Tom Buscaglia, The Game Attorney, is a principal in the law firm The Game Attorney PC with offices in the Seattle, Washington, area. Tom has assisted over 200 independent game development studios since 1991 with all aspects of business and legal matters. Tom dounded the IGDA charitable Foundation and served on the IGDA Board of Directors of the International Game Developers Association from 2005 - 2011. Tom wrote the chapter entitled “Effective Developer Agreements” for the book, The Secrets of the Game Business and has written numerous articles, including Game Developer Magazine and the Game Law series of articles and an Expert Blog on Gamasutra.com. Tom is a perennial presenter at numerous conferences such as the Game Developer Conference and PAX where he speaks on the game industry business and legal matters.