Erik J. Heels is an American intellectual-property 🏷️#lawyer, startup advisor, and self-described "startup addict" who has worked across roughly six startups as an employee, six as a founder or co-founder, and as advisor to more than two hundred startup clients through his firm Clocktower Law.
Clocktower-advised companies that have had successful exits under Heels' counsel include BzzAgent (acquired by Dunnhumby), KAYAK (acquired by Priceline), Right Media (acquired by Yahoo), Smarterer (acquired by Pluralsight), and Unidesk (acquired by Citrix), among roughly twenty exits in total. Heels operates primarily out of Massachusetts, focuses his practice on patent, trademark, and copyright work for technology startups, and is a long-time blogger and speaker on the intersection of law, technology, and entrepreneurship.