Dallas Martin is an attorney and executive with over forty years of legal and business experience. He heads the university counsel team supporting CU Innovations. His legal career has focused primarily on corporate matters and intellectual property management.

He has a successful track record in senior business leadership roles helping companies of all sizes achieve stability and aggressive growth. Mr. Martin has extensive experience in the legal and contract issues involved in the academic research, financial services, telecommunications, e-commerce, energy and power generation, computer hardware and software, and contract R&D industries.

He has served as in-house counsel and created intellectual property management programs for organizations ranging from high-tech startups to Fortune 500 companies including US West, First Data Corporation and Level 3 Communications. Programs he created have generated over 5,000 patents and over $200 million in deal value.

Mr. Martin holds Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (magna cum laude) and juris doctorate degrees from the University of Kansas and was selected for inclusion in Intellectual Asset Management Magazine’s “IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists."