K. M. Davis Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Focus
- Business Formation and Shareholder/Owner Agreements
- General Business Legal Issues
- Intellectual Property
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Tax Law
- E-Commerce and Online Business
- Estate Planning (including Business Succession)
- Partnership Agreements and Dissolutions
Representative Experience
- Regularly presents to various audiences and advises clients on social networking and online business issues
- Achieved previously unattainable concessions while representing various vendors in negotiations with two international big-box retailers
- Handles various local and national emerging businesses with their various business needs, including contract review and negotiation, shareholder issues, choice of entity, intellectual property and some tax issues
- Assisted in due diligence gathering, analysis, negotiation and drafting for various national and international mergers and acquisitions for clients ranging from single member entities to publicly traded companies
- Advises clients on intellectual property issues, including registration of trademarks and copyrights, intellectual property asset management, infringement claims and online intellectual property issues
Bar Admissions
Professional Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Minnesota Lavender Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
Professional / Academic Honors
- Member of PFund Development Committee
- Past President of the Board, Quorum (Twin Cities GLBTA Chamber of Commerce)
- Past Co-Chair, Task Force on Rights of Unmarried Couples, Minnesota State Bar Association
- Who’s Who of American Law Students
Other Professional Experience
- Attorney, Henson & Efron, P.A., Minneapolis, MN
- Legal Assistant, Dicke, Billig & Czaja, Minneapolis, MN
Publications / Speaking Engagements
- Featured Speaker at Quorum's Business Institute 2008-2010, Presenting on Various Topics including Internet Issues for Business Owners; Choice of Entity, Employment Law Basics and Small Business Tax Issues
- Guest Presenter for Enterprise Minnesota Entrepreneur's Roundtable
- Guest appearances on 107.1 Radio’s Balanced Breakfast with Ian and Margery on the topic of Social Networking and Facebook®, March and April 2009
- Guest appearance on WCCO Radio’s The Don Shelby Show on the topic of Social Networking and Facebook®, March 2009
- Guest appearance on WCCO Radio with host Jearlyn Steele on the topic of blogging, April 2008
- Featured speaker, "Marketing Your Practice to the GLBT Community," Minnesota Lavender Bar Association’s annual Regional Lavender Law conference, January 2008
- Guest appearances on WCCO Radio’s Mondale and Jones Show on the topic of business law
- Featured and quoted in LawCrossing’s national publication JD Journal, "‘Coming Out’ Before the Courtroom," February 2007
- Authored "What business bloggers can and can’t do," Upsize magazine, November 2006
- Spoke on the topic of Blogging on The Susie Jones and Eleanor Mondale Show, WCCO-AM radio, November 2006
Community Activities
- Volunteer Lawyer, LegalCORPS, a Minnesota organization that connects volunteer lawyers with microbusinesses and nonprofits
- Volunteer Lawyer, Coalition Against Toxic Toys
- Election Protection Volunteer, Take Action Minnesota
Education
- Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, William Mitchell College of Law
- Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Bucknell University