Paul Gillies is a partner in the Montpelier, Vermont law firm of Tarrant, Marks & Gillies. He served as Vermont Deputy Secretary of State (1981-1993) and is presently moderator of the Berlin Vermont town meeting. He writes a regular column on Vermont judicial and legal history in the Vermont Bar Journal. He served on various committees responsible for drafting Vermont’s business laws. He has a varied law practice that concentrates on the nexus between history and law. He co-edited the Records of the Vermont Council of Censors (1991) with D. Gregory Sanford, and with James H. Douglas co-authored A Book of Opinions (1993), on laws and practices affecting Vermont municipalities.   

Linsey Krolik is a technology, media, and business lawyer in Silicon Valley, California. She has operated her solo law practice since 2004, providing outsourced general counsel, technology and content licensing, and business formation services to a range of clients, from small businesses and start-up companies to established, large corporations. Her clients include a variety of businesses, including microprocessors, computer hardware, software, Internet, wireless, blog, and medical device companies. Before starting her solo practice, Linsey was Corporate Counsel for ARM, Inc., a United Kingdom-based intellectual property company. Prior to that, she worked in both legal and business roles for a variety of tech companies in the Silicon Valley, including Palm, Inc, OmniSky Corporation, and 3Com Corporation.

Linsey writes a blog called Whereas about legal issues in technology, as well as maintaining and contributing to several other blogs. She spoke at BlogHer’08 on the topic of legal issues with blogging in the “Taking Care of Business” session. Linsey holds a combination JD/MBA degree from Santa Clara University School of Law with a concentration in High Technology Law and has been a member of the California State Bar Association since 2002. Linsey is active in her community, serving as a board member for several local organizations.

Julie Tower-Pierce graduated from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a Bachelor of Arts, First Class Honours. She holds a Juris Doctor and Master’s Degree, both awarded Cum Laude from Vermont Law School. She is admitted to practice in Vermont and the District of Columbia. Julie served as Senior Articles Editor for the Vermont Law Review. Julie worked as an associate at Tarrant, Marks & Gillies in Montpelier, Vermont, until her recent relocation to the Washington, DC area. Julie’s background includes work in the areas of business law, regulatory compliance, criminal defense, and privacy law, as well as experience teaching Cybercrime and Cyberlaw as an Adjunct Professor at Norwich University. She is a past contributing editor to the SANS Business Law and Computer Security course, a past editorial board member of the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyer and the Norwich University Journal of Information Assurance.  She is the author of the American Bar Association Best Seller, Staying at Home, Staying in the Law:  A Guide to Remaining Active in the Legal Profession While Pursuing Your Dreams.  Julie writes the flexible lawyering blog, Darling Hill, and is a on the faculty of Solo Practice University.