Rebecca Carter Stone 404.873.8710 [direct] 404.873.8711 [fax] rebecca.stone@agg.com Area of Practice Mergers and Acquisitions, Telecommunications Promotion Marketing, Privacy, Technology and Nanotechnology

Rebecca Stone is an associate in the firm's corporate practice group and a member of the Merger & Acquisitions/Strategic Alliance and the Telecommunications Practice Teams. She has experience in corporate technology matters, U.S. and international privacy matters, private equity financing, sweepstakes, promotion marketing and telemarketing matters, Internet-related matters, telecommunications and cable television regulatory matters, software licensing, development and distribution, and mergers and acquisitions. She is a frequent speaker on promotion marketing and electronic commerce issues. Prior to joining the firm, Becky was the Director of Marketing for BellSouth Business Systems, where she was responsible for the ten-city launch of BellSouth's Internet business to its large business customers. Prior to her work at BellSouth, Becky was a Product Manager for MCI, where she was responsible for the development and nationwide launch of MCI's telecommuting products to its large business customers. Prior to joining MCI, she managed technical support and marketing organizations for various software companies.

Professional Activities
State Bar of Georgia (2002 Executive Committee, Technology Section)
Georgia Electronic Commerce Association
US Internet Industry Association
GEORGIA Chapter of Federal Communications Bar Association
Technology Association of Georgia
Promotion Marketing Association, Inc. (Member of the Interactive Marketing Committee)

Presentations and Articles

• Government Financing of Nanotechnology, presentation at the "Starting and Building a Nanotech Company" seminar hosted by Georgia Tech Research Corporation and Georgia Tech Center for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, March 26, 2003.
• Avoid the Pitfalls of Marketing to Consumers - Here's How, presentation at the Technology Law Institute Seminar, October 3, 2002.
  
• Georgia Identity Theft Law Takes Effect July 1, client bulletin and press release, resulting in quotes in the Atlanta Journal & Constitution, an interview on National Public Radio on July 1, and lead online cover story at the Atlanta Business Chronicle, June, 2002.
  
• Legal Considerations for Growing Businesses, presentation at the Georgia State University Small Business Development Center Fastrac Planning for Women Business Owners, June 14, 2002.
  
• Electronic Contracting, presentation to the Institute of Management Accountants, 1999.
  
• Practice Tips for Electronic Contracting between Trading Partners, AGG Bulletin, October 11, 1999.
  
• E-Contracting Between Trading Partners, article published on The National Law Journal's Law News Network.com, 1998.
  
• Electronic Agreements and E-Commerce, presentation to seminar participants at the Contract and Agreement Strategies to Protect Your Business Seminar, August 27, 1998.
  

Education
B.A., University of Iowa, 1982
J.D., Georgia State University College of Law, 1996 (cum laude)

Admitted to Practice
State of Georgia, 1996