C. Benjamin Graff is an experienced civil attorney and legal counsel who has worked in private practice and as general counsel for a software company. He has over 20 years of experience advising hundreds of business owners and non-profits. Graff is well-qualified for an in-house legal counsel role or cross-over executive position due to his management skills and experience in areas like intellectual property, contracts, compliance, and litigation. He is currently the owner of Graff & Associates law firm in Temecula, California.

1. C. BENJAMIN GRAFF
E-mail: cbenjamingraff@gmail.com
40880 County Center Drive, Ste. K
Temecula, California 92591
Telephone: 951-775-2364
PROFESSIONALPROFILE
As a seasoned leader and civil attorney, I served for eight years as general counsel of a privately held
software company in the aerospace and defense industry. Hundreds of entrepreneurs, business owners,
other clients and non-profit organizations have benefitted from my leadership, direction and counsel in
their individual and corporate ventures through my private practice. My extensive experience and
management skills well qualify me for a role as in-house legal counsel, or a cross-over executive role
in regulatory compliance or operations management. I am willing to relocate and to sit for another bar,
if needed. I am fluent in Spanish and will travel abroad, or work remotely, as necessary.
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE andCONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
 Adobe Redaction Tools, FOIA
Requests, Civil Discovery Demands,
Privilege Exemptions
 Intellectual Property Litigation,
Copyright, Patent and Trademark
Protection, Brand Licensing and
Royalty Contracts
 International Trade, Business Contracts,
SaaS Agreements, Production Contracts
 Corporate Finance, SEC Filings, Private
Placement Memoranda, Sarbanes-Oxley
Act Compliance
 Civil RICO, Anti-SLAAP and Business
and Personal Defamation Actions
 Software Licensing Agreements and
Technology Escrows, Products
Liability, Manufacturing Outsourcing
and UCC Filings
 Corporate and Personal Bankruptcies
including 523a, Chapters 7, 13 and 11
 Employee Stock Option Plans, ERISA,
Employment and Labor Law Issues
 Non-Disclosure/Non-Compete Issues
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 Successfully protected licensee against royalty diversion claim and criminal exposure brought
by worldwide sporting goods brand licensor
 Saved business client $15Million by blocking an attack involving arbitrage and pre-IPO
negotiable paper on a $4.2Billion project in South Korea.
 Organized and implemented a start-up expansion company of more than 50 programmers on
the ground in Egypt for ProPricer software product line.
 Filed FOIA request to DON for Disposition Matrix on Anwar al Awlaki (in process).
 Motivated and supervised staff of 20+ employees to take on additional caseload of more than
300 new clients, resulting in combined client settlements in excess of $25Million.
 Negotiated, closed and drafted million dollar sale of intellectual property and content portfolio
for entrepreneur to oldest reference book publisher in USA.
 Directed civil discovery efforts in Hong Kong to secure six-figure judgment in favor of an
international garment/textiles client.
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PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
GRAFF & ASSOCIATES (Temecula, CA)
Owner; Civil Trial Attorney: 2002 – present Supervisor: Self
 Consulted with and advised start-up company on $30+Million private placement
memorandum involving parent family office in United Arab Emirates, including review of
PPM for SEC registration exemptions
 Artfully filed Federal suit with RICO allegations and companion USPTO trademark action,
thereby compelling settlement protecting client’s multi-million dollar branded retail line
 Successfully negotiated, drafted and closed bulk sales contract in excess of $1.2million for
entrepreneur service and retail sales company
 Managed civil litigation and related bench and jury trials in hundreds of cases, including
State and Federal lawsuits and Adversary proceedings in Bankruptcy cases
 Coordinated hundreds of claims in complex multi-district litigation
EXECUTIVE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. (Temecula, CA)
General Legal Counsel: 2005 – 2014 Supervisor: Joseph Shurance, Director (Please contact)
 Negotiated software licensing agreements and protection of all intellectual property
 Oversaw dispute resolution of multi-million dollar contracts with defense contractors
 Managed company policies and procedures manual, ESOP and employment law issues,
including termination of employees
 Coordinated and managed interactions of more than a dozen wholly-owned or related
companies for legal issues, ISO 9001 certification and DFAR and ITAR compliance
 Researched and recommended expansion of software programming in Mexico and Bulgaria
to Egypt for comprehensive software re-coding project
BOLTE & GRAFF, LLP (Temecula, CA)
Managing Partner and Trial Attorney: 2002 Supervisor: Deceased
 Managed staff of more than 20 attorneys, paralegals and support team, including all aspects
of human resource management, employment law issues and payroll oversight
 Personally signed more than 300 new multi-district litigation clients in less than three
months, ultimately resulting in combined client settlements of more than $25Million
LAW OFFICES of STEPHEN M. LOPEZ (Century City / North Hollywood, CA)
Associate Attorney: 2000-2002 Certified Law Clerk: 1992-2000 Supervisor: Deceased
 Protected textiles client in FBI investigation from allegations by brand name licensor of
label piracy, brand counterfeiting and non-compete violations
 Successfully managed civil discovery demands in serious & willful WCAB claim, resulting
in six figure settlement against major film studio
EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION: Licensed Attorney (2000 - Present)
STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA: Licensed Attorney (2000 – Present)
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL of LAW (Orange, CA): Juris Doctor: 1998
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (Provo, UT): BA, Broadcast Communications: 1991
Excellence in Communications Award by Department Faculty: 1991