Effective as of March 16, 2021, Jason Soncini was appointed as General Counsel of Acacia Research Corporation. Mr. Soncini, age 44, joined Acacia as General Counsel on March 16, 2021. From April 2017 until he joined Acacia, Mr. Soncini was employed at Shanda Group, initially as Deputy General Counsel and then as General Counsel. From October 2013 until April 2017, Mr. Soncini was an attorney at Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. Mr. Soncini began his legal career at Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP in 2006. Mr. Soncini received his J.D. from Northwestern University and holds a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan.