Background
Yates, John C. was born on May 4, 1956 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
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John C. Yates
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Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1978. Juris Doctor, 1981).
Career
Worked at Morris, Manning & Martin (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in General Commercial Practice including Practice in all Courts. Administrative Law and Litigation, Asset Based Lending, Banking Regulation and RTC, Bankruptcy and Creditor"s Rights, Bond Financing, Business Litigation, Real Estate Lending, Real Estate Transactions, Construction Law, Corporate, Employment Law, Environmental Law, Employee Retirement Income Security Act and Employee Benefits, Government Guaranteed Lending, Governmental Relations, Healthcare, Insurance, Insurance Regulatory, International, Liquidation and Rehabilitation of Insurers and Reinsurers, Leasing, Patent, Partnership, Residential Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Technology and Intellectual Property, Title Insurance, Trusts and Estates. Admitted to the bar, 1981, Georgia.
Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholar.
Author: "Software Support and Hardware Maintenance Practices: Tying Considerations," 8 The Computer Lawyer 17 (1991). "New Revenue Recognition Policies-Guidelines for Drafting Software Agreements," 9 The Computer Lawyer 12 (1992).
"The Importance of Contract Confidentiality," The Law and Business of Computer Software. "Reaching the Market-Franchising and Licensing," The Handbook for Small Business Management.
Company-Author: "Legal Power: A Software Executive"s Guide to Key Legal Practices," Culpepper and Associates.
Technology Law Columnist: The Culpepper Letter and Computer Currents. Member, Editorial Board, The Computer Lawyer. Editor, Computer Law Association Bulletin, 1996.
Member: Governor"s Science and Technology Advisory Council, State of Georgia.
Founder and Board of Directors, Southeastern Software Association. Trustee, Newberry College.
Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Science and Technology. Corporation, Banking and Business Law.
Chair, Subcommittee on UCC-2B-Special Committee on Software Licensing).
State Bar of Georgia (Member, 1995, Chairman, Computer Law Section). Computer Law Association (Director). Morris, Manning and Martin, Limited liability partnership, founded in 1976, is engaged in a business and commercial practice with particular focus in the technology, insurance regulatory, real estate, health care and environmental sectors of the economy.
The firm is a member of Commercial Law Affiliates, an international network of independent commercial law firms providing business clients legal services nationally and internationally.
Our goal is to provide the highest quality legal services and to improve the legal and business affairs of those we serve.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Editorial Board, The Computer Lawyer. Editor, Computer Law Association Bulletin, 1996. Member: Governor"s Science and Technology Advisory Council, State of Georgia.
Founder and Board of Directors, Southeastern Software Association.
Trustee, Newberry College. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Science and Technology.
Corporation, Banking and Business Law. Chair, Subcommittee on UCC-2B-Special Committee on Software Licensing).
State Bar of Georgia (Member, 1995, Chairman, Computer Law Section).
Computer Law Association (Director).
