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What are the best cities to practice in for technology law?

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:27 pm
by Scarlett77
Basically exactly as the subject asks, and I did try searching but only found a lot about schools strong in tech law.

Re: What are the best cities to practice in for technology law?

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:29 pm
by erico
I'll state the obvious: Silicon Valley.

Re: What are the best cities to practice in for technology law?

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:32 pm
by MC Southstar
Depends on what kind of technology too.

Re: What are the best cities to practice in for technology law?

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:32 pm
by Anonymous User
erico wrote:I'll state the obvious: Silicon Valley.
Austin (SXSW, etc).

ATL (lot's of B2B and healthtech, emerging startup scene)

NYC (media, finance tech, emerging startup scene like foursquare)

LA (mediatech/spillover from norcal).

SF/SV (the hub, obvi).

Seattle (amazon, msft, etc).

Chicago w/Groupon's emergence creating a startup ecosystem.

Boston (lot's of security tech)

North Carolina (research triangle)

This is in no particular order

Re: What are the best cities to practice in for technology law?

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:35 pm
by erico
San Diego - Biotech; some wireless/telecom.

Re: What are the best cities to practice in for technology law?

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:59 pm
by Anonymous User
SF/SV, Seattle, and Boston for cities where almost every major firm relies on tech clients for their bread and butter.

You can certainly find technology/IP law in other cities like NY, LA, DC (particularly strong for IP), and Chicago, but it will often be a more niche thing. If you're in the general corporate group in these cities, you'll still find yourself working on a lot of non-tech industry deals.