Profile

John Eckstein, corporate, securities, finance, director, Fairfield and Woods, P.C., Denver, Colorado, USA

Overview

Mr. Eckstein focuses upon the general representation of technology-based companies and venture capital funds, investors, investment bankers, financial advisors, and financial institutions. He routinely works with complex legal structures in entity and project financings. He also provides advice regarding finance and governance matters to individual officers and directors of such companies. His legal training is in securities, tax, finance and corporate law. He is interested in the application of technology to the business of energy and is actively involved in legal and public policy aspects of energy, biomedical, and IT/software.

Mr. Eckstein has been chair of the Colorado Advanced Technology Institute and a member of technology advisory committees to several Colorado governors; he has been chair of the Colorado Biotechnology-Medical Technology Roundtable and president of the Colorado chapter of the Federal Bar Association and the Denver chapter of the Licensing Executives Society. He speaks on securities, financing, technology and related legal issues to legal and business groups. Mr. Eckstein has been listed in Who’s Who in American Law, Colorado Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Black Book, and Who’s Who in High Tech in Denver/Boulder.

Mr. Eckstein is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, ODK, and Phi Delta Phi. He is chair of the Professionalism Coordinating Council of the Colorado Bar Association and is a member of the CBA Board of Governors. He also serves on several trade association boards.

Practice Areas: 
 
- Business and Corporate
- Securities and Finance
- Technology, Emerging Growth and E-Commerce
- Banking and Financial Institutions
- Entrepreneurs and Closely Held Businesses

Education:

- J.D. 1975, University of Virginia;
- M.A. International Relations 1973, Johns Hopkins University SAIS;
- B.A. Political Science 1970, University of Iowa

Professional Affiliations:
 
- American Bar Association
- Colorado Bar Association
- Denver Bar Association
- Energy Law Association
- Licensing Executives Society Bar
- Admissions Colorado - 1981 Indiana - 1975 (inactive)

Languages Spoken

• English