Representative Matters and Clients
Jean L. Batman, Esq.
Jean L. Batman, MBA, JD
Entrepreneur Lawyer Jean L. Batman founded Legal Venture Counsel, Inc. in 2004 to provide outside general counsel services to investors, entrepreneurs, and small businesses.
Ms. Batman serves as outside general counsel to a variety of companies and individuals engaged in a broad range of industries including Real Estate Development, Financial and Professional Services, Manufacturing, Software, Retail, Biotechnology and High Technology. She has written and spoken on a number of topics of interest to the legal and business communities, such as Small Business, Venture Financing and Finding Practical Solutions to Common Legal Problems, including writing the American Bar Association Best Seller, Advising the Small Business: Forms and Advice for the Legal Practitioner.
Prior to forming Legal Venture Counsel, Ms. Batman was a Partner in the San Francisco offices of Duane Morris LLP, among the largest 100 law firms in the U.S. at that time. Ms. Batman was the Chair of the Middle Market and Small Business Committee of the ABA Business Law Section from 2001 to 2005, served as a Board Member of the Publications Board of the ABA Business Law Section from 2001 to 2005, was Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Private Placement Broker-Dealer Task Force of the ABA Business Law Section in 1999, and is a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California. |
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Ms. Batman has also had an active career in the Securities Industry, culminating with her position in 1989 as President of Smith-Thomas Investment Services, Inc. (a registered Broker-Dealer). During her tenure in the Securities Industry, Ms. Batman held a total of seven licenses from the National Association of Securities Dealers (now FINRA) ranging from General Sales to Finance and Operations Principal (Series 7, 6, 63, 39, 22, 24, and 27).
She earned an American Jurisprudence Award for excellent achievement in the study of Commercial Transactions in 1989 and served as a Judicial Extern in the California Court of Appeal for the late Hon. Justice J. Perley, 1st District in San Francisco in 1990.
Ms. Batman is a 1990 graduate of the University of California Hastings College of Law (JD), and a 1985 graduate of The Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine (MBA). She also completed her undergraduate studies at the UC Irvine (BA).
Professional Activities and Publications
- American Bar Association (ABA), Member (1997 to present)
- Business Law Section, Member (1997 to present)
- Chair, Middle Market and Small Business Committee (2001 to 2005)
- Board Member, Business Law Section Publications (2001 to 2005)
- Co-Founder, Co-Chair Private Placement Broker-Dealer Task Force (1999)
- California Bar Association, Member (1991 to present)
- Small Business Administration 504 Loan Designated Closing Counsel 2006-2012
Author, "Of Counsel: A Guide for Law Firms and Practitioners 4th Ed," American Bar Association, 2013.
Author, "Founders and Advisors," GP Solo eReport, American Bar Association, Vol. 2, No. 7, February 2013.
Author, "Letters: Engaging and Disengaging the Small-Business Client," GP Solo eReport, American Bar Association, Vol. 2, No. 6, January 2013.
Author, "Forwarding Organizational Documents to a New LLC," GP Solo eReport, American Bar Association, Vol. 2, No. 3, October 2012.
Author, "First Correspondence to a Newly Formed LLC," GP Solo eReport, American Bar Association, Vol. 2, No. 2, September 2012.
Author, "Entity Compliance and Maintenance: Letters for Small Business Lawyers," GP Solo eReport, American Bar Association, Vol. 1, No. 10, May 2012.
Author, "Raising Money Through Private Placements," GP Solo eReport, American Bar Association, Vol. 1, No. 9, April 2012.
Author, "Protecting Intellectual Property: Letters," GP SOLO eReport, American Bar Association, Vol. 1, No. 7, February 2012.
Author, "Organizing or Cleaning Up a Partnership," GP Solo eReport, American Bar Association, Vol. 1, No. 6, January 2012.
Presenter, "Finding Venture Capital for Your Business," U.S. Small Business Administration Entrepreneur Center, San Francisco, April 6, 2010, July 9, 2010, October 5, 2010, February 3, 2011, May 5, 2011, September 1, 2011, December 1, 2011, March 8, 2012, June 7, 2012, February 7, 2013, May 2, 2013, and August 1, 2013.
Presenter, "Advising a Small Business Seeking Financing or Acquisition," ABA GPSolo 2011 Fall Meeting and National Solo & Small Firm Conference, Denver, October 16, 2011.
Author, "Advising the Small Business: Forms and Advice for the Legal Practitioner 2nd Ed," American Bar Association, 2011.
