Joal Barbehenn, Corporate Counsel

Joal serves as Message Systems in-house counsel on all legal matters, including review of client contracts, formulization of international initiatives and protection of intellectual property (IP) rights. Joal’s focus is to enable the Message Systems team to effectively, efficiently and accurately serve all aspects of our client relationships. He is committed to weighing our need for prudent business practices with our goal of delivering outstanding client service.

Joal brings a broad range of experience on various legal matters to the Message Systems team, including mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property transactions and corporate governance. Prior to joining Message Systems, Joal worked in the Business Transactions Group of Venable LLP where he represented several mid-sized and large software, technology and bio-science businesses. Before joining Venable LLP, Joal served as a judicial law clerk to Maryland Court of Special Appeals Judge, Lawrence F. Rodowsky.