Corporate Law, Securities, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Labor and Employment, Real Estate, Banking Transactions, Bankruptcy and Estate Planning Law.

Giordano & Champa, P.A. is a Boston-based law firm representing small to medium sized businesses and corporations with a particular concentration on the areas of corporate and securities law, investor and bank financing and general corporate governance. The firm has assisted its corporate clients in rapidly changing field of intellectual property, trade secrets and proprietary rights. Our attorneys are experienced in complex commercial and civil litigation and arbitration, including securities fraud, minority shareholder disputes, intellectual property issues and employment law. Giordano & Champa, P.A. has the depth, experience and resources to provide its clients with the range of services to meet their needs on a cost-effective basis.

Philip M. Giordano, (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, October 15, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Massachusetts; 1984, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Massachusetts, Amherst (B.A., cum laude, 1979); Syracuse University (M.B.A., 1983; J.D., 1983). Author: "Civil Remedies Under RICO," Rico: Civil and Criminal, Law Journal Seminars Press, 1984; "Winning Arbitration Strategies: The Perspective of a Chairman in Massachusetts," in Robbins, D., Vol. 1, Securities Arbitration - 1996, pp. 529-61, Practicing Law Institute, 1996. Staff Attorney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1984-1986. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Frauds Division, U.S. Attorney's Office for District of New Jersey, 1986-1991. Arbitrator: National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), 1989—; American Arbitration Association (AAA), 1995-1996. Member: Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Special Agencies: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; New York Stock Exchange; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. Reported Cases: Paine Webber, Inc. v. Elahi, et al., 87 F.3d 589 (1st Cir. 1996); McNichols v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 13 F.3d 432 (1st Cir. 1993), cert. denied, — U.S.— (1994); United States v. Cannistraro, 694 F. Supp. 62 (D.N.J. 1988) aff'd in part and vacated in part, 871 F.2d 1210 (3d Cir. 1989); United States v. Zolp, 659 F. Supp. 692 (D.N.J. 1987); SEC v. Tome et al., 638 F. Supp. 596, 629 & 638 (S.N.Y.1986), aff'd, 833 F.2d 1086 (2d Cir. 1987), cert. denied, — U.S.— (1988).Transactions: Representation of Internet clients in merger with subsidiary of major Japanese conglomerate; representation of certain company founders in a division spin-off by a major hardware company, with financing provided by venture capital; representation of a hedge fund limited partnership, focusing its investments in the financial and banking industry and handling the partnership's securities and blue sky requirements in various jurisdictions; private placements and mezzanine financing of various clients, including bio-tech and high-tech companies; representation of clients in asset purchases and corporate acquisitions. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Complex Litigation; Commercial Law; Securities Litigation; Arbitration; Securities Transactions; Exempt Placements; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment.

James F. Champa, (Member) born Stoneham, Massachusetts, August 26, 1959; admitted to bar, 1992, Massachusetts; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: New Hampshire University (B.S., cum laude, 1983); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 1991). Former Series 7 "and 63" Associated. Member, National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD Guest Lecturer, Bentley College, Business and Employment Litigation Topics). Member: Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Special Agencies: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; New York Stock Exchange; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. Transactions: Representation of Internet clients in merger with subsidiary of major Japanese conglomerate; private placements and mezzanine financing of various clients, including bio-tech and high-tech companies; representation of clients in asset purchases and corporate acquisitions. Practice Areas: Business; Corporation; Civil Litigation; Investments; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Asset Sales; Labor and Employment; Bankruptcy.

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