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January 1, 2005

Featured: Ronald N. Weikers

By Sharon Callahan

RONALD WEIKERS

Principal, Weikers & Co. and Software-Law.com
Boston, MA,Manchester, NH and Philadelphia, PA

Principal of his own law firm, Ronald N. Weikers specializes in software licensing, distribution, and development and implementation agreements on behalf of both customers and developers. An expert in high technology and intellectual property matters,Weikers also participates in litigation and arbitration involving software, high-technology and other intellectual property matters.

At Pierce Law,Weikers conducts a CyberCrime Seminar, offering his students an in-depth look at various laws that criminalize hacking and other Internet-related activities.

Weikers, whose legal career began in 1988, has worked in Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. He earned a BS in management and philosophy from Carnegie-Mellon University where he also studied a variety of computer languages. Before attending law school, he worked as a district manager for Epson America, marketing hardware and software to Fortune 500 Corporations. He later earned his JD degree from Villanova University School of Law. At Villanova, he was a member of Jessup International Law Moot Court Team and a published member of the Villanova Law Review.

"I became interested in a law school during college when I used to frequent Pittsburgh courtrooms and attend various trials," says Weikers. "When I graduated from law school, I decided to combine my knowledge of law and computers, and begin a career with a Silicon Valley law firm."

One of the nation's cyber law experts,Weikers has lectured throughout the United States and overseas on Internet issues for many organizations, including the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, Legal Tech, the American Corporate Counsel Association and the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries.

Weikers has published several books, most recently Data Security and Privacy Law and Litigating Year 2000 Cases, published by West Group, and Computer Agreements, published by Matthew Bender. He has authored dozens of articles, several published internationally, on Internet issues ranging from cyber policies, cyber protection and e-security, to cyber-squatters and hackers, and the problems prior to and after Y2K.

He is admitted to practice law in California, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania and in federal courts of these states.

Weikers resides in Manchester with his wife Ann, who is also an attorney.

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