Tom Zuber, who specializes in managing high-stakes intellectual property matters, co-founded Zuber & Taillieu in 2003 as a 3rd-year associate with no clients, and served as its Managing Partner for the first 7 years of its history. During his tenure, Mr. Zuber managed Zuber & Taillieu’s growth from 3 attorneys working out of a Los Angeles domestic kitchen to over 25 attorneys working in 11 different languages representing clients throughout the world from offices in both Los Angeles and New York City. Zuber & Taillieu currently represents eight of the Fortune 100 companies, and iconic government entities such as the FDIC. At the end of 2010, Mr. Zuber stepped down as Managing Partner to focus more precisely on client service, attorney recruitment and business development, and to serve as Co-CEO of LawLoop.com. Zuber & Taillieu is now governed by a Management Committee, on which Mr. Zuber serves. He continues to chair Zuber & Taillieu’s Recruiting Committee and Business Development Committee.

LawLoop.com is a complete cloud computing solution for lawyers. While serving as Zuber & Taillieu’s first and only Managing Partner, Mr. Zuber became increasingly frustrated with the choices (and prices) of generic and legal industry software applications, and what he considered to be disproportionate overhead associated with Zuber & Taillieu’s technical department and servers maintenance. He decided to create something better from the ground up, namely a comprehensive and seamlessly integrated cloud computing portal that would replace all firm software, and eliminate the need for Zuber & Taillieu’s technical department and servers. LawLoop.com is the result, and he now wants to share that result with the world. Mr. Zuber’s inventions relating to LawLoop.com have resulted in over 10 patents and patents pending, with more on the way.

Mr. Zuber actively engages in pro bono work through Zuber & Taillieu, and in other philanthropic causes outside the office.  For instance, he performs free legal work for The World Justice Project, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization engaged in projects to advance the rule of law around the world. In addition to his pro bono legal work, during his spare time, he sits on the Regional Board of Directors of UNICEF, the world’s leading advocate for children.

Prior to co-founding Zuber & Taillieu, Mr. Zuber practiced in the Intellectual Property Department of the New York City office of White & Case LLP, and then in the Intellectual Property Department of the Los Angeles office of O’Melveny & Myers LLP.

Representative Interviews

• “LawLoop Debuts at LegalTech, dtSearch and Gwabbit Under Cover,” Corporate Counsel (January 2012).
• “Lawloop.com takes law firm management to the cloud,” CNNMoney (January 2012).
• “Managing Partner’s Entrepreneurial Enthusiasm Inspires Excitement In Recruits,” Los Angeles Daily Journal (June 29, 2009) (Cover Story).

Representative Publications

• ”Limiting Risk in the Cloud: Smarter SaaS Agreements,”Attorney at Work (April 19, 2012).
• “Registering and Enforcing a Foreign Trademark in the U.S.,” China IP Magazine (Mar-Apr 2009 3-4, Issue 29).
• “Everlasting Fame: Recent Legislation Has Clarified the Descendible Right of Publicity for Personalities Who Died Prior to 1985,” Los Angeles Lawyer (May 2009: 29-34) (Cover Story).
• “Patent Protection for Processes: How Dippin’ Dots may make it more difficult to secure process patents after prior sales,” Entrepreneurship 3e. Eds. Bruce Barringer and R. Duane Ireland.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2009. 392-392.

Professional Honors and Activities

• Executive Committee Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Entertainment Law and Intellectual Property Section