SOUTHFIELD – Raymond & Prokop has hired Mark Malven to chair the companys 10-member Technology Industry Group. Malven replaces Michael Khoury who took a similar job with Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss.
Malven, formerly managing partner of Malven Law Group LLC in Chicago, comes to R&P with a diverse portfolio of technology-based clients, including Oracle, EDS, Sun, Microsoft, CSC and IBM.
He also was lead negotiator for large and complex technology transactions, involving billions of dollars in services. Malven serves as outside general counsel for womensforum.com and iExplore.com. His local clients include Digital Dialogue and Dialogue Marketing of Auburn Hills.
Mark brings a diverse portfolio of IT law experience and technology-based clients that weve not had in our nearly 60-year history, said Raymond & Prokop managing partner Robert Schwartz. Bringing Mark back to Michigan after a very successful career in Chicago was a real coup for our firm.
Malven, in addition to leading the Raymond & Prokop Technology group, will also actively represent the firm through its association with Automation Alley, Ann Arbor IT Zone, glima and glimaWest. He graduated with honors from the University of Michigan Law School and holds a B.S. in Engineering from Purdue University.
