Shawn C. Helms
Associate
Dallas
Tel: 1.214.969.2943
Fax: 1.214.969.5100
Email:
shelms@jonesday.com
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Shawn has broad experience in the areas of telecommunications and information technology. His practice is focused on complex technology and intellectual property-centric transactions, including business process and information technology outsourcing, information technology and biotechnology licensing, technology maintenance and services, technology development/customization, strategic alliances, electronic commerce, distribution, strategic sourcing, and data privacy.
Shawn has written numerous articles on outsourcing, technology law, and intellectual property licensing issues. Shawn's work has been cited by Lawrence Lessig in his book Code Version 2.0 and by Michael D. Scott in his leading outsourcing treatise Scott on Outsourcing Law and Practice.
Prior to joining Jones Day, Shawn was in-house counsel at Sprint Corporation. Prior to Sprint, he was an attorney at Cooley Godward, the director of information technology at the law firm of Williams & Connolly, and served as an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia in the technology department.
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California and Texas
Education
William Jewell College (Leadership Honors; three B.S. degrees in: Computer Systems, Business Administration, and Economics magna cum laude 1996); Georgetown University (Technology Editor, Law Review; J.D. cum laude 2000)