Keli B. Isaacson represents clients in connection with corporate and securities transactions, focusing on venture capital, public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions and the representation of emerging growth and middle market companies.

Ms. Isaacson represents a number of leading venture capital firms and angel investors.

In 2005, Ms. Isaacson was named one of the "40 Under 40" outstanding business leaders in Baltimore by the Baltimore Business Journal.

Ms. Isaacson is a 1997 graduate, with honors, of the University of Maryland School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif, and a graduate, with honors, of Goucher College.

Areas Of Practice

Corporate Law
Securities Law
Venture Capital/Private Equity
Mergers and Acquisitions

Representative Matters

Representative Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms

ABS Capital Partners
Anthem Capital
Boulder Ventures
Core Capital Partners
Grotech Partners
JMI Equity Partners
Novak Biddle Venture Partners
Sterling Partners
Samuel James, Ltd.

Representative Companies

Active Day, Inc.
Fidelity Engineering Corporation
Infinity Business Group
Pay Rent, Build Credit
Silverthorn Biodiesel
Wayfarer Nurseries
Zylaya Corporation

Pro Bono Work

Dayspring Programs, Inc.
Campaign for our Children, Inc.
Biodiesel University

Representative Transactions

Purchase of Housecall Medical Services by Allied Capital Corporation
Sale of Housecall Medical Resources, Inc. to Amedisys, Inc.
Purchase by Active Day, Inc. of the Adult Day Care division of Almost Family, Inc.
Sale of $35 million of preferred stock by NexTone Communications, Inc.

Professional Activities

Maryland State Bar Association
American Bar Association
- Business Law Section
Mid-Atlantic Venture Association
Greater Baltimore Technology Council
Chesapeake Innovation Center
Early Stage East

Admissions

Maryland

Education

University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1997

Goucher College, B.A., with distinction, 1993

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2006-present
DLA Piper US LLP
- 1998-2006

Board Memberships

Dayspring Programs, Inc.
Biodiesel University
- Advisory Board Member

Honors and Awards

Campaign for Our Children

Selected Publications

"Is Venture Capital for You?" Techlink, Maryland's Telecommunications and Technology monthly feature in The Daily Record, September 2001