Speaker Name : Ron Star
Company : Howard Rice Law Firm
Title : Partner

Ronald Star is a director with the firm who focuses on securities law, financings, venture capital, intellectual property, and mergers and acquisitions. He works closely with start-up and private companies on issues related to equity and financings, intellectual property matters, the structuring of executive compensation (including stock arrangements), strategic ventures, acquisitions and management buy-outs.

Mr. Star's engagements run the gamut from representing start-up companies in formation to representing major multinational companies in strategic transactions. His particular industry specialties include computer software and hardware, semiconductors, information services businesses, Internet and multimedia companies, medical technology, food related companies, retail operations and financial services companies.

His representative clients include Vocera Communications, Inc.; Research in Motion, Ltd.; OutPerformance, Inc. (formerly Maxager Technology, Inc.); Capella Photonics, Inc.; Amimon Ltd; Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.; Fullpower Technologies, Inc.; Nextrials, Inc.; VirtuRad, Inc.; Replicate Technologies, Inc.; Technology Partners; HighWired Technology, Inc.; Forensic Logic, Inc.; Theta Microelectronics, Inc.; Lexy, Inc.; Navis LLC; Semi Solutions, Inc.; PurePlay; The Doheny Eye Institute; Reiter Affiliated Companies; Tanimura & Antle; Joint Juice, Inc.; and ORCO Construction Supply.

Mr. Star is a lecturer at the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, where he teaches an MBA course on entrepreneurship. He is a guest lecturer at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. He also is a frequent lecturer on venture capital transactions, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, employment matters and closely held businesses.