Joleen Winther Hughes, Founder and Principal
Recently named one of the top 100 Women in Tech by TechFlash, Joleen has over 12 years of experience representing a diverse range of clients, including RealNetworks, MobiTV, Agility Studios, Big Fish Games, Brightcove, 206 Inc., iFilm, GetBack Media, Music Interactive, Corbis, Microsoft, Flying Spot Entertainment Group, Beetlabs, daptiv, Jivox, Zango, Ooyala, Common Craft, The Platform, Sneakers, Inc., Square Enix, Lisa Amore Public Relations, No Depression, Alina's Cucina, and Digital Sidebar, to name a few.
Before embarking in private practice, Joleen was Senior Counsel at RealNetworks, Inc. for seven years, where she provided a broad array of business and legal affairs services for the company’s global media operations. Joleen participated in the company’s largest transactions in the consumer services/digital media space including forming MusicNet, the first legal multi-label music distribution initiative, putting together the first VOD digital movie subscription service, and drafting and negotiating agreements with major sports leagues, media companies, television networks, movie studios and record labels to create the first on-line consumer content subscription products and services. She was also responsible for developing Real’s casual gaming licensing strategy.
Before her legal career, Joleen was an entrepreneur who owned a successful artist management, talent booking, concert production, special event business during the height of the Seattle music explosion for clients including RKCNDY nightclub, Susan Silver and Kelly Curtis Management (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Screaming Trees), Media One, Monqui/SLA, The Pioneer Square Pub Club and The University of Washington.
She also currently co-owns the Celtic Swell Irish Pub & Restaurant with her husband, located on Alki Beach in Seattle, Washington.
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Jane Falkner, who maintains a wonderful website called Embodied Living, has honored Joleen Winther Hughes with a wonderful profile on her blog.
