Jesse Houchens is a senior corporate associate in the Seattle office, where his practice focuses on corporate law matters for emerging growth companies in the life sciences and technology industries. Jesse has advised numerous clients on venture financings, corporate governance matters, mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions.
Before joining the firm, Jesse was a corporate associate in the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and served as a judicial law clerk to Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery. In law school, Jesse actively participated in the law and entrepreneurship clinic and also externed with the global M&A group of a Fortune 500 technology company. Before law school, Jesse was a secondary mathematics corps member with Teach For America.
Jesse Houchens is a senior corporate associate in the Seattle office, where his practice focuses on corporate law matters for emerging growth companies in the life sciences and technology industries. Jesse has advised numerous clients on venture financings, corporate governance matters, mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions.
Before joining the firm, Jesse was a corporate associate in the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and served as a judicial law clerk to Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery. In law school, Jesse actively participated in the law and entrepreneurship clinic and also externed with the global M&A group of a Fortune 500 technology company. Before law school, Jesse was a secondary mathematics corps member with Teach For America.
- J.D., J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 2018Order of the Coif; Magna Cum Laude; Managing Editor, Brigham Young University Law Review; J. Reuben Clark Award for Academic Excellence and Integrity
- M.A., Philosophy, Ohio University, 2013
- B.A., Philosophy, Southern Virginia University, 2011
Magna Cum Laude, Minors in Mathematics and Politics, Roger M. Barrus Scholar for Excellence in the Liberal Arts
- State Bar of New York
- State Bar of Washington
- J.D., J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 2018Order of the Coif; Magna Cum Laude; Managing Editor, Brigham Young University Law Review; J. Reuben Clark Award for Academic Excellence and Integrity
- M.A., Philosophy, Ohio University, 2013
- B.A., Philosophy, Southern Virginia University, 2011
Magna Cum Laude, Minors in Mathematics and Politics, Roger M. Barrus Scholar for Excellence in the Liberal Arts
- State Bar of New York
- State Bar of Washington
Select Publications
- “Per Se Economic Substance,” Comment, 157 BYU Law Review, 2018
- “Minority Entrepreneurs and Fast Failure,” Comment, 32(257) BYU Journal of Public Law, 2018
Select Publications
- “Per Se Economic Substance,” Comment, 157 BYU Law Review, 2018
- “Minority Entrepreneurs and Fast Failure,” Comment, 32(257) BYU Journal of Public Law, 2018
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