Denis T. Rice
Founding Director, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin; San Francisco

Denis Rice practices in a broad range of legal areas.  His experience includes corporate and securities matters, Internet and e-commerce law, including startups, venture capital, corporate finance and intellectual property issues, financial institutions, complex litigation, dispute resolution, nanotechnology and international transactions.  He has handled United States investments in India, China, Mexico and Europe.  

Mr. Rice has litigated complex cases (including class actions) in state and federal courts involving securities fraud, fiduciary duties, corporate governance, proxy contests, antitrust, trademarks and trade secrets.  He has served as special counsel to corporate boards and federal agencies on governance, conflict and securities issues. 

Mr. Rice serves as a Panel Arbitrator and mediator for both the American Arbitration Association and the World Intellectual Property Organization, and as mediator for the San Francisco Bar Association.  Mr. Rice has lectured on outsourcing, securities, intellectual property, cyberspace law, electronic commerce and litigation in locations around the world as well as throughout the United States.  

A recipient of many awards and honors, he holds a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School and an A.B. degree from Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

He is admitted to the California State Bar and to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; the U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California; and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits.