Kelly Frey's Experience:
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Member at Dickinson Wright PLLC
July 2011 - May 2014Representing Fortune 1000 companies, and vendors to large companies, with corporate transactions and corporate compliance Assisting technology companies in intellectual property, technology contracts, outsourcing, and licensing. Creating sustainable, cost effective, and defensible compliance programs and helping corporations with compliance breaches and investigations. Representing film production companies from concept/funding to distribution.
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Partner at Baker Donelson
November 2003 - July 2011Shareholder/Partner with AmLaw 100 law firm, concentrating in the area of corporate procurement and information technology law. Represent the headquarters locations of several Fortune 500 companies in both procuring and in selling information technology. Represent large companies, and the vendors to such companies, with respect to general corporate transactions and corporate compliance.
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Attorney at Hartford Financial Services Group
September 2001 - November 2003Provide legal support for Corporate and Information Technology Procurement transactions; provide legal support for non-wholly owned subsidiaries of publicly traded company; provide legal support for E-Business activities
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V.P. Legal Affairs at eFavorites
August 2000 - June 2001Responsible for legal affairs of venture capital funded internet start-up (one of the first social networking sites)
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Director of Business and Legal Affairs at Audible.com
September 1999 - September 2000Responsible for legal affairs of publicly traded internet company (one of the first digital download companies)
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V.P. Strategic Development and Counsel at YBP
December 1997 - August 1999Management responsibility for development and international product launch of a proprietary digital rights management system. Acted as primarly legal resource for IP issues related to DRMS.
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General Counsel at Copyright Clearance Center
December 1992 - November 1997Primary legal resource to the US Reproduction Rights Organization for the publishing industry. Assisted in creation of first digital rights licensing system through consensus negotiations with publishing industry (still in use by over 90% of Fortune 100).
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Attorney at Private Practice of Law
September 1982 - November 1992Private practice of law with boutique law firms specializing in M&A and intellectual property - eventually becoming managing partner of law firm.
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Member at Frost Brown Todd
June 2014I represent companies with respect to intellectual property, corporate transactions and corporate compliance. I help companies when they have questions or issues with respect to technology, including technology contracts, outsourcing, SaaS or cloud-based services, computer software development & licensing, and technology acquisition or sales. I have also helped Fortune 100 companies create sustainable, cost effective, and defensible compliance programs and assisted with compliance breaches and investigations. I also love movies and consult with & represent indie film production companies, developing concepts that are marketable, creating corporate structures for investment, obtaining state film incentives, negotiating production contracts/licenses, and assisting with agreements for theatrical release, broadcast, and DVD/on demand distribution.