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Corporate

Apr. 27, 2012

Wordpress blogging company hires first in-house lawyer

Automattic Inc., the San Francisco-based tech startup behind the popular blogging and web-publishing platform, said it was responding to growth.


By David McAfee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Automattic Inc., the San Francisco-based tech startup behind the popular blogging and web-publishing platform Wordpress.com, has appointed its first general counsel, the company announced Wednesday.


Paul E. Sieminski was previously a corporate and securities associate at Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP, where he worked for five years representing emerging growth and t...

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