David Movius

About David Movius

Leveraging my 25 years as a technology lawyer, I develop and execute creative and effective legal strategies for companies to leverage their physical and intellectual assets, protect their markets and innovations, align their business and legal objectives, and drive their overall performance. I am a skilled operator in lean, fast-paced environments with a reputation among founders, boards, leadership and cross-functional teams for decisiveness, practical advice, and finding a path to “yes.” My career highlights include:⇒ Founding and growing in-house legal team for hypergrowth company as it scaled from 26 to more than 150 employees and expanded its operating capacity more than 1700% in less than 2 years⇒ As its senior counsel, spearheading all legal matters for sustainable data center developer, including general corporate, governance, financing and development, complex commercial, customer, supplier and vendor contracts, licensing, intellectual property, employment, environmental, real estate, energy, lobbying, and litigation⇒ Practice group leader for twelve years, engaged by clients ranging from startups, growth-stage companies, publicly traded corporations, non-profits and government bodies to provide intellectual property counseling, prosecution (patents, trademarks and copyrights), litigation and dispute resolution, and business services⇒ Representing clients in hundreds of strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, technology transfers, cross-licenses, master service agreements, vendor and supply agreements, settlements, and NDAs⇒ Practical experience across many varied industries and arts, including blockchain, data centers, software, SaaS, digital publishing, apps, APIs, electrical, clean energy and renewables, ecommerce, B2B and B2C platform development and commercialization, data analytics, supply chain, logistics, AI, healthcare, consumer goods, medical devices, consumer electronics, fintech and financial services, specialty chemicals, engineered materials, industrial automation, aerospace, and specialty fastenersGeneral Corporate • Emerging Technologies • Governance & Secretary • Contracts • Complex Commercial Transactions • Intellectual Property • Data Privacy & Data Security • Mergers & Acquisitions • Joint Ventures • Ethics and Compliance • Risk Mitigation • Employment • Litigation • Legal Operations

Experience

1. General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

   Axuall

   Oct 2023 — Present · Cleveland, OH, US

   Senior legal, compliance, and governance leader at Axaull, a healthcare data-as-a-service company that is transforming clinical workforce intelligence through its national, real-time practitioner data network. Responsible for all legal, compliance, and governance matters across the organization, including:⇒ Overseeing commercial contracting, data partnerships, intellectual property, privacy, employment, regulatory compliance, and litigation⇒ Negotiating and closing complex, enterprise-scale customer agreements and data partnership⇒ Directing AI governance and compliance initiatives to support responsible innovation and operations⇒ Designing and implementing scalable legal infrastructure, including contract lifecycle management, deal playbooks, and privacy/security protocols⇒ Managing board governance and supporting communication between executive leadership and the Board of Directors

Education

• American University, Washington College of Law

  JD

• University of Puget Sound

  BA

Skills

• Intellectual Property
• Licensing
• Patents
• Trade Secrets
• Trademarks
• Copyright Law
• Appeals
• Arbitration
• Civil Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Law
• Courts
• Criminal Law
• Cyberlaw
• Domain Names
• Employment Law
• Legal Advice
• Legal Assistance
• Legal Research
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Litigation Support
• Mediation
• Mergers
• Patent Litigation
• Patent Prosecution
• Patentability
• Prosecution
• Trademark Infringement
• Trials
• Unfair Competition
• Westlaw