– Foundry General Counsel

Bob Klonoski

Bob Klonoski’s career has focused on management, law and education.

Bob served as Vice President of Finance and New Product Development at Citicorp, as Vice President of Strategic Planning at JP Morgan Chase and Vice President of Communications at the US Senate Federal Credit Union. He taught management, business law and strategic planning at Mary Baldwin University and at the University of Virginia and developed the curriculum for Mary Baldwin’s master’s program in business administration. Bob is also the author of “Work Benefits in America: A Societal Perspective” which examines the history of work benefits and contemporary issues faced by employers and employees alike. He has also published a number of journal articles on this topic.

Bob earned his doctorate in management at the University of Maryland, University College, his JD at Brooklyn Law School, his master’s degree in business administration at the University of Connecticut, and his bachelor’s degree in finance at Fairfield University.

Grace Klonoski

Grace Klonoski worked in the financial services sector as a Vice President with JP Morgan Chase where she focused on product development. She later gained experience as a mid-sized business owner and consultant. After relocating to Washington, DC, she held executive positions with the Food Marketing Institute and as an Executive Senior Director with the Optical Society of America where her areas of responsibility included business development, marketing/communications, membership, and fundraising.

Grace completed an Executive Program at Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, earned an MBA degree in Finance from Fordham University and a BS degree from the State University of New York.

Grace is an active volunteer with organizations that serve the homeless and is an enthusiastic supporter of local performing arts groups. She is a historic interpreter at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson.

Carolyn Lunking

Carolyn Lunking is the newest member of the Norton Law Firm.

She supports our Firm and its clients. She has gained professional and organizational experience as a classroom teacher in Prince Georges County, Maryland. She earned her Master of Science degree from Walden University, and her Bachelor of Science degree from Salisbury University.

Linda Ambert

Linda Ambert comes to The Norton Law Firm with over twenty-five years of legal experience.

Among her numerous roles in various legal departments were fifteen years in the Legal Department at Bell Atlantic/Nynex, where she ended as a Staff Director; her years as a senior paralegal for publicly-traded firms including a provider of financial information and analysis and a telecommunications equipment provider, for which she was responsible for various SEC filings; and her management of the Legal Department for a venture-backed technology startup. Additionally, she obtained corporate governance experience working directly for the Board of Directors of a not-for-profit organization in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Ambert has a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York.

Dana Gausepohl

Dana has spent the past 6 years working as General Counsel to one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing hospitality and entertainment companies in the United States – Live! Dining & Entertainment. Prior to going in-house, Dana spent 10 years at two of the region’s most accomplished law firms providing a variety of legal services to Fortune 100 companies, such as Walmart, CVS Health, and General Electric.

Dana has a broad-based corporate practice that includes representation of start-up and emerging enterprises in business planning, corporate organization and governance, and financing transactions. He also serves as a business adviser to his clients participating in many decision-making processes and providing general legal counsel in a variety of areas of law, including employment, intellectual property, privacy and marketing compliance, and litigation strategy and management.

He is a highly experienced business negotiator and drafts-person, having handled successfully numerous acquisitions and sales of companies, strategic partnerships, development, licensing and distribution agreements, vendor and supplier contracts, private equity and bank financing’s, lease transactions and other business matters.

Dana is driven to provide personal, practical, business-oriented, and cost-effective guidance to each of his clients.

Seth Polansky

Seth Polansky’s career has been focused on advising high-tech startups, government contractors, and creative businesses – both in the US and internationally.

During his 17 year career, Mr. Polansky has served as General Counsel to multiple tech companies and has successfully guided his clients’ companies from startup, through rounds of fundraising, and on to the acquisition processes.

Included in his background is 5 years as CSC’s Director of Contracts for DHS and DOJ programs – during which time he managed a staff of over 75 contract professionals, and was the senior executive responsible for contracts and subcontracts that totaled over 100M in annual revenue.

Mr. Polansky also serves as pro-bono General Counsel to ARTPact, an illustrator’s rights organization, and volunteers his time with WALA, the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts. He is admitted to practice in Maryland, and received his JD from the Catholic University of America, and his MA and BAs from Indiana University of Pennsylvania – where he was a triple major in Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies.

Bunny Smith

Bunny Smith’s career has been focused on advising international tech and manufacturing companies.

Ms. Smith was the General Counsel for an international computer manufacturing and retail business called Other World Computing. Handling all types of legal inquiries from the business including contract negotiation, real estate, and intellectual property filings, Ms. Smith became a jack of all trades adept at providing solutions to even the most complicated legal inquiries. For her time there she has been awarded the 2017 First Chair Award in the category of Top General Counsel.

Prior to this Ms. Smith volunteered for the Chicago Legal Clinic in their immigration division helping the city’s citizens find legal help. In addition, she worked for several manufacturing, enterprise networking, and USAID subcontractors providing contract negotiation and compliance survey and auditing, often times using one or more of her language proficiencies.

Ms. Smith was a senior editor on the International Law Review for the University of Denver. She is admitted to practice in Illinois. Ms. Smith holds a JD from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and a Bachelors of Science and Foreign Service from the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.

Jeff Norton

Jeff Norton’s legal career has been focused on advising international high-tech companies.

Mr. Norton served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of NextPoint Networks, Inc. from its creation in the acquisition of Reef Point Systems by NexTone Communications, Inc. in January 2008 until it was sold to GENBAND Inc. in September 2008. Mr. Norton guided NexTone through its acquisition of Reef Point Systems through the fall of 2007 and served as a key member of NextPoint’s executive team after the merger as NextPoint restructured the company, identified a strategic buyer, and negotiated a very favorable sale to GENBAND. Mr. Norton joined NexTone in July 2004.

Prior to joining NexTone, Mr. Norton headed the legal department at Visual Networks, a publicly-held provider of service level management solutions for frame relay networks. Before Visual Networks, he was an attorney for Primark Corporation’s Financial Information Division (including Yankee Group, Disclosure and Datastream), a premier publicly-traded global provider of financial information.

Mr. Norton served as an editor on the International Law Review of American University. He is admitted to practice in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. Mr. Norton received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a double major in Finance and International Business from Ohio State University. He received his law degree from Washington College of Law at American University.

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