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Bruce F. Dravis
Partner
Sacramento
Contact Info:
Email: Send an email
Phone: (916) 444-1000
Fax: (916) 444-2100
Practice Areas:
Corporate
Securities
Mergers and Acquisitions
Additional Areas of Expertise:
Corporate Governance, Emerging Companies
Bio
Bruce Dravis is a partner at Downey Brand LLP. He has practiced corporate and securities law for 25 years, as outside corporate counsel and as General Counsel for a publicly traded semiconductor manufacturer that was acquired by Intel Corporation.
He is former Co-Chair of the Corporations Committee of the California State Bar’s Business Section and is Publications Chair for the Corporate Governance Subcommittee of the American Bar Association (“ABA”) Section of Business Law.
Overview and Experience
Books by Bruce Dravis
The Role of Independent Directors in Corporate Governance (2010) ABA
The Emerging Company Guidebook, 2d ed. (contributor; to be published in 2011) ABA
Institutional Investors, Risk/Return and Corporate Governance Failures (contributor; to be published in 2011) U Penn Press
Your Billable Life (2008) Kaplan
The Role of Independent Directors After Sarbanes-Oxley (2007) ABA
The Emerging Company Guidebook (contributor; 2005) ABA
Representative Articles
Media Interviews
KNBR (December 2010) on Independent Directors (first aired on Garry Allen on Business, KNBR 680 AM San Francisco, Dec. 12, 2010)
KQED (December 2010) on Facebook Share Secondary Trading
Board & Committee Memberships
Presentations and Teaching
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Boston University School of Law; Boston, Massachusetts (J.D., 1985) |
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California State University, Sacramento; Sacramento, California (B.A., 1975) |
Admitted to Practice in:
California
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More Shell Games (The Daily Recorder, October 17, 2005) |
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Katrina As An M&A -- 'Material Adverse Change' (The Daily Recorder, September 16, 2005) |
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Disney Opinion Offers Light, Heat (The Daily Recorder, August 15, 2005) |
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SOX 404 Still Costly (The Daily Recorder, July 26, 2005) |
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Option Expensing and Unintended Consequences (The Daily Recorder, June 21, 2005) |
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Audit Letters No Longer Routine (The Daily Recorder, May 11, 2005) |
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The Attorney As Corporate Director (NACD Directors Monthly, March 2005) |
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SEC: Google Attorney "Caused" Violation (The Daily Recorder, March 9, 2005) |
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Sorting Out, Sarbanes-Oxley (The Daily Recorder, February 15, 2005) |
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Options: Wrong Premise, Wrong Result (The Daily Recorder, January 18, 2005) |
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It's Not Politics, It's Business (The Daily Recorder, December 14, 2004) |
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SEC Proposes Significant Public Offering Changes (The Daily Recorder, November 12, 2004) |
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Pay to Public Company Execs Needs Prompt Disclosure (The Daily Recorder, October 18, 2004) |
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Buyer's Lawyer Sued for Fraud (The Daily Recorder, September 16, 2004) |
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Real Time Disclosure Really Arrives (The Daily Recorder, August 16, 2004) |
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A General Counsel's Disaster Story (The Daily Recorder, June 21, 2004) |
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Expensing Options Is Bad Math (The Daily Recorder, May 17, 2004) |
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Don't stop options for a 'foolish consistency' (Sacramento Business Journal, April 30, 2004) |
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Legislate Quickly, Repent at Leisure (The Daily Recorder, March 15, 2004) |
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Sarbanes Affects Private Firms (The Daily Recorder, February 23, 2004) |
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Facsimile Signatures Make Filing Easier (The Daily Recorder, January 2, 2004) |
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Two Cheers for Shareholder Democracy (The Daily Recorder, December 15, 2003) |
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Ideas Aren't Products; Products Aren't Companies (The Daily Recorder, November 17, 2003) |
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'Win-win' When You Buy, Sell Small Businesses (The Daily Recorder, October 20, 2003) |
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Businesses Must Avoid 'Shell' Games (The Daily Recorder, August 25, 2003) |
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Level One's big IPO: 10 years later, 5 lessons (Sacramento Business Journal, August 22, 2003) |
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Investors Find Divorce Complicates Stock Options (The Daily Recorder, July 28, 2003) |
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Stock Options Suddenly Becoming Contentious Political Item (The Daily Recorder, June 16, 2003) |
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New SEC Rule Eases Trading for Insiders, Sort of (The Daily Recorder, September 29, 2000) |
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