Robert Frohwein

Current

• CEO at LAVA Group, Inc.

Past

• SVP, Business Development & General Counsel at ZapMedia, Inc.
• VP Business Development & General Counsel at Security First Network Bank
• Associate at Troutman Sanders LLP

• Sales Channel Analyst/Manager at The Franklin Mint
• Staff Consultant at Andersen Consulting

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Education

• Villanova University School of Law
• Dickinson College

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Robert Frohwein’s Experience

• CEO

  LAVA Group, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Investment Banking industry)

  October 2001 — Present (6 years 6 months)

  LAVA Group is an Intellectual Property Investment Bank which assists companies in buying, selling and licensing intellectual property as well as providing strategic intellectual property advisory services. Established in 2001, LAVA Group was one of the first companies to focus on providing sophisticated intellectual property business advisory services. We have helped companies buy and sell well in excess of $100 million worth of intellectual property. We have also provided advisory services in the field of intellectual property to hundreds of clients.

• SVP, Business Development & General Counsel

  ZapMedia, Inc.

  (Consumer Electronics industry)

  January 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 9 months)

• VP Business Development & General Counsel

  Security First Network Bank

  (Internet industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year)

• Associate

  Troutman Sanders LLP

  (Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  1996 — 1999 (3 years)

• Sales Channel Analyst/Manager

  The Franklin Mint

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  1992 — 1993 (1 year)

• Staff Consultant

  Andersen Consulting

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  1990 — 1991 (1 year)

Robert Frohwein’s Education

• Villanova University School of Law

  JD, Law, 1993 — 1996

  Magna Cum Laude Graduate

  Activities and Societies:

  Associate Editor of Villanova Law Review
  Order of the Coif

• Dickinson College

  B.A., Economics, 1986 — 1990

  Activities and Societies:

  Cum Laude Graduate

Additional Information

Robert Frohwein’s Groups:

Board of Directors, Camp Twin Lakes (www.camptwinlakes.org)

Robert Frohwein’s Honors:

Atlanta Business Chronicle 40 under 40 (2004)
Catalyst of the Week (12/2003)
Author, Pocket Idiot's Guide to Patents (2004, Penguin/Putnam)
Author, Pocket Idiot's Guide to Trademarks (2004, Penguin/Putnam)
Author, Pocket Idiot's Guide to Copyrights (2004, Penguin/Putnam)