Millennium Magazine_4th Ed

297 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine F ascinated with the way our legal system contributes to a strong, progressive society, Denis T. Rice serves Arnold & Porter LLP as senior counsel in their San Francisco office. Following the 2012 merger of Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady & Falk with Arnold & Porter, he specializes in corporate and finance law, venture capital, securities enforcement, complex litigation, telecommunications and the media, corporate governance, and privacy and data security. He is a pioneer in the field of information technology, where he has represented corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and individuals. Over the course of his career, Mr. Rice has counseled numerous corporate boards on matters of corporate governance and liability of officers and directors. Impressively, he established a new rule on interrelationships between antitrust law and trade secret law in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and he has been a frequent presenter in the field. Prior to becoming partner of Arnold & Porter, he was an associate at Howard & Prim and Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro beginning in 1959. He received a JD from the University of Michigan, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif, and a Bachelor of Arts in public and international affairs from the Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Notably, Mr. Rice was the first lawyer to make a presentation to the American Bar Association on bitcoins in 2012. He is a past member of the Business Law Section and past chair of the committee on business financing of the American Bar Association, past founding chair of the committee on cyberspace law of the State Bar of California, and past judge pro tem of the San Francisco Superior Court. Recognized by Best Lawyers as San Francisco Lawyer of the Year in financial services regulation law and banking and finance law, he also received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Business Law from the California State Bar in 2009. Likewise, he was named to the Northern California Super Lawyers from 2004 to 2009. DENIS T. RICE, JD SENIOR COUNSEL Arnold & Porter LLP San Francisco, CA LAW AND LAW ENFORCEMENT