Jonathan S. Storper, Partner

Practice Areas/Industries
Corporate, Securities & Tax Law; Business; Intellectual Property; Sustainable Business; Emerging Companies; Corporate Governance

Firm Leadership
Corporate, Securities & Tax Law, group chair
Sustainable Business, group chair
Diversity Committee, chair

Based in our San Francisco and Silicon Valley Offices
415-995-5040 Direct Phone
415-541-9366 Fax
jstorper@hansonbridgett.com
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Jonathan chairs the Corporate, Securities, Tax and Sustainable Business Practice Groups. He counsels for profit and nonprofit entities and their investors in connection with business and intellectual property transactions, including formation and finance, such as initial and secondary public offerings, contracts and licenses, joint development agreements, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property licenses, e-commerce, technology-related matters and general corporate law. He has a special affinity and expertise in social entrepreneurship.

Presentations

• Power of Angel Investing, Investors' Circle Fall Conference (November 16, 2009)
• Term Sheets and Structuring the Deal, Investors' Circle Fall Conference (November 15, 2009)
• How to Raise Money for Your Business (co-panelist), MoneyFest (November 7, 2009)
• Structuring Social Enterprises, Bay Area Hub (October 29, 2009)
• Implementing Sustainability Initiatives, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Program (October 13, 2009)
• B Corporation West Coast forum, "Preparing Your Company for Investment" (September 23, 2009)
• New Corporate Structures (panelist), Social Capital Markets 2009 (SOCAP09) (September 2, 2009)
• Preserving Brand Equity When Acquiring a Sustainable Business, Sustainable Brands '09 Conference (June 4, 2009)
• Implementing Sustainability Initiatives, Sustainable Enterprise Conference 2009 (May 8, 2009)
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Good Corporate Governance: Is There Room for Both?, Association of Corporate Counsel-San Francisco Bay Area Chapter 2008 CLE Spring Training Day (April 2008)
• Green Laws Affecting the Computer Industry Across 3 Continents, Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Conference
• Legal Due Diligence for Emerging Growth Companies (Guest Instructor), University of San Francisco MBA Program
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• Outsourcing/Offshoring—The Good, The Bad, The Reality (panelist), SofTECH general meeting
• San Francisco-Silicon Valley Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference (panelist), USF
• Digital Rights vs. Digital Restrictions (moderator), SofTECH general meeting

Press

• "Making the B List", Stanford Social Innovation Review (Summer, 2009)
• "Silicon Valley law firms ramp up for economic recovery practices", Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal (March 13, 2009)
• "The best lawyers spot little issues before they grow", San Francisco Business Times (March 13, 2009)
• "A Social Solution, Without Going the Nonprofit Route", New York Times (March 4, 2009)
• "Seeing Green", Fast Casual Magazine (February 6, 2009)
• "GREEN PRACTICES: Green Law: Policymakers explore tariff systems", North Bay Business Journal (November 3, 2008)
• "Green Labeling: Are Products Tagged 'Eco-Friendly' Really Environmentally Correct?", Sustainability: The Journal of Record (October 2008)
• "Triple Threat", Sustainable Industries (September 25, 2008)
• "Interview with Jonathan Storper, Partner, Hanson Bridgett", GreenBusinessInnovators.com (September 15, 2008)
• "California Bill Vets Triple Bottom Lines", Sustainable Industries (July 2008)
• "Risks of Going Green", GC California (June 2008)
• "Adding the Environment to the Scales of Justice", GreenBiz.com (May 19, 2008)
• "Shielding the Green", The Recorder (April 4, 2008)
• "'Green' Is Hot for Storage Managers", published in InternetNews.com and EnterpriseStorageForum.com (August 14, 2007)
• "Anywhere But Here: The Merits and Perils of Offshoring and Its Consequences for the North Bay", Northbay Biz (September 2005)

Publications

• "Potential legal pitfalls to going 'green'", Sustainable Industries (November 25, 2008)
• "California Greenin': CBSA Creates New Building Requirements to Decrease Global Warming Emissions", The Registry (November 2008)
• "The Race to Go Green: Potential Legal Pitfalls", Hanson Bridgett Business Brief (October 2008)
• "California's New Green Building Standards", Hanson Bridgett Business Brief (Summer 2008)
• "E-Mail Requirements Altered by FTC's Final Rule of May, 2008", Technology & Intellectual Property Snapshots Newsletter (July 2008)
• "What You Need to Know About the New Federal Do-Not-Call Rules", T.I.P.S., Volume 4, Issue 2

Professional Affiliations
Member of the San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association and the
International Trademark Association
American Bar Association
Bar Association of San Francisco
Past President of the Barristers Club of San Francisco
Past Ex-officio member of the Board of Directors of the Bar Association of San Francisco
Past Member of the Board of Directors of the Bar Association of San Francisco Endowment
Fund and of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Executive Council

Community Activities
USF Entrepreneurship Program (Advisory Board Member)
Bar Association of San Francisco Foundation (Board Member)
Lambda Legal
Investors' Circle

Honors
Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
Super Lawyer, Corporate Counsel Edition, Super Lawyers Magazine (2008)
Northern California SuperLawyers, San Francisco Magazine (2008, 2007 & 2006)
Fellow of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
Kingston's Registry of Who's Who

Education
J.D., University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (1986)
B.A., University of North Carolina (1982)

Admissions and Courts
State of California
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit