Brandon is licensed to practice in the State of California, and has been practicing law since 2012. He has centered his practice in the emerging companies and venture capital financing space since 2016. As part of this focus, Brandon has had a unique opportunity to directly engaged with early- and late-stage private companies in nearly all of their business transactional needs, including preferred equity financing, convertible note and SAFE financing, bridge loan and debt financing, corporate reorganization and early-stage structuring, trademark portfolio management, executive compensation and capitalization management, IP protection, establishing best employment practices, commercial lease negotiations, terms of service and privacy policy development, licensing, and services agreement. Brandon joined the Cara Stone team from one of the largest and most well-known ECVC firms in the country.
Prior to his corporate practice, Brandon served as IP litigation counsel for many large and well-established tech and consumer brand companies. During this early stage of his career, he quickly established himself as a strong and effective practitioner, as his first motion resulted in the successful invalidation of patents under a quickly-developing Section 101 analysis applied to abstract ideas. Conversely, his company-side infringement and validity analyses on other software-based technologies survived 101 challenges all the way up to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He was also the newest attorney at his firm to be permitted to individually argue in court on behalf of his clients in the Eastern District of Texas.
Prior to his legal career, Brandon served in the U.S. Air Force from January of 2000 to 2004 as a computer programmer during the U.S.’s response in Afghanistan to the 9/11 attacks, as well as Operation: Enduring Freedom in Iraq. Following his honorable discharge, he completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and attended law school at the University of California, Davis. There, Brandon served as a staff editor on the Business Law Journal, and was individually selected to serve on the Moot Court Board. Brandon competed in the Sports Law Moot Court Competition at New Orleans’ own Tulane University, where he was assessed a perfect score of 100 in the second round of competition.
