The High-touch Legal Services® Blog • For Startup Companies

Dana Shultz is a business-savvy attorney with in-depth knowledge of law, business, technology, and the needs of startup and early-stage companies.

Dana develops close working relationships with clients based on a positive attitude and rock-solid dependability so he can deliver High-touch Legal Services® (about which you may read many Client Testimonials) – thus the name of his blog.

Dana received an undergraduate degree with honors in Communication Sciences from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law (University of California at Berkeley). He is a member of the State Bar of California and ITechLaw and has been honored repeatedly by Who’s Who in American Law. Dana’s LinkedIn page has a large amount of additional information, including many client recommendations.

Follow Dana on Twitter: @danashultz

Career History

Before starting his own law practice, Dana provided in-house legal services at companies ranging in size from pre-IPO to multinational. His positions included:

• Vice President and Legal Counsel at Visa International Service Association
• General Counsel at Baron Data Systems
• Senior Staff Attorney at Lexis-Nexis

Dana’s work experience also includes management consulting in information technology; litigation support marketing and sales; and software development – all of which combine to give Dana an in-depth understanding of business operations that adds value to his legal skills and services.

Answers

See Dana’s answers to hundreds of legal and business questions on Avvo, LinkedIn, Quora and OnStartups.com.

Professional Activities

Dana is the founder of the Bay Area Business Attorneys Network (BABAN), a network of solo and small-firm business attorneys in the San Francisco Bay Area who are experienced and knowledgeable in their respective practice areas and provide clients with a level of consistent, personal attention that often is difficult to find in a large law firm. See Why I Founded the Bay Area Business Attorneys Network (BABAN).

Dana is a founding member of US Launch Advisors®, a network of seasoned, highly-skilled service professionals that helps foreign companies create successful businesses in the United States. See US Launch Advisors: Business Assistance for Companies Entering the US.

Dana has given hundreds of hours to to the Silicon Valley Academy of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) – now SVForum – serving as Program Chair for SVASE’s East Bay Series for six years.

Dana is a past member of the Executive Committee of the Alameda County Bar Association’s Business Section.

Dana is a member of the Advisory Council of The Organization of Legal Professionals.

Personal

Dana moved to Berkeley for law school shortly after marrying his wife, Peggy. They have lived in the East Bay ever since then.

They have two intelligent, personable, attractive daughters with whom Dana has been totally in love since the minute they were born. They also have two intelligent, personable, attractive female Golden Retrievers (Dana is the only male in the household).

In 2009, Dana took up Muay Thai (kickboxing), which now is one of the most exciting things in his life. He works out at Pacific Ring Sports, which is a great gym with fabulous owners and trainers.

Dana’s motto: “I get things done – and done well.”

Contact Dana

If you would like to contact Dana, his telephone number is +1 510 547-0545, his e-mail address (expressed to escape software that harvests addresses from websites) is: dana [at] danashultz [dot] com, and his Skype ID is dana.h.shultz.

Please be aware that visiting this blog or contacting me (I’m in the San Francisco, California, Bay Area) will not create an attorney-client relationship. Until that relationship is created (typically via a signed engagement letter), neither the attorney-client privilege nor any obligation of confidentiality will apply to any communications. Please limit anything you write to the general nature of the matter that you would like to discuss.