Crowley Corporate Legal Strategy

Recently named one of the 40 Under 40 to Watch by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal in February 2008, Mr. Crowley began his legal career in 1993.  Mr. Crowley practiced law with Pillsbury Madison & Sutro (now Pillsbury Winthrop) and Morrison & Foerster.  While working with both San Francisco firms, Mr. Crowley's practice focused on mergers & acquisitions, venture capital, securities law, entity formation and public offerings.  Mr. Crowley's clients included Chevron, Pacific Bell, Thomson SA, Stratex Networks, Evoke Software and numerous Silicon Valley start-ups in the technology arena.  Mr. Crowley assisted entrepreneurs in forming their businesses, raising venture financing and buying and selling businesses.  Deal sizes ranged from $1 million angel round financings to $2 billion acquisitions.

While with Morrison & Foerster, Mr. Crowley was loaned to Banc of America Securities to assist their in-house legal team.  Mr. Crowley provided advice to the investment banking team regarding public offerings, venture financings and fairness opinions for mergers and acquisitions.

After eight years of private practice, Mr. Crowley moved into senior management with Evoke Software, a San Francisco business integration software provider to Fortune 500 businesses.  Serving as Vice President and General Counsel, Mr. Crowley assisted the 200-employee company with several rounds of financing, handled all customer and vendor negotiations, managed all corporate governance matters with the board and legal issues related to employment contracts, layoffs and other human resource matters.  Mr. Crowley learned the critical importance of managing the legal budget of a small growth company.

In 2004, Mr. Crowley joined the management team at Technicolor Home Entertainment Services in Camarillo, California.  Technicolor's HES unit had revenues of $2 billion annually, providing motion picture studios and video game developers with DVD manufacturing, distribution and returns processing services.  Mr. Crowley served as the unit's primary lawyer, again functioning largely as a one-man band.  Mr. Crowley personally conducted negotiations with Technicolor's customers, managed litigation matters and was deeply involved in structuring and overseeing Technicolor's acquisitions, joint ventures and other large corporate projects.

In 2006, Mr. Crowley established Crowley Corporate Legal Strategy to offer corporate legal services to entrepreneurs looking to grow their businesses.

Mr Crowley holds a business degree from the University of Notre Dame and a juris doctorate from Case Western Reserve University.  Born and raised in the Midwest, Mr. Crowley has been living in California since 1993.

Member:  State Bar of California, San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Woodland Hills Rotary Club, Women In Technology International (WITI).

Mr. Crowley is deeply committed to the LA venture community.  In addition to serving as a member of the governing executive committee of the Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA), Mr. Crowley also serves LAVA as its Secretary, Chairman of its Marketing Committee and as a member of its larger 19 member board of trustees. 

Mr. Crowley is also currently serving as a Member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Membership/Marketing Committee for the San Fernando Valley Bar.
 
In the past, Mr. Crowley served as a member of the Advisory Board for the Entrepreneur Mentor Society.

Mr. Crowley speaks regularly with the San Fernando Valley Bar Association and WITI.