JUSTIN ESCHER ALPERT

ATTORNEY AND BUSINESS COUNSEL Livingston, NJ 07039

(917) 406-2323
justinalpertesq@escheralpert.com

Experience
Hi. My name is Justin Escher Alpert. I represent companies throughout the course of their business
with respect to corporate formation, business strategy, employment contracts and compensation plans,
complex contract negotiation and drafting, and licensing of intellectual property. I also advise
companies in drafting business plan memoranda, unraveling complicated businesses for presentation to
angel and venture capital investors. I had cut my teeth as a Corporate/M&A Associate at the venerable
white-shoe law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York City from 1999 – 2003, splitting
my time between running billion-dollar securities transactions and creatively drafting business plans and
private placement documentation for companies in what was then the new and exciting dot.com space.
Over the years, the focus of my practice has developed from overseeing hundred million dollar
transactions in practically every industry that you can think of, to acting as general and IP-licensing
counsel to start-up technology-based companies. I have practiced as counsel to the Tech Group of
Lowenstein Sandler, with the boutique law firm of OlenderFeldman, and as special project counsel to
Johnson & Johnson, Sharp Electronics, and Inttra. Since 2008, I have practiced under the banner of my
own firm, Escher Alpert PC (www.escheralpert.com), but I am always open to new and exciting
opportunities.
Prior to my life as an attorney, I worked in the motion picture industry in New York, Los Angeles and
Miami on the sets of The Devil’s Own; Striptease; Little Indian, Big City; Fair Game; Independence
Day; The Indian in the Cupboard; The Perez Family; Just Cause; Here Come the Munsters; McDonald’s
Superbowl XXIX; and Red Shoe Diaries. Yes, I have some interesting stories to tell you.
I have served my community as a member of the Technology Advisory Board of the New Jersey
Economic Development Authority and as an Ambassador of the New Jersey Technology Council. I
presently sit on the board of the Livingston Lacrosse Club, where we are building the country's fastest-
growing and most-exciting youth sport. I have also become a fierce public advocate for civil rights
causes as they arise (and, as you may imagine, they often do) here in New Jersey.
In my free time, I play guitar and harmonica in a classic blues-based rock and roll band
(www.thestiffjoints.com). I don't watch television. When I am not studying music, I usually have two
or three books at a time going as I study physics and philosophy and religion (it still surprises me how
much they are related) or whatever else piques my interest. I am an expert snowboarder and an avid
outdoorsman. I try to keep an active balance between mind, body, and spirit. I live in Livingston, New
Jersey with my wife and two grade-school-aged children, who are turning out to be even brighter than I
am.
Education
I graduated magna cum laude from New York Law School in 1999, having served hard time on the
Journal of International and Comparative Law. I am admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.
I graduated from Florida State University with a B.A. from the College of Arts and Sciences in 1993. I
played on the Men’s Rugby Team that won the Georgia Rugby Union, Div. II Championship in 1991.
Go Seminoles!
 JUSTIN ESCHER ALPERT
Livingston, NJ 07039
(917) 406-2323
justinalpertesq@escheralpert.com

Legal ESCHER ALPERT, P.C., Livingston, NJ and New York, NY

Experience Principal, 2008 - Present
Corporate counsel for clients ranging in size from publicly traded entities to individual entrepreneurs.
Represent companies throughout the course of their business as general counsel with respect to corporate
formation, corporate governance, business strategy, vendor agreements, reseller agreements, professional
services agreements, employment contracts, equity and phantom stock compensation plans, employee manuals,
and complex contract negotiation, as well as day-to-day commercial and operating issues.
Public Advocacy, organizing, and legislative lobbying for civil rights issues and public education reform.
Secunded In-House Counsel
Sharp Electronics – Six months in-house special counsel, licensing software and content for Sharp’s tablet.
Johnson & Johnson – One year in-house special global licensing counsel.
Inttra – Six months in-house counsel designing complex licensing templates.

LOWENSTEIN SANDLER PC, Roseland, NJ and New York, NY

Corporate Counsel, The Tech Group, 2006 – 2008
Venture Capital deal flow counsel. Technology Advisory Board Member of the New Jersey Economic
Development Authority. Ambassador for the New Jersey Technology Council.

OLENDERFELDMAN LLP, Union, NJ and New York, NY

Corporate/Transactional IP Attorney, 2004 – 2006
Structure the development, licensing, and protection of intellectual property, computer software, technology
services and outsourcing, proprietary technologies, and e-commerce platforms on behalf of service providers in
the pharmaceutical, fashion, publishing, medical, television, and business service industries. Advise with
respect to data and server privacy and security, compliance with the Children’s Internet Protection Act,
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, European Union Safe Harbor Privacy Principles, HIPAA, service
level agreements, and employee internet use.

CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT LLP, New York, NY

Corporate/M&A Associate, 1999 – 2003
Advise companies and investors with regard to a broad range of transactions including capital raising,
restructuring of capitalization, mergers and acquisitions, and compliance with or exemption from securities laws
(Securities Act of 1933, Investment Company Act of 1940, Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Commodity
Exchange Act) and regulations in public and private financings and investments. Advise with respect to
reporting requirements pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Advise on drafting prospectuses,
business plan memoranda, and detailed financial modeling for presentation at all stages of venture capital,
private equity, and public financing

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, New York, NY

Law Clerk, 1997 – 1999

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, New York, NY

Division of Enforcement Intern, 1998

Other FREELANCE FILM, TELEVISION, AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION

Experience Viacom, Columbia, Warner Brothers, Castle Rock, Samuel Goldwyn, Paramount, Universal, ABC Television,
and Twentieth Century Fox; Los Angeles, Miami, and New York
Second Assistant Director, Key Set Production Assistant, Production Assistant, Assistant Production
Coordinator, and Art Department Coordinator, 1994 –1996
Pictures included: The Devil’s Own; Striptease; Little Indian, Big City; Fair Game; Independence Day; The
Indian in the Cupboard; The Perez Family; Just Cause; Here Come the Munsters; McDonald’s Superbowl
XXIX; and Red Shoe Diaries.
Education NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, New York, NY
J.D., MAGNA CUM LAUDE, 1999
Honors: New York Law School Journal of International and Comparative Law
Admitted: New York, New Jersey

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tallahassee, FL

B.A., College of Arts and Sciences, 1993
Men’s Rugby Team – Georgia Rugby Union, Div. II Champions, 1991