Marty Smith

A former partner at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP (now K&L Gates) and founder of that firm’s IP department, Marty served as chief outside intellectual property transactional counsel for Microsoft for 24 years. He is co-founder and a former director of Attenex Corporation, a leading provider of electronic discovery software and is the holder of two patents. Marty currently serves as Vice Chair of the ABA Center for Innovation in Chicago. The Center was created late last year following recommendations from the ABA’s Commission on the Future of Legal Services. He has been serving as a member of the ABA innovation center governing council since its creation. Marty is also a former member of the board of The Technology Alliance, a statewide, non-profit organization of leaders from Washington’s technology-based businesses and research institutions.