David A. Menard

David is the Chair of the Firm's Business and Finance Department and the Chair of the Emerging Companies Group.  David has experience ranging from guiding start-ups in diverse industries to managing complex multi-national transactions.  Over the past 5 years, David has led transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $1 billion, and has provided guidance for more than 125 individual emerging companies.  Recently, David led the legal team for Savant Systems in its acquisition of General Electric Lighting.  He regularly leads teams of attorneys from a variety of practice areas in a manner designed to ensure clients receive comprehensive and efficient solutions. 

As a founder of the Firm’s entrepreneur practice, David assembled a team of attorneys from a wide range of practice areas, from intellectual property to employment law and immigration, all to meet the wide range of needs of entrepreneurs.  David guides companies at all stages of their life-cycle, from formation to exit, whether by sale, generational transfer or otherwise.  David assists business with all forms of business transactions, including formation matters, multiple partner issues, commercial agreements including supply and distribution chains, and international agreements.

In addition to his law practice, David serves as a mentor to entrepreneurs throughout Connecticut by mentoring in entrepreneur programs at the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale, reSET in Hartford CT, the University of Connecticut and it’s Innovation Quest InQbator, the Community Economic Development Fund and elsewhere.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Social Enterprise Trust.   Finally, David is also a co-host of the CTSTARTUP podcast, which shines a spotlight on entrepreneurs and growth companies in Connecticut.

• Business and Finance
• Distributor, Dealer, Franchise Group
• Family Business
• Health Care
• Intellectual Property
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Private Equity and Venture Capital
• Private Investment Funds
• Privately Owned Businesses
• Renewable Energy
• Securities
• Emerging Companies

• Board of Directors, Crossroads Venture Group
• Chair, Murtha Cullina Recruitment Committee
• Chair, Murtha Cullina Entrepreneur Initiative

• Connecticut Law Tribune 2013 New Leader in the Law
   

• September 17, 2020 - David A. Menard Named Chair of Business and Finance Department
• July 1, 2020 - Murtha Cullina LLP Successfully Represents Savant Systems, Inc. in Multifaceted Acquisition of GE Lighting
• September 7, 2018 - Murtha Cullina Law Lab at District New Haven Brings Innovation to Front of Connecticut Legal Landscape
• January 9, 2017 - David A. Menard Elected to Murtha Cullina LLP Executive Committee
• March 2, 2015 - Entrepreneur Group Will Become Strategic Sponsor of reSET To Develop Social Enterprise in Connecticut
• February 25, 2015 - Entrepreneur Practice Group Offering Free Legal Consultations for Entrepreneurs and Startup Companies
• November 6, 2014 - Murtha Cullina LLP Participates in Prototype Beta Test for Local Startup Company
• Murtha Cullina Partners with reSET to Host Hartford Business Breakfast Series
• Murtha Cullina Business Breakfast Series Expands to New Haven
• Murtha Cullina Names 2013 Partners
• Murtha Cullina Attorneys Named to Crossroads Venture Group Boards

• March 30, 2021 - Business Lunch Series Webinar: Equity Financing
• February 24, 2021 - Business Lunch Series Webinar: Legal Basics 101 for Entrepreneurs and Startups
• November 5, 2020 - Business Lunch Webinar: What The Pandemic has Taught Us About Contractual Relationships and other Contract Caveats
• October 13, 2020 - Business Lunch Webinar: Legal Basics 101 for Entrepreneurs and Startups
• July 15, 2020 - Emerging Companies Group Webinar: When Debt is Good and Equity Isn't: Finding the Balance
• April 2, 2020 - POSTPONED - Community Pitch Challenge
• March 10, 2020 - reSET Business Lunch Seminar: Equity Financing for Small Businesses
• February 20, 2020 - Law Lab Business Lunch Seminar: How to Incentivize Employees
• February 11, 2020 - reSET Business Lunch Seminar: How To Incentivize Employees
• April 16, 2019 - reSET Business Lunch Series: Equity Financing
• February 20, 2019 - Law Lab Lunch Series: Equity Financing
• July 13, 2017 - Startup Seminar Series Part 2: Startup Financing
• July 6, 2017 - Startup Seminar Series Part 1: Legal Basics For Entrepreneurs
• February 15, 2017 - Business Lunch Series: Legal Learnings for Startups
• March 24, 2016 - Flight Night: An Open Pitch Forum for CT Start-Ups That are Building Businesses
• February 16 & 17, 2016 - The Business Lunch Series: How to Avoid Being Hit By A Bus - Risk Management for Entrepreneurs
• January 19 & 20, 2016 - The Business Breakfast Series: Equity Crowdfunding - The Financing “Flash Mob”
• November 19, 2015 - Flight Night: An Open Pitch Forum for CT Start-Ups That are Building Businesses
• May 12 & 13, 2015 - The Business Breakfast Series: Equity Compensation, Giving a Share of the Business to Employees
• April 14 & 15, 2015 - The Business Breakfast Series: Creating Financial Projections for a New or Small Company
• March 17 & 18, 2015- The Business Breakfast Series: Alternative Financing Methods
• March 5, 2015 - Flight Night: Connecticut's start-up pitch event
• February 17 & 18, 2015 - The Business Breakfast Series: Employment Law for Entrepreneurs
• The Business Breakfast Series - Winter 2014
• CBIA�™s 2013 Environmental & Energy Conference
• Join CVG and Murtha Cullina: Electronic Health Records, A Look at the Industry and Its Future
• The Business Breakfast series presented by Murtha Cullina LLP - Spring Sessions

• January 28, 2021 - Business Group News: Congress Passes Corporate Transparency Act Requiring Further Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership Information
• October 16, 2019 - Business Group News: LLC Annual Report Fees To Increase Significantly July 1, 2020
• September 29, 2015 - Corporate Group News: Update to Connecticut Law: Amendments to Business Laws Effective October 1, 2015
• May 28, 2015 - David A. Menard and James W. McLaughlin Co-Create and Co-Host the CTStartup Podcast for Entrepreneurs
• May 2014 - Benefit Corporations Have Arrived in Connecticut
• SEC and FINRA Propose Crowdfunding Rules Under the JOBS Act
• The Stuff of Nightmares: EMR Vendor Cuts Off Access to Medical Records, Leaves Health Center in Very Bad Place
• Leaders Discuss Trends and Concerns in Electronic Health Records Implementation
• Update to Connecticut Law: Amendments to the Connecticut Business Corporation Act Are Now Effective

• November 1, 2018 - Innovation Destination Hartford: Connecticut Mentor Encourages Entrepreneurship
• July 22, 2016 - David A. Menard quoted in the article "Panel: Business funding requires more than an idea"
• June 13, 2016 - David Menard was quoted in the Hartford Business Journal article “Advocates aim to broaden benefit corporation law.”
• August 11, 2015 - David A. Menard Quoted in UConn's School of Business Newsletter on Mentoring Student Entrepreneurs
• June 15, 2015 - David A. Menard Quoted in Hartford Business Journal Article on Social Entrepreneurship in Connecticut
• September 15, 2014 - David A. Menard quoted in the Hartford Business Journal
• Hartford Courant - Free Seminar About 'Cloud' Data Storage

• April 21, 2017 - David Menard to moderate Investor Roundtable: Funding & Investing in B-Corps at the Yale School of Management
• July 21, 2016 - David Menard will be a panelist at "Innovation Connection! Entrepreneurship & Capital - Where's the Money?," in Stamford, CT.
• May 18, 2016 - David Menard, Anthony Gangemi and Meredith Burns to present at UConn iQ InQbator Workshop #2 in Storrs, CT
• April 27, 2016 - David Menard presented “Duties of A Manager/Director of a Connecticut Limited Liability Company” to the Physicians Alliance of Connecticut
• Institute of Supply Management

• March 30, 2021 - Equity Financing for Startups and Entrepreneurs Webinar Recording
• February 24, 2021 - Emerging Companies Group Webinar Recording: Legal Basics for Entrepreneurs and Startups

• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
• Connecticut

• George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 2002)
• Boston College (B.A., cum laude, 1997)