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TASER brings a wealth of legal talent and experience to its legal team.


 
Douglas E. Klint  Vice President and General Counsel 

Mr. Klint has served as Vice President and General Counsel of the Company since December 2002. Prior to joining TASER International, Mr. Klint was Vice President and General Counsel for Aspec Technology in Sunnyvale, California and its successor company Ingenuus Corporation. Mr. Klint was promoted to President and CEO of Aspec Technology in 1999. Previously, Mr. Klint was Vice President and General Counsel for Gatefield Corporation and Zycad Corporation as well as a partner in the law firm of Talle, Klint and Trimble. Mr. Klint holds a B.A. degree from Gustavus Adolphus College and a J.D. degree with honors from William Mitchell Law School.

 
Will Bachand  Intellectual Property Counsel 

William R. Bachand, manages the patent, trademark, and copyright portfolio.  He specializes in the prosecution of U.S. and international patent applications and preparing patent validity and infringement opinions.  For seven years he practiced law with Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP in Phoenix, serving the needs of small and mid-size businesses with high technology products including cellular telephone systems, networked information security, aircraft anti-collision systems, and radio frequency identification systems.  Mr. Bachand's fifteen years experience as a senior electronics engineer for the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington from 1977 to 1992 included designing defense electronics, computer laboratories, and calibration systems.  He is licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and is a member of the State Bars of Arizona and Idaho.  Mr. Bachand earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1975 and a law degree from Seattle University School of Law in 1992.   

 
Michael Brave  National Litigation Counsel 

Michael Brave serves as the National Litigation Counsel for TASER International, Inc. (as well as a certified Master TASER® Instructor and Legal Advisor to the TASER Training Board). Mr. Brave is also the President of LAAW International, Inc., and the former President of the International Force Institute, Inc. His experience includes involvement in a wide-range of comprehensive law enforcement and private security risk/liability and litigation management services including: training programs, policy development and review, liability/risk assessments, training appraisals, department audits, and post critical incident analysis. He has served as a litigation consultant and an expert witness in state and federal civil rights issues, including: sudden unforeseeable and unexpected death; positional asphyxia; restraint; handcuffing; law enforcement policy, training, supervision, discipline, retention, and termination; use of force (including deadly force, personal weapons, threat analysis, batons, pepper spray, electronic restraint, physical restraint, neck restraint, and defensive tactics); vehicle operations (including pursuits, vehicle related deadly force, road blocks, emergency operations, occupant restraint, parking); canines; jail issues (including suicides); failure to protect; failure to provide medical care, and failure to act.

Mr. Brave is formerly the Chief of the Intelligence and Investigative Operations Unit, Office of Enforcement Operations (OEO), United States Department of Justice (DOJ), in Washington, D.C. In that position, he oversaw several highly sensitive law enforcement programs. Mr. Brave also held the concurrent position of Deputy Director for International Operations of the Federal Witness Security Program where he coordinated the foreign aspects of the Program, including a portion of Plan Colombia, for the DOJ official who oversaw the Program. Mr. Brave's other DOJ duties included: OEO Use-of-Force and Firearms Training Officer, Criminal Division Security Officer, and Division Watch Officer. Mr. Brave was also a Special Deputy United States Marshall and his National Security Information security clearance was above Top Secret.

As a certified, and nationally recognized, instructor in several facets of deadly force, many non-lethal, and less-than-lethal programs, several law enforcement vehicle operation programs, and others, Mr. Brave has presented hundreds of law enforcement legal, risk, liability, and operational training and management programs across the country, and internationally (including the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Canada). Mr. Brave has also served as the lead attorney for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration for their Occupant Restraint Risk Management Program. Since 1983 Mr. Brave has been a certified Wisconsin law enforcement officer and a Wisconsin certified law enforcement trainer in several (over twenty) subject areas. Additionally, he has served as a (part-time) police legal advisor, trainer, field training officer, and patrol captain.

Mr. Brave s a Certified Litigation Specialist in Police Litigation, Corrections Litigation, and Public Employment Litigation; and is also a Certified Law Enforcement Trainer. He s a faculty member for the Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Legal Center. He is the Legal Advisor and an Ex-Officio Advisory Board member of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association; a former Board Member of the Scientific Combatives Group International; and a Board Member of the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths. Mr. Brave has served on the National Advisory Boards of the Police Law Institute, the Jail Law Institute, and Defense Training International, Inc. He is a former member of the Executive Board of American Society for Law Enforcement Training (ASLET). He also served as an Executive Committee Member of the Legal Officers' Section of the IACP and is a former consultant to the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Manual. Mr. Brave has published articles in periodicals including the Police Chief, American City & County, Prosecutor, Police & Security News, Public Risk, ASLET Journal, Casino Enterprise Management, the International Use of Force Journal, the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Manual, and others; and has presented several programs on the Law Enforcement Television Network.

Mr. Brave's  prior experience includes being an attorney for a St. Paul (MN) law firm with special emphasis on municipal and liability defense, and being the personnel and special projects director for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, a leading provider of attorney litigation education. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Hamline University School of Law, a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and a Master's Degree in Management Technology from the University of Wisconsin - Stout. He has been certified as a Certified Protection Specialist and a Certified Security Trainer. He is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court; the 7th, 8th, and D.C. Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal; Wisconsin and Minnesota State Courts; and others.

 
Holly Gibeaut  Litigation Counsel 

Holly L. Gibeaut is an in-house litigation attorney for TASER International, Inc.  Ms. Gibeaut received her B.A., cum laude, from University of Arizona in 1996 and her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School in 1999.  She began her career with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C. and later worked for the Arizona Attorney General’s Office before entering into private practice.  Ms. Gibeaut has been with TASER International since December 2005.  Ms. Gibeaut is admitted to practice law in Arizona and Washington, D.C.  She is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.  Ms. Gibeaut is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, Maricopa County Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar.  In July 2006, Ms. Gibeaut successfully completed the Arizona College of Trial Advocacy. 

Last Updated: 5/7/2007 10:18 PM