DONALD D MORELAND, ESQ.
Operations Director, General Counsel

Donald serves as Director, COO, and General Counsel for SEEC and its affiliated companies, SEEDR and SEEC Technologies. Working with SEEC’s portfolio clients, Donald orchestrates and implements methods and systems in corporate modeling, development and restructuring to establish a corporate infrastructure that is capable of effectively facilitating the commercialization of its technologies. Donald has served as counsel and IP advisor for many companies from start-ups to established public companies and has over 5-years experience implementing IP management systems and licensing strategies. His initiative and leadership in this capacity includes establishing manageable documented in-house IP procedures and protocols to protect a firm’s IP assets and shield it from liability. Donald also has an establish track record of leveraging a firm’s IP portfolio by employing creative and scalable licensing strategies to enable growth, maximize earnings, and create value thus enabling management to make informed decisions on maintenance, commercialization, and donation of its IP assets. Through SEEC, Donald also has invaluable experience in working with state and local economic development authorities throughout the U.S to avail his clients of state and federal economic development incentives such as grants, tax credits, and bond financing unique to clean technology manufacturing facilities. Prior to joining SEEC, Donald founded his own law firm in 2001 where he provided general corporate, contract and IP legal services to several Atlanta area firms. In 2007, Donald merged his law firm with an Atlanta area boutique firm enabling him to focus his efforts on SEEC related matters. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, and the American Land Title Association. Donald received his BA from Georgia State University and his JD from Quinnipiac University where he served as Opinions Editor of the Probate Law Journal and was published on the policy implications of advancements in reproductive technologies Reproductive Technology Outpacing Connecticut Lawmakers, 14 Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal (1999).