Justin C. Konrad
Practice Areas
Business Formation
Contracts & Transactions
Corporate Governance
Investment Financing, securities & Transactions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Employment & Consulting Contracts
Employment Counseling
Internet Law
Licensing & Other Intellectual Property Transactions
Protection of Trade Secrets & Confidential Information
Trademarks & Copyrights
Experience
Justin Konrad joined Hutchinson Black and Cook, LLC in 2007 and became a Member of the firm in 2012. Prior to joining the firm, Justin clerked for the Honorable David M. Ebel at the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. His practice emphasizes general-counsel representation of emerging and growing businesses, including business formation, contracts and operations, mergers and acquisitions, and employment and consulting arrangements. Justin's practice also focuses on the intellectual property aspects of business law including trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names and licensing agreements. As a professional musician and recording engineer, Justin has a special interest in entertainment law and represents musicians, filmmakers, writers and others in the entertainment industries.
In his free time, Justin is an avid backcountry and alpine skier and mountain biker. He has extensive experience as a recording engineer (including engineering credit on a Grammy-winning record), record producer, professional guitarist and dobro player. Justin currently performs and records on resophonic guitar (dobro) with a variety of Colorado-based bluegrass and progressive acoustic groups, and won first prize in the 2016 Rockygrass competition in the dobro category.
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Trademark and copyright registration, prosecution, licensing and dispute resolution.
Domain name dispute resolution before World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) UDRP arbitration panels.
Negotiating and memorializing contractual relationships for record labels, film production companies, musicians, artists, and writers.
Business entity selection, formation and governance.
Equity purchase and sale, asset purchase and sale, merger, liquidation and other acquisition transactions.
Memorializing employee-employer relationships in employment, intellectual property rights assignment, non-disclosure, non-solicitation and non-competition agreements.
General business transactions, including consulting, independent contractor and real estate agreements.
Education
University of Colorado School of Law, J.D., 2006
Order of the Coif
Casenote Editor, University of Colorado Law Review
Harvard University, A.B., cum laude, 1997
Bar Admissions/ Clerkships
Clerk for Judge David M. Ebel, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2006-2007
Admitted to Practice before:
Colorado Supreme Court, 2006
United States District Court for the District of Colorado, 2010
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2007
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2007
Memberships / Awards
American Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association
Boulder County Bar Association
Co-Chair of Intellectual Property Section, 2012-2014
Former Member of Board of Directors, Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
Volunteer Attorney, Colorado Lawyers for the Arts
Colorado Super Lawyers
Selected for Rising Stars, Intellectual Property, Business/Corporate, Entertainment & Sports, 2010
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