Prior to joining Microsoft in 2008, Stuart was Special Counsel at Heller Ehrman (Menlo Park, CA) and, before that, a National Partner at Baker & McKenzie (San Francisco, CA). He also been an associate at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (Palo Alto, CA) and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &; McCloy (New York, NY). Throughout his career, Stuart has handled a wide variety of complex technology and intellectual property transactions for software, semiconductor, pharmaceutical and biotech companies. In his current position, Stuart specializes in patent licensing transactions and open-source software counseling. He received his law degree from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law in 1997 and his Bachelor’s in Arts in Psychology from Pitzer College in 1990.