Iain Mickle, a shareholder in the firm and a member of its Board of Directors, is the Chair of the firm's corporate and securities group and a member of the firm's lender support group. Mr. Mickle practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private and public equity and debt offerings, the representation of startup and emerging companies, compliance with federal securities law reporting obligations applicable to publicly-traded companies, commercial loan transactions and various intellectual property matters. Mr. Mickle joined our firm in June 2006 from the international law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP where he had been a partner since 1998 and served as the partner-in-charge of that firm's Sacramento office from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Mickle also spent two years practicing as a member of the corporate and securities group at the Palo Alto, California office of Fenwick & West LLP. Mr. Mickle was selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer in the area of corporate finance in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. He served as the Managing Shareholder and President of our firm from May 2008 to February 2010.