NICHOLAS J. YOCCA

Nick Yocca Law Firm

Practice Areas: Corporations, including Governance, Securities, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Insurance, Cybersecurity, Tax, Employment Contracts and Employee Plans; Mergers and Acquisitions; Contests for Control and Defenses; Transactions and Contracts; Trademarks.

Admitted: In 1986, admitted to practice by The State Bar of California, the U.S. District Court, Central District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Appellate Circuit.

In 2022, admitted to practice in the U.S. Tax Court.

Law School: University of San Diego, J.D., 1985.

College: Harvard University, A.B., History, 1983.

Other Licenses: Licensed Real Estate Broker, California, 1989-present.

Martindale-Hubbell Rating:  AV - Indicates the very highest to preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.

Professional History: Founder of Nick Yocca Law Firm, 2015; co-founder The Yocca Law Firm LLP, 2000; experience alongside Nick E. Yocca, Esq., Founder of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, PC., 1985 to 2000.

Experience: Refinancing and Sale of Stock of Systonetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SYST) for $2 million to Wearnes Technology, 1988; Acquisition of Dateline Technologies by Applied Data Communications; Acquisition of Archive Corporation (NASDAQ:ACHV) by Seagate Technology; Acquisition of Silicon Systems, Inc. by TDK; Acquisition of Solder Station-One, Inc. by Heartland Technology; Acquisition of Coastvision by Cooper Companies; Acquisition of The Kipp Group, Inc. by the predecessor to WebMD; Acquisition of Rich Publications by Cowells Magazines; Comprehensive Care Corporation (NYSE:CMP) tender offer for $50 million face amount of Debentures, 1994; Offshore Pipelines, Inc. (NYSE:OPI) $1.5 billion merger with Jay Ray McDermott, Inc., 1995; Acquisition of Cimco, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMCO) for $20 million by MA Hanna (NYSE:MAH), 1996; Initial Public Offering for $20 million by Powerwave Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PWAV), 1997; Initial Public Offering of Helisys; Initial Public Offering of EnPointe Technologies (NASDAQ:ENPT); Acquisition of Denim Software for $15 million; Acquisition of Netsoft for $20 million by Netmanage (NASDAQ:NETM); Acquisition of Routerware for $30 million by Wind River Systems (NASDAQ:WIND); Acquisition of Beadlenet for $11 million by Watchguard Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:WGRD), 1998; Acquisition of Linfinity Microelectronics for $20 million by Microsemi Corporation (NASDAQ: MSCC), 1999; Underwritten Public Offering for $45 million by Microsemi Corporation, 2000; Acquisitions of New England Semiconductors for $14 million and Compensated Devices for $14 million by Microsemi Corporation, August 2001; Sale of Microsemi RF Products for $11 million by Microsemi Corporation, 2002; $2 million PIPE offering of DPAC Technologies, 2004; $150 million acquisition of Advanced Power Technology by Microsemi Corporation, 2006; $14 million refinancing and Merger of DPAC Technologies with QuaTech, 2006; $20 million PIPE offering for Javo Beverage Company, 2006; $250 million acquisition of PowerDsine by Microsemi Corporation; $125 Million of equity raise by Agile Occupational Medicine LLC from Angeles Investment Partners, 2019 to 2025.

Lecturer: "Antitrust and Microsoft," University of California, Irvine, 1997; "New Information Objects," Multimedia Technology and Applications Conference, University of California, Irvine, 1997; "The Art of the Deal," California Venture Forum, 1999; "The Successful IPO," Hyatt Regency Hotel, Irvine, 1998; "Venture Capital in 2002," Association of Internet Professionals, Orange County, California, 2002; "No Nonsense Ways of Raising Capital," Association of Internet Professionals, Orange County, California, 2003; “What Every Business Should Know to do Business Online,” International Business Law Symposium, San Juan Capistrano, California, 2003.

Other Activity: Co-Founder of Domini Communications, Inc.; Central Communications Corporation; and DNN Communications, Inc., all California corporations, and Central Executive Office, LLC, a California limited liability company.