Core Strengths

Accomplished and award-winning legal and compliance professional with exceptional leadership and critical-thinking skills. Valued business partner who can see the bigger picture and advise executive leadership on legal options and risk implications in line with strategic objectives.  Demonstrated ability to drive product, process, and customer experience improvements through partnership with internal stakeholders. Sought after thought leader with strong ability to quickly distill and communicate complex legal concepts and develop practical and business-minded solutions. Servant leader with deep experience structuring, staffing, developing, and nurturing a legal team comprised of both new and tenured staff.

• Complex/high-value contract negotiation and drafting
• Litigation avoidance and litigation management
• Cost effective retention/management of outside counsel
• Contract standardization and template development
• Corporate governance, disclosure and filing compliance
• Operational re-engineering guidance and support
• Legislative and regulatory analysis and relationship development
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Departmental leadership and talent development
• Risk management and reduction
• Intellectual property portfolio management
• Superior communication skills