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Presentation

Wiemerslage Law Offices is making a presentation, "Success is Intentional" on April 30, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. at the Colorado CEO Space meeting. He will cover legal and business issues related to business formation, contracting, exit plans, etc. CEO Space Colorado meets at the MadCap Theater, 10679 Westminster Blvd, Westminster, CO 80020, Hwy 36 and 104th Ave.

 


 

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Biography

Mr. Wiemerslage has practiced law more than 30 years as a member of government, in-house corporate counsel for public companies and private law firms.   

 

He served as an Illinois Assistant Attorney General in the Consumer Fraud Division of the Illinois Attorney General's Office for five years, overseeing fraud investigations involving automobiles, odometer rollbacks, home improvement frauds, etc. and recovering money for consumers. 

 

He then served as attorney for Illinois Environmental Protection for 11 years, in its Divisions of Air, Land and Water Pollution Control and Public Water Supplies. 

 

He joined Marathon Oil Company in 1990, serving first as one of its environmental attorney, then as its Information Technology/computer software licensing / hardware attorney until October 2003.

 

Mr. Wiemerslage then opened his own law firm in Colorado practicing law in various areas as described in this website.

 

Mr. Wiemerslage is a member and elected Council Member at Large to the Technology Law & Policy Section of the Colorado Bar Association for the last several years.

 

Mr. Wiemerslage was appointed to the City of Fort Collins Telecommunications Board and was appointed by the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce to its Environmental Committee.  He was elected chair of the Environmental Law Subcommittee of the then Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association while he was working in Texas. 

 

He is currently an elected member of the Environmental Law Section Council of the Colorado Bar Association.  He is a member of the following sections of the Colorado Bar Association: Communications & Technology Law; Environmental Law, Intellectual Property Law, and Natural Resources & Energy Law.

 

He has made numerous presentations on contracting and licensing issues in Information Technology, environmental law and estate planning.

 

Bar Admissions:

Illinois, 1974            

Texas, 1992            

Ohio, 2001 (inactive status)            

Colorado, 2001

 

Not certified by the CO, IL, OH or TX boards of legal specialization. No designation has been made by those boards for a certificate of special competence in these areas of law.

 

Education:

Quincy University, Political Science, with Honors, 1971
University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1974

 

Published Works:

Discovery of Electronic Backup Tapes and Shifting of Cost of Search and Restoration to the Requesting Party, Review of Rowe Entertainment v. William Morris Agency, et al. (2002) And Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, et al. (2003)

 

Recent Articles for Clients:

New EPA Rules on Environmental Site Assessments Effective November 1, 2006, 2006 New Methamphetamine Law Affects Residential Contracts January 1, 2007, 2007

 

Presentations Given:

Selecting Your Business Entity Form, 2005
Turning Code into Gold – Roadmap to Business Success, 2004
An Introduction to The New (CO) Meth Lab Disclosure Law in Residential Real Estate Transactions, 2007
Answering the Clients’ Legal Needs [in Estate Planning], 2006
Drafting and Negotiating Software Licenses and other Information Technology Contracts, 2005
Software Licenses and other I.T. Contracts, 2006
Legal Issues on Web Content, 2007
Intellectual Property 101 (Drafting and Negotiating I.T. Contracts), 2005
Drafting and Negotiating Web Hosting and Web Design Contracts, 2007
Management of I.T. Negotiations from the Vendor’s Perspective, 2007, 2008
An Introduction to the Environmental Laws of the United States and Colorado, 2007
Legal Issues on Web Content, 2007

An Introduction to Environmental Laws Which May Affect Your Business Clients in Northern Colorado, 2007

Global Warming: Science and Policy Issues, 2007 and 2008

Drafting Intellectual Property Licenses, Information Technology Contracts and Related Documents, 2007

Writing Information Technology Contracts, 2007

Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions, 2007

Success is Intentional, 2008

 

Pro Bono Activities:

Elected council member of the Colorado Bar Association Technology and Policy Section

Telecommunications Board of the City of Fort Collins (2006-2007)
Environmental Committee - Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce 2006-2007