Tatum "Tate" Hilmoe

Tate advises mid-market, growth-stage, and Fortune 500 companies on structuring and negotiating complex commercial relationships, accelerating deal execution, and managing legal risk in highly regulated and technology-driven environments. His work spans MSAs, strategic vendor and commercial agreements, SaaS and enterprise technology contracts, data privacy, and ongoing outside general counsel support.

He also counsels companies exploring asset tokenization and emerging digital asset frameworks, bringing together transactional depth with a practical, compliance-aware approach to regulatory and data considerations.

Clients value his ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, business-focused guidance that enables executive teams to make informed decisions efficiently and with confidence.

Outside the office, he prioritizes family time, enjoys sailing a Hobie, and searches for great taquerias. Tate is an active member of the Maryland Blockchain Association.

• Chief Legal Officer to Proto
• Chief Legal Officer to Justifire Technologies
• Chief Legal Officer to M8 Systems
• Prior In-house corporate counsel to TSI (life science, manufacturing, & tobacco)
• Represented Los Angeles area SaaS company in its stock sale to a competitor.
• Represented Miami based tobacco company with its nationwide licensing and overseas manufacturing.
• Represented Southern California based plastic recycling manufacturer with its acquisition of a competitor.
• Represented privately owned holding company with the sale of its multiple retail outlets in San Diego.
• Represented Maryland based cannabis company in its acquisition by a nationwide cannabis conglomerate, in a cash for stock transaction.
• Represented Los Angeles based SaaS company develop and deploy its stock incentive plan for employees and exit plan for one of its founders.
• Represented San Diego based medical device company in the asset sale of its patents and other intellectual property in a cash transaction.
• Represented Orange County based golf manufacturer with its stock buyback and the reincorporation into Delaware as it moved operations out of CA.
• Successfully represented Los Angeles based distributor with a $10M fraud action in Superior Court.
• Successfully defended Los Angeles based distributor from an 80+ defendant Lanham Act claim in the Northern District of California.
• Represented mid-size companies on a variety of matters, including master service agreements, data privacy and general issues related to corporate governance.

Tate graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.A. in Economics. He received his J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law on scholarship and during that time was a visiting student at Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, CA. 

Tate received his Privacy Law and Data Protection Certification from the University of Pennsylvania.

• California
• Maryland
• United States District Court - Southern District of California
• United States District Court - Central District of California
• United States District Court - Northern District of California