Author, "Letters for Small Business Lawyers," American Bar Association, 2011.
Author, "Organizing or Cleaning Up an LLC," GP Solo eReport, American Bar Association, Vol. 1, No. 3, October 2011.
Author, "Selections: Letters for Small Business Lawyers," GP Solo eReport, American Bar Association, Vol. 1, No. 2, September 2011.
Moderator, "The Emergence of Social Ventures," SF Venture Summit, San Francisco, March 24, 2011.
Presenter, "Venture Capital Financing: The Anatomy of a VC Deal," Hult International Business School, San Francisco, November 19, 2010.
Panelist, "Drafting an LLC Agreement to Fully Protect Your Client," ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2010.
Panelist, "Advising Growth Stage Companies: What Clients Need to Know (and How to Tell Them) About Protecting IP, Forming Key Contracts and Finding Venture Capital," ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2010.
Presenter, "Business Law Basics," U.S. Small Business Administration Entrepreneur Center, San Francisco, February 3, 2010.
Presenter, "General Practice 101: Advising the Small Business," ABA GP Solo 2009 Fall Meeting and National Solo & Small Firm Conference, Los Angeles, October 16, 2009.
Panelist, "Start Smart - What Start-Ups Should Know (and How to Tell Them) About Choice of Entity, Owners' Agreements, and Funding," American Bar Association Webcast Program, June 24, 2009.
Panelist, "Advising the Small Business," University of Alabama School of Law, May 2009.
Panelist, "Start Smart: What Start-Ups Should Know (and How to Tell Them) About Choice of Entity, Owner's Agreements, and Funding." ABA Business Law Section Middle Market and Small Business Committee Meeting, Scottsdale, 2009; ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, Vancouver, 2009.
Author, "Raising Money for the Small Business," Law Trends & News Practice Area Newsletter, American Bar Association General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division, Vol. 4 No. 4 Summer 2008.
Author, "Organizing or Cleaning Up an LLC," Law Trends & News Practice Area Newsletter, American Bar Association General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division, Vol. 4 No. 3 June 2008.
Author, "Advising the Small Business: Forms and Advice for the Legal Practitioner," American Bar Association, 2007.
Presenter, "Choice of Entity: Legal Structures for Your Small Business," U.S. Small Business Administration Entrepreneur Center, San Francisco, March 2, 2005, April 6, 2005, August 3, 2005, January 4, 2006, May 3, 2006, October 4, 2006, March 7, 2007, and September 5, 2007.
Author, ABA Business Law Section, Small Business Committee News, January 2005 and July 2005.
Contributor, "Report and Recommendations of the Task Force on Private Placement Broker-Dealers," American Bar Association Section of Business Law, 60 Business Lawyer 959, May 2005.
Panelist, "Financing California Businesses in a Changing and Challenging Market," Continuing Education of the Bar and the State Bar of California, San Francisco, 2003.
Author, "Commission Breakpoint Issue Reaches Breaking Point - NASD and SEC Actions Announced," Duane Morris Advisory, November 10, 2003.
Panelist, "The QLCC Under Sarbanes-Oxley - What is it? Why Have It? Answers to These and Other Burning Questions," ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, Los Angeles, 2003.
Panelist, "What to do When the Law Says 'No' But the Client Says 'Go'," ABA Business Law Section Small Business Committee Meeting, Palm Beach, 2003.
Panelist, "Model Entity Governance Standards," ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, Boston, 2002.
Panelist, "Getting the Dough - Current Private Placement Practices in Early Rounds of Financing for New Economy Companies," ABA Annual Meeting, New York, 2000.
Panelist, "The Unincorporation or Ms. Doolittle, LLC Meets H. Higgins, Inc. - Why Can't an LLC be More Like a Corporation?," ABA Business Law Section Spring Meetings, San Francisco, 1999, and Columbus, 2000.
Panelist, "LLCs and LLPs for the California Paralegal," The Institute for Paralegal Education, a Division of NBI, Inc., San Francisco, 1999.
Presenter, "In Search of Money," Center for Entrepreneurship, John F. Kennedy University School of Management, August 1999.
Panelist, "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe: Formulating Cost-Effective Solutions to Common Business Problems," ABA Annual Meeting, Toronto, 1998.
Author, "Founders and Promoters Agreements," California Transactions Forms, Business Entities, Volume 1, Chapter 3, Bancroft Whitney, 1996.
Admissions and Education
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