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<h1>Outside Counsel</h1>

<h2>Olivier Hugot - Of Counsel, France</h2>

<p>Olivier Hugot is a member of the New York (2003) and Paris (2004) Bars.
He advises and represents French and foreign companies in the areas of
Internet, luxury and creation. He assists many innovative Internet
entrepreneurs and companies, both in formalizing their projects as well as
in development during fundraising.</p>

<p>He advises clients in connection with the protection and exploitation
of their rights in compliance with the constantly evolving internet
regulations. Olivier has extensive experience in the practical and legal
problems of the internet, both with counseling and litigation.  He has
also developed a particular expertise in the legal aspects of free
culture.</p>

<p>Olivier has presented his work at a number of conferences, particularly
pertaining to free licenses (GNU/GPL, Creative Commons) as well at Wikimania
2008, the annual international conference of the Wikimedia Foundation. Olivier
is also a masters instructor at the University of Paris I La Sorbonne and a
+member of the associations INTA and IAEL.</p>

<h2>Karen Sandler - Pro Bono Counsel</h2>

<p>Karen M. Sandler is currently the Executive Director of the GNOME
  Foundation and prior to taking up this position was General Counsel of
  the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). Karen continues to do pro bono
  legal work with SFLC and Question Copyright and serves as an officer of
  both the Software Freedom Conservancy and SFLC. Before joining SFLC,
  Karen worked as an associate in the corporate departments of Gibson,
  Dunn & Crutcher LLP in New York and Clifford Chance in New York and
  London. Karen received her law degree from Columbia Law School in 2000,
  where she was a James Kent Scholar and co-founder of the Columbia
  Science and Technology Law Review. Karen received her bachelor’s degree
  in engineering from The Cooper Union. She is a recipient of an O'Reilly
  Open Source Award and also co-host of
  the <a href="http://faif.us">&ldquo;Free as in Freedom&rdquo;
  podcast</a>.</p>

<h1>Contractors</h1>

<h2>Paul Visscher - Compliance Engineering &amp; System Administration Contract</h2>

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