Antone Johnson

Experience

Bottom Line Law Group

Founder, Principal 2010 - Present (almost 15 years)

General counsel providing business-critical legal services to early stage startups & growth companies. "Full stack" corporate law from founders' equity through angel,... more

eHarmony

VP, Legal Affairs 2006 - 2009 (about 3 years)

General counsel responsible for worldwide legal and regulatory affairs, risk management, government relations, compliance, stock administration, crisis communications, fraud... more

Exit

MySpace

Director, Business & Legal Affairs 2004 - 2006 (about 2 years)

Frontline legal support tackling vast range of issues raised at MySpace, the flash point of the mid-2000s social media explosion, as registered users rocketed from 1M to 100M+.... more

Gemstar-tv Guide

Corporate Counsel 2002 - 2004 (about 2 years)

Lead corporate attorney at a Nasdaq 100 media & technology company (GMST) spearheading overhaul of corporate governance, SEC compliance, disclosure controls and financial... more

Excite@Home

Corporate Counsel 2000 - 2002 (about 2 years)

Supported Corporate Development group in M&A, divestitures, joint ventures. Lead attorney on SEC compliance and public company corporate governance matters.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Attorney 1998 - 2000 (about 2 years)

General corporate practice supporting tech startups from incorporation through angel and VC financing, IPOs and M&A exits.

Founder

Ideakick, Bottom Line Law Group

Employee

Excite@Home, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, MySpace, eHarmony, News, Fox Interactive Media, Gemstar-tv Guide, Intermix Media

Advisor

Social Rewards, Skout, M8, AHHHA, Obviouser, Scrawl

Attorney

Social Rewards, Gogobot, Excite@Home, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, MySpace, Skout, SGN, eHarmony, PostCard On The Run, MindJolt, M8, AHHHA, Footprint, Glimpse, The Shrine, STORE ($STORE), DailyDonor

Board Member

Data4America.org, DailyDonor

Education

About

Skills

Business Law Internet Law Digital Media Social Media M&A Corporate Development Corporate Finance Risk Management Early Stage Capital Formation Early Stage Board Member Music Startups

Locations

San Francisco Santa Monica Palo Alto Los Angeles Silicon Valley Berkeley Menlo Park Southern California New York Oakland Pasadena

Antone Johnson

Full-stack outside/fractional General Counsel to startups and growth companies: Social/digital media, mobile apps, XaaS, VR gaming, fintech, web3 • ex-eHarmony VP, MySpacer • Advisor, Board member, Quora Top Writer, policy wonk