Raymond R. Bonnabeau - Minneapolis, MN
Attorney at Hellmuth & Johnson
Information Technology & E-Commerce Lawyers in Minneapolis, MN
8050 West 78th Street Minneapolis, MN 55439
Minneapolis Information Technology & E-Commerce Lawyer
Updated: 03/10/2026
Areas of Practice
- Information Technology & E-Commerce
- Intellectual Property
Attorney Information
Overview
Ray Bonnabeau is a partner with the firm and serves as chair of the Information Technology and eCommerce Practice Group.
Since 1995, Ray's practice has been exclusively in the IT and eCommerce fields. The majority of his clients are large to mid-sized highly regulated entities in the healthcare, financial and insurance industries. While his focus is on representing the user or acquirer of IT, he also represents providers of technology from an eCommerce and licensing perspective.
Ray frequently serves as lead counsel to strategize and negotiate agreements in"mission critical” engagements. Ray has drafted and negotiated hundreds of IT and eCommerce agreements, including multiple eight figure agreements, for internationally, nationally and regionally recognized organizations. His practice includes a full range of potential IT and eCommerce agreements, including without limitation:
- Major System Acquisitions
- Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record systems, PACS, RIS, Laboratory and related subsystems
- Healthcare claims, Payroll and Decision Support systems and related subsystems
- Licensing
- Complex licensing agreements and related services, including related service level agreements, data privacy obligations or agreements, complex SOWs and support services
- Client-hosted, ASP and Software as a Service (SaaS) agreements
- Database licenses
- Co-branding agreements
- Source code and other technology escrows
- Hardware purchase and lease agreements
- Service level agreements
- IP rights assignment agreements
- Open source agreements
- Software Development Agreements
- Complex development engagements
- Joint development agreements (shared IP)
- Telecommunication Agreements
- Full telecommunication system replacements and acquisitions
- ATM
- Frame relay
- Phone service intrastate/interstate/international
- Area networking
- Co-Location
- Cellular
- Circuit, Router, T1 Lines, etc
- Pagers and custom paging software
- Dispatch
- Internet data services agreements
- Internet
- Development agreements
- Terms of use; browse-wrap and click-wrap
- Web site privacy policies
- Services Agreements
- Business process outsourcing agreements
- Consulting agreements
- Outsourcing agreements
- Co-location agreements
- Disaster recovery agreements
- Data privacy and data security agreements
- eCommerce Agreements
- eCommerce services agreements
- B2B and B2C eCommerce agreements for national financial entities, healthcare and start-up companies
Training Services-please visit Hellmuth & Johnson's IT and eCommerce Practice Group page for a description of our services.
Click here to read Ray's System Agreements article.
Ray is a former Adjunct Professor at William Mitchell College of Law, having taught Licensing and Intellectual Property Transactions, both advanced skills-based courses.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Phi Kappa Phi
Education
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Legal Education
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William Mitchell College of Law,
St. Paul,
Minnesota, 1992
J.D.
Honors: cum laude
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William Mitchell College of Law,
St. Paul,
Minnesota, 1992
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Non Legal Education
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University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, 1989
B.A.
Honors: summa cum laude
Major: Psychology
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University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, 1989
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Past Positions
- Bonnabeau, Salyers, Stites & Doe, LLC, Partner
- Thomas & Bonnabeau, P.A., Partner
Classes and Seminars
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Licensing, William Mitchell College of Law, Adjunct Professor (Fall 2008 & 2009)
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Intellectual Property Transactions, William Mitchell College of Law, Adjunct Professor (Spring 2008, 2009 & 2010)
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Contracts as Business Management Tools, National Assn. of Purchasing Management 12th Annual Regional Education Conference
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Save Your Company, Save Your Career: Recognizing and Reacting to Contracting Traps for the Unwary, National Assn. of Purchasing Management 12th Annual Regional Education Conference
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Do's and Don't in Licensing Agreements, St. Mary's Duluth Clinic, Duluth, MN
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Information Technology Contracts 101, Billings Clinic, Billings, MT
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Software Licensing Agreements, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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System Agreements, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN
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Computer System Agreements, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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System Acquisition Agreements, Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, MN
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Contracting Guidelines, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Computer System Acquisition Agreements (annotated document series), Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, MN
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Thinking of IT Contracts as Business Management Tools, Billings Clinic, Billings, MT
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Software Licensing Agreements, Billings Clinic, Billings MT
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Users Are Buying Information Technology the "Wrong" Way, Ramsey County Bar Association, St. Paul, MN
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Users Are Buying Information Technology the "Wrong" Way, Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, MN
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Licensing Agreements, Hennepin County Attorney Office
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ABC's of Software Licensing, All District Legal Education, Eagan, MN
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IT Contracts as Business Management Tools, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
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IT Contracts as Business Management Tools, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI
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IT Contracting Guidelines, Northern States Power Company
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Business and Legal Issues with IT Contracts, 5th Annual Healthcare Attorney's Meeting, Red Lodge, MT
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Save Your Company, Save Your Career: Recognizing and Reacting to Contracting Traps for the Unwary, Hellmuth & Johnson, PLLC
- Privacy Law & Regulations, Hellmuth & Johnson, PLLC
Representative Clients
Mayo Clinic (MN, AZ, FL and regional sites)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Sanford Health
St. Mary's Duluth Health System
Published Works
Articles
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System Agreements, Law and Business of Computer Software, 2nd Edition, 2007
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Treating Information Technology Contracts as Business Management Tools, Group Practice Journal, August, 2006
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota, 1992
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1996
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1996
Other Affiliations
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- HIMSS - Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society, 2010 - Present
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Contact
8050 West 78th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55439
Phone: (952) 746-2121
Fax: (952) 941-2337
Email: Send a message
Hours: Mon – Fri: 8am to 5pm
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