Thomas H. Curzon

Tom's practice focuses primarily on serving as outside general counsel to emerging, growth-oriented companies and on entrepreneurial transactions, including venture capital and other private placements of securities, entity formation and transaction structuring, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, initial public offerings, corporate governance, licensing and distribution of software and other products, employee matters, and executive compensation.

Clients served represent a variety of industries and have included 360 Vantage, LLC; 21st Century HealthCare, Inc.; Adhesive, LLC; Adon Network (myGeek.com); Aegis Technologies, Inc.; Andigilog, Inc.; Apta Software, Inc.; Arizona State University; Axosoft, LLC; AZDB Baseball. L.P.; Brain State Technologies LLC; BrainSavers, LLC; Cadre Partners, LLC; Child Support Network, Inc.; Contatta, Inc.; EmpowHer (HW, LLC); Ethix Media, LLC; FetchBack, Inc.; FireHost, Inc.; Flypaper Studio, Inc.; Fusion Contact Centers, L.L.C.; GoalCentrix, Inc.; Grand Canyon Railway, Inc.; Grayhawk Venture Partners, LLC; Hard Dollar Corporation; HealthCare Dimensions, Inc.; iCrossing, Inc.; ImaRx Therapeutics, Inc.; iMemories, Inc.; Informative Graphics, Inc.; Infusion Software, Inc.; Innocal, LP; Intelligent Coffee Company, LLC; Interact Commerce Corporation (SalesLogix); Inventure Foods, Inc. (Poore Brothers, Inc.); Involve Technology, Inc.; IPRO Tech, Inc.; Lowell Observatory; Mindspace, Inc.; Montage Holdings, LLC; Montage Partners, LLC; Motorweb, Inc.; National Health Enhancement Systems, Inc.; NetPro Computing, Inc.; Next Generation Insurance Group, LLC; Peacock, Hislop, Staley & Given, Inc.; Pink Jeep Tours, Inc.; Realink Corporation; Regenesis Biomedical, Inc.; Scottsdale.com, Inc.; SCS Advisors, Inc.; Serious Integrated, Inc.; Sequencia Corporation; SiVerion, Inc.; SNTech, Inc.; SyCara, Inc.; Tallwave Capital, LLC; University of Arizona; and Unique Home Design, Inc.

An Osborn Maledon Profile: The Curzons and their not-so-usual hobbies-Sailing, Tae-Kwon Do and Ice Skating

• Four Osborn Maledon Partners Named 'Lawyer of the Year'
  Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named four Osborn Maledon, P.A. partners as 2013 Lawyers of the Year. Tom Curzon was recognized as "Phoenix Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year," Brett Dunkelman was honored as “Phoenix Litigation-Patent Lawyer of the Year,” Larry Hammond was selected "Phoenix Criminal Defense: White-Collar Lawyer of the Year" and Bill Maledon was named “Phoenix Litigation-Antitrust Lawyer of the Year”.
• 23 Osborn Maledon, P.A. Lawyers Named ‘Best’ in National Publication
  Twenty-three of the 51 attorneys in the Phoenix law firm of Osborn Maledon, P.A. have been singled out for national recognition in the new 2012 edition of Best Lawyers®, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession.
• Osborn Maledon, P.A. Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers List
  Fourteen of the 49 attorneys at Osborn Maledon, P.A., a Phoenix law firm, have been named to the Southwest Super Lawyers 2011 list.
• Osborn Maledon, P.A. Practice Groups and Attorneys Ranked as Tops in Chambers Guide
  Three practice areas in the Phoenix law firm of Osborn Maledon, P.A. received the highest possible ranking among Arizona law firms for the seventh year in a row in the 2011 ranking by the prestigious legal resource guide, Chambers USA.

Phoenix Best Lawyers®, Corporate Lawyer of the Year, 2013 

The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, editions 1995-2013

Southwest Super Lawyers, Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance 2007-2013

Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/M&A, 2003-2013

Phoenix Best Lawyers®, Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year, 2011

Southwest Super Lawyers, Top 50 Arizona Attorneys, 2007-2010

Phoenix Best Lawyers® Corporate Lawyer of the Year, 2009

2008 Centers of Influence Award: Honoring Arizona's Most Influential Accountants, Bankers & Lawyers

Best of the Bar, Business Journal, Corporate and Securities Transactions, 2004

Arizona's Finest Lawyers

Professional Activities

MIT Enterprise Forum, 2009-Present, Member Chapter Executive Committee, Sponsor Committee Chairman

TiE Arizona, Charter Member, 2009-Present

Invest Southwest Capital Conference, Chairman, Executive Planning Committee, 2006-2007; Board of Directors, 2006-Present

Arizona Technology Council (formerly AZSOFT.net and Arizona Software Association), Board of Directors, 1997-2004, Member, 1991-2008

Arizona Angel Investment Conference, Member, Executive Committee, 2004; Vice Chairman, 2005

Arizona Venture Capital Conference, Member, Planning Committee, 1994-2003

Arizona Technology Incubator, Board of Directors, 1995-2001

The Enterprise Network, President, 1994-1995, Board of Directors, 1989-1997

Arizona Association for Corporate Growth, 1994-1996

Arizona Business Alliance for Entrepreneurs, Chairman, 1994-1996

GSPED Town Hall, Planning Committee Chair, 1993; Scottsdale Equity Conference, Steering Committee, 1993

State Bar of Arizona Subcommittee on Revising the Arizona Corporate Code, 1989-1993

Arizona Town Hall, Member, 1993; Conference on NAFTA, Delegate, October 1992

ASPED Coalition and Executive Committee, Legal Counsel and Secretary, 1991-1992; Cluster Coordinator, 1992

Arizona Small Business United, Director, Legal Advisor and Secretary, 1991-1993

• I Like Working With People Whose Hair is on Fire
  Southwest Super Lawyers, May 2009

• Arizona's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem , November 11, 2010

Author:  Arizona Legal Forms, Business Organizations (Corporations), Volumes 8 and 9, West Publishing, Second Edition, 2001-2002

Presenter:  The Good, the Bad or the Ugly:  Crowd Funding Update (2012 Arizona Entrepreneurial Conference)

Presenter:  Ridin' the Storm Out - Some Thoughts on the Angel and Venture Markets in Arizona (2011 Arizona State Bar Convention)

Presenter:  Corporate Governance Issues in Our Troubled Times (2009 Arizona State Bar Convention)

Presenter:  Lecture on Hot Topics in Securities Laws (W.P. Carey School of Business MBA Program, 2004-2006)

Presenter:  Show Me the Money: Lecture on Intellectual Property in Business Models (Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management, 2004)

Presenter:  Venture Capital Financing Recent Trends and Developments (Enterprise Network Business Seminar Series, 2003)

Presenter:  Venture Capital Financing - Standard Terms and Recent Developments (Financial Executives Institute, 2002)

Presenter:  Disjointed Ventures (State Bar Convention, 2002)

Presenter:  Getting Ready for the Dance: Preparing to Raise Venture Capital--A Coaching Primer (The Seminar Group, 2001)

Presenter:  Venture Capital Financing - Term Sheet and Purchase Agreement Issues (The Seminar Group, 2001)