Fred Hutchison Recognized Among Most Influential in the Southeast Technology Community

Hutchison Law Group PLLC, a leading provider of strategic business and intellectual property counsel to the Southeast’s life science and information technology communities, announced today that Fred Hutchison has been selected as one of the 25 most influential people in the Southeast technology community by TechJournal South magazine.

Noted among his many contributions, Hutchison was the founding President of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development, the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the country. Additionally, he was the recipient of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in 2006, the highest civilian honor given by the state of North Carolina.

TechJournal South stated on Hutchison’s selection, “Fred Hutchison is one of the single most influential attorneys in the Southeast technology arena.”

Robert McMahan, executive director of the N.C. Board of Science and Technology, stated within the article, “Fred Hutchison’s efforts, mostly voluntary, have resulted in billions of dollars of equity investment in our early-stage technology companies and the creation of thousands of jobs.”

TechJournal South is a monthly publication aimed at technology business professionals working in the Southeast region. It is owned and operated by TechMedia, LLC based in the Research Triangle Park and is circulated to an estimated 60,000 technology executives.

About Hutchison Law Group PLLC
Hutchison Law Group PLLC, founded in 1996, represents many of the premier information technology and life science companies in the Southeast. The firm provides venture capital financing advice, merger and acquisition counsel, licensing assistance, securities law advice, patent prosecution and intellectual property protection, employment law advice and counseling, and other business legal services to a wide variety of companies. hutchlaw.com