Background
Friend, William D. was born on May 30, 1951 in Middletown, Connecticut, United States.
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William D. Friend
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University of Georgia (Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, 1971). Emory University (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Career
Worked at Gerry, Friend & Sapronov, Limited Liability Partnership (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Transactions, Litigation, Regulation and Registered Lobbying regarding Computer, Telecommunications and Intellectual Property Matters, Transactions in Commercial Real Estate and Construction, Estate Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Georgia. 1977, United States. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia.
Adjunct Professor, Computer Law, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992.
Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property. Computer Law; Chairman, Computer Law Section, 1989-1990).
The Firm represents numerous telecommunications providers, wireless companies, large corporate users, equipment and software suppliers, and others in a wide variety of transactions pertaining to communications and information technology, including carrier-to-user service agreements, custom tariffs, carrier-to-carrier interconnection agreements, systems integration and outsourcing agreements, credit agreements and secured transactions, venture capital financing, and software license and development agreements. The Firm has an extensive telecommunications regulatory compliance practice, with experience before the Federal Communication Commission and all fifty state public service commissions.
The Firm has extensive litigation experience in intellectual property, computer law and telecommunications law before Federal and State Courts and regulatory agencies.
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Membership
Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property. Computer Law; Chairman, Computer Law Section, 1989-1990).
