Summary: Glenn W. Sturm is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in the Atlanta office, where he practices in corporate law, and technology law. Additionally, Mr. Sturm practices in securities law and focuses on the representation of investment banks, technology, private equity funds and emerging growth companies. Mr. Sturm has chaired the Firm’s Corporate Group and serves on the Firm’s Executive Committee, a governing body of seven partners who oversee standing committees, strategic initiatives and overall operations of the firm. A member of the Florida Bar and the State Bar of Georgia, Mr. Sturm’s experience includes representation of issuers and underwriters in the public issuance of securities, private equity financing, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Sturm is a member of the American Bar Association and its Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities and the 33 Securities Act Subcommittee, and the Atlanta Bar Association. Mr. Sturm serves in the U.S. Army Reserve, and served on the corporate board of directors for Goldleaf Financial Solutions, Inc. (GFSI). He founded Netzee, Inc. (NASDAW: NETZ), an Internet banking enabling company that he took public in 1999, and served as its chief executive officer from 1999-2000. He also served on the corporate boards of directors for InterCept, Inc. (ICPT) and WebMD, Inc. (WBMD). Mr. Sturm’s civic involvement includes membership on the national council of the Boy Scouts of America, the executive board of the Atlanta Area Council, and he was recently awarded the Silver Beaver Award, the highest award a local council can bestow on a volunteer. He also serves as a trustee of the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida. Prior to attending law school, he held executive positions in a leading healthcare corporation. In 1985, Mr. Sturm earned a Juris Doctor, with honors, from the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida where he was named to the Order of the Coif. During law school, he served as a fellowship instructor of legal research and writing and as executive managing editor of the Florida International Law Journal. He was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Florida Blue Key, and Phi Kappa Phi. Mr. Sturm earned a Master of Arts in Management from Pepperdine University in 1978, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Florida in 1976.
