David William Tollen
Founder & Trainer
David W. Tollen is one of the industry’s leading authorities on software licenses and contracts about artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and other forms of technology. Author of the American Bar Association’s bestseller, "The Tech Contracts Handbook: Cloud Computing Agreements, Software Licenses, and Other IT Contracts for Lawyers and Businesspeople," he co-authored the "Protecting Computer Software" chapter of the CEB's "Trade Secrets Practice in California." Mr. Tollen is also an attorney, expert witness, and instructor at the University of California, Berkeley Law School. He graduated, with honors, from Harvard Law School and has degrees from Cambridge University in England and University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Tollen provides training on IT contract drafting and negotiation through a company he founded, Tech Contracts Academy, LLC. He teaches both public and in-house classes for lawyers, contracts managers, and other businesspeople. Mr. Tollen also practices law with Sycamore Legal, PC, a San Francisco law firm he founded. He and his attorneys represent buyers and sellers in contracts about cloud computing, AI, software licensing, and other IT relationships. They also advise on intellectual property and privacy. Finally, Mr. Tollen’s work as an expert witness involves litigation about IT contracts. On the side, Mr. Tollen writes about history. He is the author of two award-winning educational novels: "The Jericho River" and "Secrets of Hominea." He is also a member of the Board of Advisors for World History Encyclopedia, the world’s most-read encyclopedia about history.
