Faculty
Bryce C. Pilz is a clinical assistant professor in the Entrepreneurship Clinic. He represents student entrepreneurs and startups concerning intellectual property and corporate legal matters. His expertise is in intellectual property and transactional law. Prior to joining the Law School, Prof. Pilz practiced at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in the firm's intellectual property practice and clerked for Judge Amy J. St. Eve in the Northern District of Illinois. Most recently, he served as associate general counsel in the University of Michigan's Office of General Counsel, where he worked on intellectual property transactional matters primarily involving software, medical devices, and engineering technologies. Prof. Pilz counseled the University's Office of Technology Transfer on intellectual property and licensing matters and advised the College of Engineering and Center for Entrepreneurship on student intellectual property and entrepreneurship issues. More
Dana A. Thompson, '99, is a clinical assistant professor of law and directs and teaches in the Entrepreneurship Clinic where she represents University of Michigan student entrepreneurs. Prior to the Entrepreneurship Clinic, she taught in the Urban Communities Clinic, where she represented small businesses and community-based organizations. Prior to joining Michigan Law, Prof. Thompson founded and taught Wayne State University Law School's Small Business Enterprises and Nonprofit Corporations Clinic. She has particular expertise in corporate, nonprofit, and commercial real estate law. She is a contributing author to Building Healthy Communities: A Guide to Community Economic Development for Advocates, Lawyers and Policymakers, published by the ABA's Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law. More
David N. Parsigian is the managing partner of the Ann Arbor office of the law firm of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, where he specializes in venture capital financing and representation of technology-based companies. He has extensive experience in advising technology businesses with respect to locating sources of capital and structuring financings ranging from seed capital to initial public offerings. His areas of focus include general corporate, finance, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, and technology licensing. Prof. Parsigian is a lecturer on matters relating to private equity finance and venture capital at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, and Walsh College. He has also been a frequent presenter at meetings of the Association of University Technology Managers. He received his law degree, with honors, from the University of Texas, and a BSME (mechanical engineering), magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan. More