Fourd focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture and seed capital financing, securities, licensing and other intellectual property matters, and the representation of high-tech entrepreneurs.
Fourd is chair of the Emerging Growth & Venture Capital practice group. His work in Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black’s (WRVB) business group also includes general commercial, real estate transactions, and contractual matters. Fourd has significant experience representing public companies, including serving for six years as general counsel of Luna Innovations Incorporated, a public technology company based in Roanoke. He has worked with venture capital investments, representing both technology companies raising funds and representing venture capital firms and other industrial investors. In addition, Fourd has experience in negotiating IP and confidentiality provisions for government contractors and sub-contractors.
He is Vice-Chair of the Virginia Bar Association’s Business Law Section Council and previously served as chairman of the Business Section of the Virginia State Bar.
Fourd is a member of the GO Virginia Region 2 Council and is the Co-Chair of its Emerging Tech cluster workgroup. He is the former Chair of the Board of Trustees for North Cross School. His community service has included serving on the boards of Downtown Roanoke Inc., Opera Roanoke, and the Roanoke Valley Greenway Commission, as well as serving as President for Pathfinders for Greenways, Inc. He also served on the Vision 2001-2020 Advisory Committee (as Environmental Resources Chair) for the Roanoke City Vision 2001-2020 Comprehensive Plan.
The Roanoke native graduated from Duke University, where he majored in Economics, and then earned his law degree at the University of Virginia, where he was a member of the editorial board of Virginia Law Review.
Thought Leadership
Webinar
Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council (RBTC), August 2015: “Who Owns Your Intellectual Property?”
Attorney Perspectives
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Paycheck Protection Loan Borrowers Should Consider Funding 401(k) and other Defined Contribution Retirement Plans Now (Coronavirus and the Law)
April 16, 2020 -
SEC Simplifies Disclosure Requirements
December 4, 2018 -
The Future of Money: How Real is Virtual Currency?
February 23, 2018
Speaking Engagements
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Apex Center for Entrepreneurs | VT Entrepreneur Challenge: Finalist Judge
February 21, 2020
Seminars + Events
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Exit Your Business: Strategies for Business Owners
March 12, 2019 -
Key Legal Issues in Higher Education
March 1, 2018
Recognition
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70 WRVB Attorneys Named to 2022 “Legal Elite”
November 29, 2022 -
WRVB Attorneys Make Major Showing in Best Lawyers in America
August 16, 2022 -
26 Woods Rogers Attorneys Named “Legal Elite” or “Rising Stars”
December 1, 2021 -
Forty-four Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers for 2022
August 19, 2021 -
Forty-one Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for 2021
August 20, 2020 -
Nancy Reynolds and Fourd Kemper to Serve on RBA Board
June 10, 2020 -
Fourd Kemper and Nathan Evans Named as Principals
December 23, 2019