Newport Beach, CA – October 18, 2004 LAWFUEL – Law, law firm, attorney, legal news– Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that
Sharon R. Klein, a business lawyer focusing on technology, health care and
life sciences issues, has rejoined the firm as a partner. In conjunction
with Ms. Klein’s return, the firm opened an office in Orange County,
California, to expand its business technology legal services. Ms. Klein is
the partner in charge of the new office.
Ms. Klein was a Pepper partner until July 2003, when she moved to Southern
California from Philadelphia for personal reasons. She has been a partner
with Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth in Newport Beach, Ca., for the past
year.
“Sharon was an integral part of our firm when she was here, and we are
thrilled to have her back at Pepper,” said Barry M. Abelson, chairman of
Pepper’s Executive Committee. “Her corporate and intellectual property
experience fits perfectly with our practice and client base, and, indeed,
our recruiting her back to the firm reflects our commitment to providing the
best value-added legal services to satisfy the needs of our clients. Sharon
is uniquely talented in the information technology area, and she and other
Pepper lawyers will help clients as their legal needs with regard to
technology continue to accelerate.”
“Our Southern California office initially will focus on providing legal
services in conjunction with the technology needs of large and mid-size
companies, including the acquisition, use and protection of technology and
efficient outsourcing contracting,” added Robert E. Heideck, Pepper’s
executive partner. “Of course, Pepper already has clients on the West
Coast, and our lawyers will use the new office to help serve them and other
clients with business in California.”
Ms. Klein’s practice includes assisting domestic and international clients
in commercializing technology innovations; structuring all types of
corporate transactions, particularly for technology businesses; negotiating
agreements for the licensing, maintenance and support, and acquisition of
computer hardware, software, databases, telecommunications and networking;
completing outsourcing transactions; handling corporate restructuring,
confidentiality, information services and intellectual property matters; and
managing privacy and security issues, including HIPAA, CAN SPAM and EU Data
Protection.
“Pepper is dedicated to growing its corporate, technology and intellectual
property practices and sees an opportunity here in Southern California,”
said Ms. Klein. “I have continued to represent long-time East Coast clients
and have been able to serve new clients in California and on the West Coast.
Pepper’s national platform will allow me to better serve these clients. I
am delighted to be practicing again with my Pepper colleagues.”
In addition to practicing with private law firms, Ms. Klein is a former
executive assistant to the executive management team and associate general
counsel of Shared Medical Systems Corporation, which is now Siemens Medical
Solutions Health Services Corporation.
Ms. Klein is an active member of HIMSS (Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society) and writes and speaks frequently on issues such
as licensing, privacy security, confidentiality, telemedicine,
outcomes/disease management and managed care.
She is a graduate of Syracuse University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975) and
Temple University School of Law (J.D. 1978), where she was executive editor
of the Temple Law Review. Following her graduation from law school, she was
a law clerk to the Honorable J. William Ditter, Jr. of the U.S. District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Ms. Klein is a member of
the California and Pennsylvania bars.
Pepper’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group advises clients in
connection with all types of transactions, including mergers and
acquisitions, joint ventures and partnering arrangements, restructurings and
reorganizations, public and private securities offerings, venture capital
and other financing transactions. The group also counsels clients on
corporate governance issues, including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 and related regulations.
The firm’s Technology Practice Group focuses on helping companies grow and
succeed. The group includes business lawyers, patent lawyers and other
intellectual property experts, litigators and lawyers knowledgeable in
government regulations who are experienced in a range of technology
intensive industries.
Pepper Hamilton LLP (www.pepperlaw.com) is a multi-practice law firm with
400 lawyers in six states and the District of Columbia. The firm provides
corporate, litigation and regulatory legal services to leading businesses,
governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout
the nation and the world. The firm was founded in 1890.
