• Dynamic Legal Expert who offers proven success in Civil Litigation; Contract Preparation, Negotiation, and Administration; Start-Up Business Support; Legal Documentation; Policy / Procedure Development; and Risk Mitigation / Management, and who makes sound decisions in alignment with a company s vision and goals to driving winning results.
• Visionary Leader who rises above challenges to enable established and start-up businesses to minimize legal exposure and enhance structural operations, and actively participates in various start-up capital and energy-efficiency events.
• Excellent Communicator who builds and sustains synergistic relationships with public- / private-sector officials, C-level executives, business decision-makers, legal teams, and internal / external experts; who excels in both autonomous and collaborative work environments; and who translates complex terms into easily accessible non-legalese formats.

  Designed and developed a non-legalese basic manual for Bardex Corporation explaining how contracts work.

  Successfully reduced outside counsel costs by researching non-standard contract terms and other legal issues.

  Personally secured State Department approval for a trade transaction that was highly critical to the company.

  Optimized communications by chairing internal status meetings for department managers and company officers.

  Actively improved comprehensive bargaining positions by removing risk language from company forms / agreements.

  Capitalized on the opportunity to lead forward-thinking preparation and execution of Department of State trade license applications and other import / export documents in alignment with critical companywide goals and objectives.

  Contributed experience in identifying and recording commercial data from purchase orders into manufacturing software.

  Strategically steered cradle-to-grave oversight of foreign and domestic oil industry sales and service contracts up to $40 million, including proactively addressing any buried contract terms that presented significant legal exposure.

  Exhibited skill in seamlessly translating insurance and indemnity obligations and obtuse legal terms into easily understandable language, and effectively advised on IP and issues concerning customers, suppliers, and government.

  Prepared Non-Disclosure Agreements and Bailments, and worked with CFO to ensure cash flow from milestone invoicing.

  Represented the company s Contracts Department during ISO 9001 quality audits, and tracked all contract files.

  Drafted and refined contracts and licensing agreements for clients, including preparing import / export contracts for commercial exchanges in Asia, as well as preparing contract and licensing agreements for engineering and research.

  Delivered sound legal advisement to investors and an Asian bank president on methods of conducting business in the U.S., and further counseled a computer engineer on IP, licensing, and litigation with regard to a patent portfolio.

  Led targeted negotiations, drafting, administration, and enforcement of legal, internal corporate, and contractual documents while collectively overseeing daily corporate risk management issues and protecting critical medical data.

  Expertly led complex construction defect litigation matters and advised on post-Enron document retention polices.

  Played a vital role in representing private-sector business, government, and law enforcement clients in litigation matters, including conducting essential legal research to achieve results, as well as providing comprehensive advisement on employment matters in transaction and litigation settings and managing top office staff and attorneys.

Juris Doctorate Western State University, Fullerton, CA

Member Xxxxxx State Bar (SBN 129990 ￨ Since 1987)

Executive Board of Directors (Volunteer Role), Goleta Valley Beautiful NPO

Volunteer Adult English Instructor, Xxxxxx Public Library Adult Literacy Tutoring Program