic prosperity around the world.” Some of the attendees Jarrett met were from Amazon.com, T-mobile, a fair-trade clothing company and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Posted Friday, July 16, 2010
Jarrett Payne in Seattle University Magazine
NW Venture Law founder and attorney Jarrett Payne was recently featured in Seattle University Magazine for the work he did in founding the Community Development and Entrepreneurship Clinic at Seattle University.Link to Article
Posted Thursday, July 01, 2010
NW Venture Law Re-Launches with Focus on Sustainable Law Practice ™
NW Venture Law Re-Launches with Focus on Sustainable Law Practice ™Firm’s Legal Counsel Looks at Long-Term Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts
SEATTLE, Washington (June 22, 2010)—NW Venture Law (www.nwventurelaw.com), founded in 2006, is re-launching with a renewed focus on sustainability as the cornerstone of its legal services and counsel. Located in downtown Seattle, NW Venture Law is committed to Sustainable Law Practice ™, a paradigm that examines the law within the broader context of social, environmental and economic sustainability.
“Sustainable Law Practice ™ is a holistic approach to providing advice and counsel to help clients make informed decisions that will have positive social, environmental and economic impacts,” says Founder Jarrett Payne, J.D., MBA, who also trademarked the term.
The firm’s implementation of Sustainable Law Practice ™is two-fold; sustainability drives NW Venture Law’s own operations as well as their client interactions, and both parties are contractually bound to maintain the sustainable practices outlined in the client agreement.
NW Venture Law’s sustainable practices and insight go beyond operational factors like reducing paper consumption, renting in LEED certified spaces and decreasing their carbon footprint. Payne is uniquely positioned to help entrepreneurs and businesses foster innovation and proliferate sustainable practices. In addition to working with a number of innovators and companies on licensing new green technologies, Payne contributed to intellectual property policies for aerospace companies’ bio-fuel efforts during his ten-year tenure at Boeing. He also founded the Community Development and Entrepreneurship Clinic (CDEC) at Seattle University in 2004. Focused on supporting the community, CDEC provides pro-bono legal guidance; Payne continues to advise community-focused clients through CDEC.
Payne’s re-launch of NW Venture Law reflects his belief that “the legal profession can do much more than provide the same status-quo advice to people doing sustainable things.” In many cases, NW Venture Law’s counsel goes beyond the letter of the law to explore repercussions—and, more importantly, provide recommendations—from social, environmental and economic perspectives.
About NW Venture Law:
NW (Northwest) Venture Law provides corporate, business law and intellectual property legal services to entrepreneurs, nonprofits, small businesses and large corporations alike. Founder and Owner Jarrett Payne, who holds an MBA in Global Management from Thunderbird and a Juris Doctorate from Seattle University, leverages his international experience to provide globally-minded advice focused on sustainability.
Posted Friday, June 25, 2010
New Website Launched
NW Venture Law’s new and improved website is up and running. Special thanks to the programmers and designers of Analogue Web Design for putting together an outstanding website. Randall and Kory worked nonstop on this project until they were completely satisfied with the end product. Take a look around the new website. I am sure you will enjoy it just as much as we do.
Posted Monday, May 31, 2010
Aerospace Intellectual Property Conference
NWVL Attorney Jarrett Payne to attend an intellectual property conference on commercial and defense aerospace in St. Louis, MO. June 1 - 4, 2010. The event will be held at the Boeing Leadership Center where Boeing holds training for its senior leaders and management.
Posted Sunday, May 30, 2010
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