Anne Jordan

EXPERIENCE:
Anne has advised technology and consumer product companies as a senior executive with responsibility for legal affairs and as outside counsel for more than 25 years. From 1999 until 2004, she served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary for PeopleSoft, Inc., the world’s second largest provider of enterprise application software, where she advised the Board of Directors, Board committees, and management on all legal matters affecting the company, including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and corporate governance matters. She provided strategic advice relating to mergers and acquisitions, litigation and risk management, antitrust matters, and intellectual property strategy, protection and enforcement.

Anne served as Vice President and General Counsel for Sega of America, Inc. and prior to that was a Partner in the Palo Alto firm, Carr & Ferrell, concentrating on litigation, licensing, and intellectual property matters. She has held positions as Vice President and General Counsel for Worlds of Wonder, Inc., a manufacturer of electronic toys and games, Assistant General Counsel for Dole Foods, Inc., and Corporate Counsel with Fortune 500 companies Beatrice Companies, Inc. and Gould Inc.

Anne is a frequent speaker and author on intellectual property and commercial topics and has been published in the National Law Journal. She is a contributor to the book “Winning Legal Strategies for Software Companies: Leading Lawyers on Protecting IP, Negotiating Contracts, and Creating Legal Game Plans.”

Anne is also an accomplished and in-demand mediator and arbiter for commercial, employment, and intellectual property issues throughout the United States.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES:

• International Trademark Association (INTA), Board of Directors, 1987-91, 1995-98 Chair, Brief Amicus Committee, 1990-92
• American Law Institute, Advisory Committee for the Restatement of Unfair Competition
• ABA Task Force on Security Interests
• Trademark Review Commission
• California State Bar Intellectual Property Section, Executive Committee, 1989-92

EDUCATION:

• DePaul University College of Law, J.D.
• Northwestern University, B.A.