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Kira Zahn

Owner at Kira Zahn, Attorney at Law
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Seasoned attorney with expertise in legal compliance, intellectual property, and strategic partnerships.
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Location
Austin, Texas, United States, US
Skills
  • Legal Compliance
  • Legal Advice
  • Licensing
  • Start Ups
  • Intellectual Property
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Kira Zahn is a seasoned attorney with 16 years of experience in legal compliance, intellectual property, and strategic partnerships. She has worked with top companies like Yahoo! and has a strong background in e-commerce, digital media, and copyright law. Kira has also co-founded and chaired the Open Source Working Group at Yahoo! and has expertise in online advertising and privacy law. Kira has a JD from The University of Texas School of Law and a BA in English from Tulane University. She is based in Austin, Texas, and has a strong track record of providing outside counsel licensing and other legal support to Internet and technology companies, as well as to other businesses.

Experience

  • Kira Zahn, Attorney at Law
    • Owner
      • Dec 2007 - Present

      Provide outside counsel licensing and other legal support to Internet and technology companies, and to other businesses. Act as interim general counsel for Internet start-ups.

  • Yahoo! Inc.
    • Vice President & Associate General Counsel
      • 1999 - 2007

      Managed a team of 14 attorneys and staff responsible for supporting transactions for Yahoo!’s search and sales initiatives, as well as its marketplace properties. Fully integrated member of the Yahoo! network division executive leadership team. Chief lawyer for Yahoo! search and entertainment properties. Drafted and successfully negotiated through execution strategic software, content and services deals. Co-founded and co-chaired the Open Source Working Group at Yahoo!. Legal integration team lead for Yahoo!’s acquisitions of LAUNCH, Overture and Flickr.

  • broadcast.com inc.
    • Assistant General Counsel
      • 1998 - 1999

      Drafted, structured and negotiated all types of agreements for growing Internet business, including: advertising, asset purchase, colocation, consulting, downloads, electronic commerce, network services, software licenses, streaming media services and web site design and hosting. Managed electronic commerce division; assisted with broadcast.com IPO and acquisition of broadcast.com by Yahoo!; acted as broadcast.com representative for the Digital Media Association (DiMA).

  • Howie & Sweeney, LLP
    • Associate
      • 1995 - 1998

      Represented clients in state and federal court, and mediation. Second-chaired four jury trials in Texas state court. Areas of practice include personal injury and complex business litigation.

Education

  • 1992 - 1995
    The University of Texas School of Law
    JD
  • 1990 - 1992
    Tulane University
    BA, English major; History minor
  • 1988 - 1990
    Washington and Lee University
    English Language and Literature, General

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