Spada, Charles T.

Mr. Jeffries represents clients in a variety of real estate and business matters, including real estate sale contract and lease negotiations and documentation, community improvement district formation, transportation development district formation, zoning and land use proceedings, planned developments, condominium creation, development agreement negotiations, business entity formation, drafting of corporate bylaws, resolutions, operating agreements and other corporate documents, and stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, promissory notes, guarantees, and security agreements, among others.

Mr. Jeffries also practices in the intellectual property practice area. His experience includes prosecuting patent and trademark applications for software, industrial processing, electrical devices and materials processing; performing patent searches and drafting patentability opinions regarding software, industrial processing and electrical devices; drafting, reviewing and negotiating software licensing agreements, website development agreements, intellectual property license agreements, website terms of use and asset purchase agreements; and drafting legal memoranda regarding intellectual property law matters including patents, trademarks, trade secrets, state franchise law and contract law.

Mr. Jeffries served as legal intern for the Honorable Catherine D. Perry, U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of Missouri in 2003. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Jeffries worked as a software development manager and senior database administrator for eight years. He was involved in designing and implementing many database and web-based software applications, utilizing emerging technologies such as XML and AJAX, among others. He also performed research in fundamental physics as an undergraduate, and published the results in a peer-reviewed journal, Physical Review Letters. This research led to his selection as a finalist for the Apker Award, given by the American Physical Society for excellence in research by an undergraduate.