SF
STARTUP LAW
Guiding Philosophy
Today's constantly evolving legal landscape requires representation that evolves with it. New technologies require fresh perspectives, and SF Startup Law offers is the flexibility to accommodate new ways of doing business. The legal profession has been slow to adapt to these changes, and the law firm business model has largely stayed the same.
What SF Startup Law offers that is something different than your traditional law firm. Instead of hiring an outside legal counselor, what we offer is another member of your team. SF Startup Law can offer the flexibility to work with you to find out how to best meet your legal needs. Working with your attorney doesn't have to feel like a one-sided transaction.
Our goal is to help your startup achieve success at all stages of its growth. We offer flexible fee structures that work best for your specific legal needs. Because we don't have multiple associates and partners, we have low overhead and pass on the cost savings to the client.
Nada Rastad, Esq.
Nada Rastad is a startup and entertainment law attorney in San Francisco, California. Her practice encompasses the transactional needs of small companies, with specific focus on intellectual property and general legal consulting on regulatory schemes.
Nada has hands-on experience working with startups. She has worked on the Support and Trust and Safety teams at Edmodo early on in the company's life cycle, redesigning the way the company handled flagged users and security.
At Hastings Nada was a senior editor of COMM/ENT: Journal for Communications and Entertainment Law, where she wrote on the future of copyright law and the fair use doctrine in light of the rise of digital music sampling. She was also an active member of the Iranian Law Students Assocation.
Before becoming an attorney, Nada was a high school English teacher in the Bronx, New York and a Teach for America corps member. She has remained an avid advocate for educational equity and in law school taught a Constitutional Law course at International Studies High School in Potrero Hill as a part of the Hastings Community Law Program. Nada continues to be active in the Teach for America alumni community and focuses her pro-bono efforts in benefitting underprivileged students and their communities.
At UC Irvine, Nada was the founder and president of UCI Mock Trial, which in a few short years became the #1 mock trial team in the nation.
Education
J.D. University of California,
Hastings College of the Law
B.A. University of California,
Irvine
Bar Associations
State Bar of California
American Bar Association
Bar Association of San Francisco
Iranian American Bar Assocation