CEO
Client General Counsel

rick@novusgc.com
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About Rick

Founding NovusGC was the natural extension of Rick’s three decades of experience in legal and business roles helping startups, innovators and investors navigate legal and transactional needs from idea to market.  

Rick has deep experience in:

• corporate formation, governance and financings from senior roles at large law firms in Palo Alto and Los Angeles;

• General Counsel service from roles with public and venture-backed technology companies; and

• licensing and commercial contracts from leading the technology transfer licensing teams at two major universities.

Rick has been teaching Technology Transactions at the USC Gould School of Law as an Adjunct Professor since 2015, and frequently speaks and hosts workshops on topics including corporate formation and financing, pitching investors, university licensing and open source.

Prior experience:

• DLA Piper (Los Angeles), Of Counsel

• USC Stevens Center for Innovation, Senior Director of Technology Commercialization

• UT Austin OTC, Associate Director of Licensing

• pcOrder.com, VP and General Counsel

• Heller Ehrman (Palo Alto), Partner

Education
University of Chicago Law School, J.D.
with honors

University of Texas at Austin M.B.A.,
George Kozmetsky Award for
Outstanding Academic Achievement

University of Rochester B.A.,
magna cum laude

Bar Admissions
California
Texas

Associations
Association of University Technology
Managers, member

Austin Waldorf School, former Trustee

MAKE IT IN LA, pro bono counsel

Model IIA Project, co-founder

SCS Noonan Scholars, mentor