Clara Choi

Clara assists and advises clients in a wide range of industries and at various stages of their life cycles with their commercial, technology and intellectual property strategy and transactions. She has experience drafting commercial, intellectual property and technology agreements and advising on commercial and intellectual property aspects of various corporate transactions, including buy and sell-side M&A transactions, intellectual property licensing, technology development and seed and venture financings. Prior to joining Paradigm Counsel, Clara practiced as a technology transactions associate at Cooley, a global law firm based in Silicon Valley that specializes in representing technology companies. Prior to that, Clara lived in Atlanta and worked as an environmental engineer, traveling through the Southeast to install and operate groundwater remediation systems.

Clara earned her B.S. in Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, her M.S. in Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and her J.D. degree at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. She is admitted to practice law in California.

In her spare time, Clara enjoys kayaking around northern California (with a special affinity for otter spotting), scuba diving in warmer waters, and embarking on solo and group travel adventures.

Robert Chou

Robert Chou is a transactional tax associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Palo Alto. His practice focuses on the tax aspects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions and renewable energy project financing and structuring. Robert received his J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Daniel Chung

Daniel Chung is an experienced trial attorney at Spencer Fane who helps clients through all stages of litigation. A former criminal prosecutor in New York City and Silicon Valley, Daniel knows how to navigate high-stakes investigations, cases, motions, hearings, and trials. He has completed many jury trials and bench trials and received the Robert L. Webb Award in 2020 for excellence in trial advocacy. He received his JD from Columbia Law School in 2014.

Lindsey Pho

Lindsey Pho is an associate in her firm’s Intellectual Property and Corporate practice groups. She provides transactional work, including drafting both internal and third-party agreements. She also counsels her clients regarding intellectual property issues, trademarks and copyrights, and employment matters. Lindsey has years of experience in corporate litigation, in both federal and state courts, involving a wide spectrum of matters including patent and trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, wage and hour violations, breach of contract disputes and related tort actions.

Growing up and working in the Silicon Valley has provided Lindsey with a unique opportunity to work with many innovative clients, including those in the High Tech, entertainment, apparel, e-commerce, and food & beverage industries.

She is on the Board of Directors for the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley, the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys, and the Vietnamese American Professional Women of Silicon Valley. When not serving her clients or her community, you can find Lindsey hiking, biking, snowboarding, skiing, or traveling the world – she has been to 30 countries. In April 2016, she became a certified yoga instructor.