Richard Horning is Silicon Vikings Chairman and is Honorary Consul of Estonia for Northern California. He has been practicing law since 1969 and specializes in counseling high technology and e-commerce companies in all stages of development, from start-up to Fortune 50, with particular emphasis on funding transactions, intellectual property protection, licensing, contract, and antitrust issues. He also has substantial experience in representing high technology companies in litigation and arbitration matters, in both international and domestic venues. Richard is a graduate of Duke University School of Law and also holds a BA in Political Science from Berkeley.