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name: Paul A. Swegle
about: Paul Swegle is a business attorney who lives with his family and is general counsel to several tech companies and advises a dozen others as outside counsel. He has served as general counsel to thirteen companies and has completed $12+ billion of financings and M&amp;A deals, including growing and selling startups to public companies ING, Capital One, Nortek, and Abbott.Paul is also an adjunct law professor and teaches entrepreneurial law and finance at Seattle University School of Law. He was a lawyer for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice early in his career. Paul's first book, "Contract Drafting and Negotiation for Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals," shares what he's learned working on thousands o Paul Swegle is a business attorney who lives with his family and is general counsel to several tech companies and advises a dozen others as outside counsel. He has served as general counsel to thirteen companies and has completed $12+ billion of financings and M&amp;A deals, including growing and selling startups to public companies ING, Capital One, Nortek, and Abbott.Paul is also an adjunct law professor and teaches entrepreneurial law and finance at Seattle University School of Law. He was a lawyer for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice early in his career. Paul's first book, "Contract Drafting and Negotiation for Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals," shares what he's learned working on thousands of agreements across varied industries for over 20 years. It's all about avoiding common contract pitfalls and maximizing commercial relationships. It's also a frequent Amazon bestseller in business law. Law schools and business programs across the country use it, as do law firms and in-house law, procurement, and sales departments.Paul's second book, "Startup Law and Fundraising for Entrepreneurs and Startup Advisors," was published on July 23, 2020, and is about helping entrepreneurs do three things: (i) build their companies on a solid foundation, (ii) avoid costly and distracting legal and regulatory mistakes, and (iii) raise the money they need to succeed.Everyone interested in startups and small businesses will find Startup Law and Fundraising invaluable. But it is also designed to provide a turnkey entrepreneurial law and finance class at any level, including law school, MBA, undergraduate business, community college, or startup accelerator.Paul's third book, "Careers in the Law," will be published in late 2021. It profiles more than 200 areas of law, plus many non-law alternatives for law degree holders. As a busy practicing attorney and leader in the legal profession, Paul interacts daily with attorneys working in many different areas of the law. He has mentored and advised hundreds of law students and attorneys. At all times, his several companies have engagements in place with 20+ law firms across the country and globally. As a bar leader, Paul has a front-row perspective on the impacts of technology and other forces on the legal profession. ...more