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Brooks Lindsay is the Founding Attorney of Light Legal PLLC, a Seattle-based law firm for high-growth companies. He is a corporate and commercial-contracts attorney who uses his experience as a business leader to help other business leaders solve problems and succeed. He is experienced in commercial transactions, tech transactions, IP matters, website and privacy issues, general corporate, formations, securities and finance, M&A, employment matters, real estate matters, and other common legal issues facing fast-growing companies and founders. He is particularly skilled at performing outside general counsel functions for companies and quarterbacking across a spectrum of legal needs.. Before founding Light Legal, Brooks was an attorney at top Seattle-based law firms for businesses, including Foster Garvey PC (the oldest law firm in Seattle) and TangoLaw PLLC (a boutique firm representing high-growth and venture-backed companies nationally and internationally).. Brooks received his B.A. from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and a JD and MBA from the University of Washington, including a Certificate of Entrepreneurship from the Foster School of Business. During his JD/MBA years, Brooks gained business and tech legal experience at Amazon AWS, Intellectual Ventures, the UW Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic, and the UW Tech Policy Lab where he was a Hazelton Fellow.. He was also a startup founder for five years after college, creating an online encyclopedia of debates and arguments called Debatepedia. He uses that experience to advise clients with a founder’s mindset, the way he would have liked to have been advised. His experience as the founder of Light Legal and an entrepreneur in legal services adds additional perspective and value for his clients.. In addition, Brooks was a communications professional early in his career with stints at the World Bank Group and at Nyhus Communications in Seattle. He believes that excellent, transparent, and timely communications are foundational to high-quality legal services. Brooks is 40 years old and has about 16 years of professional experience of relevance to his career, including about 8 years in business and technology law specifically.. Brooks lives in Seattle with his wife Addie and child Lucian. The Lindsay Clan in Scotland, from which Brooks descends, was known for centuries as the "Light Lindsays" due to their levity. Lucian, which means "light" or "defender of light", was named in honor of this heritage. Brooks believes strongly in teaching and practicing the values associated with "light", including light-heartedness, kindness, integrity, transparency, deftness, knowledge, insightfulness, intensity, agility, efficiency, and swiftness in action. These values are at the heart of Light Legal.. Brooks is a member of the Washington State Bar.

Zach Haveman’s practice focuses on corporate and business law, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, and trademark & intellectual property. Zach holds an undergraduate degree from Gonzaga University and a law degree from Seattle University School of Law.. Zach has been involved in numerous corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions of businesses. He has experience in preparing complex business agreements, such as supply and service agreements and licensing and distribution agreements. Zach advises start-ups and emerging companies on the topics of entity formation, securities, corporate finance, intellectual property and general corporate governance.. Zach also assists clients with identifying, protecting and commercializing their intellectual property. Zach is skilled in creating intellectual property related commercial agreements, including intellectual property licenses, SAAS agreements, joint-development agreements, terms-of-use and privacy policies and more. Zach also regularly assists clients with identifying, protecting and enforcing their trademarks.

A desire for challenge brought me to Apex, where we represent corporate and non-profit clients and help them navigate intricate legal problems facing newly formed and growing companies. I come to Apex with over 25 years of international business experience where I focused on issues involving intellectual property, regulatory compliance, general business counsel, and business development.  My experience has shown me that legal issues are unique to each client, their competitive and regulatory environment, as well as the goals and objectives of the company.. Over the past decade, I have been very involved in the craft beverage community and operate a craft business incubator where I support the launch of small businesses that are passion projects, second careers, or investment opportunities for my clients. Having also launched several companies of my own, I understand the concerns of small business owners because I have lived them.