William Hardin

About William Hardin

Lawyer and advisor to entrepreneurs, boards of directors, academic and non-profit organizations, investors and the occasional troublemaker. These categories often overlap. Extensive experience in deals and organizational development, including: Mergers and acquisitions Financings Technology transactions Board of directors advice Corporate governance University tech transfer Public policy and governmental relations Alternative dispute resolution LGBT policy and organizational development

Experience

1. of Counsel

   Osborn Maledon, P.A

   Jan 1983 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US

   I am a senior deal lawyer. With Jonathan Ariano and Tom Curzon, I lead Osborn Maledon\'s business transactions practice. Our group\'s practice focuses on representing entrepreneurs, investors and family offices in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity financing and other significant business transactions. Over the years, I\'ve also assisted public and private organizations in economic development and capital formation legislative initiatives and ballot campaigns. In addition to my law practice, I have been active in community projects focusing on economic development, education, housing and human rights. During Governor Napolitano\'s administration, I served as Co-Chair of the Governor\'s Council on Innovation and Technology and a director of the Arizona Economic Resource Organization. I currently serve on the board of Lambda Legal, the leading national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. Over the years, I have worked on a variety of legal and philanthropic projects to promote marriage equality and the civil rights of LGBT persons. I was a founder of the Arizona Human Rights Fund, now Equality Arizona, serving as a director and pro bono legal counsel of this LGBT civil rights organization for many years.

Education

• Oklahoma Baptist University

  Bachelor's degree

  1974 — 1978

• University of Chicago Law School

  Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

  1979 — 1982