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about beeman & muchmore

After over 60 combined years in BigLaw, with nearly 35 of those years as partners at some of the most prominent law firms in the world, we created Beeman & Muchmore, LLP. With our main office in San Francisco, we provide customized software licensing and auditing counseling of unqualified excellence free from the inefficiencies that burden the traditional full-service law firm.

Our software licensing microspecialty is informed by years of experience bucking the unfortunate trend of software vendors—including, but not limited to, Oracle Corporation—weaponizing software audits as revenue generation campaigns and as fodder for launching competitor-on-competitor attacks. We have represented scores of licensees of all types and sizes in their disputes with Oracle and other major software vendors, including serving as  

the litigation team for Mars, Inc. in the iconic Mars v. Oracle matter – to date the only public filing by a licensee challenging Oracle’s deeply unpopular licensing and auditing practices. 

We have leveraged our years of managing recurring software disputes to create a unique value proposition that delivers our software licensing microspecialty directly to our clients. By creating a nimble law firm designed to offer our counseling on a multitude of different scales, our clients receive – and pay for – no more than the precise services they need. 

By marrying a flexible delivery model with endlessly creative fee arrangements, we believe Beeman & Muchmore is a harbinger of the sustainable and client-focused law firm the future of our industry is already demanding.

business as usual is a thing of the past

No one can afford any illusions—the COVID-19 pandemic is the game-changer of our lifetime. Across all industries, the only thing that anyone knows for certain is that “business as usual” is a thing of the past. As the aging models that have dominated the distribution of legal services for decades come under increasing scrutiny, the legal industry is facing a degree of turmoil that it hasn’t seen for generations. With our combined decades as partners in the largest and most prominent law firms in the country, Beeman & Muchmore believe that the legal industry is best served by embracing change rather than resisting it. Although the pandemic has brought an immediacy to grappling with the future, the transformation in our industry has been underway for some time. 

It is no secret—businesses of all types and sizes are reimagining their legal services, handling an increasing range of needs in-house and—for the balance—seeking highly specialized counseling that can be delivered free of the inefficiencies that burden traditional full-service law firms. We believe these trends will usher our profession to new heights of accountability and effectiveness. Accordingly, we are proud to launch Beeman & Muchmore, LLP —a new law firm specially designed to meet the emerging needs and demands of the new world.

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Big Law Veterans Launch a Virtual Law Firm for a New World

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New boutique specializes in software licensing practice

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BIGLAW TALENT AND EXPERIENCE

We have represented companies of all sizes, in all industries, handling all types of matters that go to the heart of essential business operations.

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SOFTWARE LICENSING & AUDITING COUNSELING

We have a turn-key proficiency handling software licensing and auditing disputes with Oracle Corporation and other prominent global software vendors.

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DISPUTE RESOLUTION / LITIGATION AVOIDANCE

Our experience in handling recurring licensing and auditing disputes has uniquely positioned us to extricate companies from their dispute while avoiding costly litigation.

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THE “GIGLAW” VALUE PROPOSITION

Our unique practice model allows us to deliver our highly-specialized counseling free from an inefficient and costly infrastructure.

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What The Oracle-TikTok Saga Means For Oracle Licensees

Arthur Beeman, Joel Muchmore and Melissa Wehri • January 21, 2021

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PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT US

For years we have worked closely with Art and Joel representing licensees in vendor software audits and disputes. Time and time again, they have demonstrated their skill in providing clients with aggressive defense positioning while deftly avoiding contentious litigation.
Nathan Biggs, SVP Products and ServicesOpsCompass & House of Brick
Art and Joel were both recipients of the 2014 Marc L. Fleischaker Pro Bono Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Public Interest, for work related to the protection and preservation of early 20th Century American art.
Heard about Mars v. Oracle? Explore Oracle Audits with Experts, Attorneys. Presented by Art Beeman, Joel Muchmore, and Nathan Biggs at VMworld San Francisco Top 10 VMworld 2019 session to consider
Stefani MũnozTech Target
“Art and Joel are fierce advocates with an unwavering commitment to their clients. They helped to navigate my company through a multitude of complex and seemingly intractable problems related to contractual rights and obligations. They take the time to learn not just the legal issues, but also the client’s objectives and aspirations.”
Ben Warner, CTOVere Labs
Biglaw veterans Arthur S. Beeman and Joel T. Muchmore launched a boutique devoted to counseling and litigation related to software licensing. The partners have years of experience handling high-profile litigation in this practice, leading a litigation team for Mars Inc. against software licensing giant Oracle corporation.
Kamila KnaudtLos Angeles Daily Journal
Virtual law firms have become popular in the 2000s, but the formation of Beeman Muchmore this week feels like something new: a virtual firm combined with a microspecialty intellectual property practice. In this case it’s resolving licensing disputes over enterprise resource planning software.
Scott GrahamThe Recorder
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