Alex O'Connor Email & Phone Number

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

I am an in-house claims counsel at Fidelity National Title Group, a division of Fidelity National Financial. I am gaining experience in various areas of the law, such as real estate transactions, real property, secured transactions, and contracts. I am licensed in Illinois and Nebraska and am able to waive into all UBE states except Alaska. In this role I have:- Analyzed multi-form insurance policies, purchase and sale agreements, and articles of incorporation to determine standing for coverage investigations.- Settled access issue litigation through mediation with 80 Plaintiffs and $2.4 million initial demand.- Interacted with claimants regarding claim investigations, determinations, and resolution strategies.- Drafted deeds, easement agreements, and settlement and release agreements.- Retained and managed outside counsel to handle complex litigation matters.- Negotiated settlements and rights of first refusal releases.- Mapped complex metes and bounds legal descriptions.

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Chicago, Il

- Not for profit charity dedicated to spreading the awareness of the dangers of social media abuse to teens and young adults to curb current U.S. spikes in depression, suicide and drug overdose. - Developed program that exposes the Oxytocin vs Dopamine biochemical difference to help teens and young adults have more meaningful person-to-person connections. - Published Are We Thriving 30 Day Challenge: Teen Edition book with Barnes & Noble Press visible at AreWeThriving.com

Naperville, Illinois, United States

- Worked through every step of a residential real estate closing on both the buy and sell side.- Drafted a residential lease and organizing documents for a variety of legal entities.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Drafted a Petition for the United States Court of Federal Claims, Office of Special Masters. - Drafted case briefs and a medical records chronology.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Drafted seven judicial opinions.- Viewed weekly motion calls, pre-trial hearings, and a full zoom trial.

Chicago, Il

- Created and ran all aspects of two new political candidate’s campaign efforts.- Focused on local issues and created grassroots organizations to bring together local interest groups in order to push policy agendas.- Effectively created and managed an operating budget of $175,000 in house, secured PAC endorsement of $1.1 million.- Recruited, interviewed and hired 7 full time staff members and managed 32 volunteers.- Organized fundraisers: golf outing, formal dinner, that raised $127,000 collectively. - Created social media program which included Fireside Chat series of videos that received 3,000 – 5,000 views daily.- Researched local issues, drafted public statements and wrote speeches to push policy agendas. - Implemented mailing programs to 93,000+ constituents.- Managed and motivated a distracted candidate to excel in campaign activities.- Messaged questions of confidence and credibility of the other candidates during the primary without resorting to negative or defamatory tactics.

Greater Chicago Area

- Effectively created and managed an operating budget of $175,000 in house, secured PAC endorsement of $1.1 million.- Recruited, interviewed and hired 7 full time staff members and managed 32 volunteers.-Organized fundraisers: golf outing, formal dinner, that raised $127,000 collectively. - Created social media program which included Fireside Chat series of videos that received 3,000 – 5,000 views daily.- Researched local issues, drafted public statements and wrote speeches to push policy agendas. - Implemented mailing programs to 93,000 constituents.

Greater Chicago Area

Campaign Manager- Recruited to create/run all aspects of a new political candidate’s campaign efforts.- Focused on local issues and created grassroots organizations to bring together local interest groups in order to push policy agendas. - Created press releases, secured endorsements of local papers, mayors, and other politicians.- Managed all field staff, fundraising, social media, TV spots, website creation, and events.- Created budget and variance reporting from scratch.- Wrote all candidate speeches, prepped for debates, synthesized policies/drafted policy statements.- Met with local mayors and several other elected officials on candidate's behalf.- Secured endorsement from Super PAC.- In tight primary race, won race by over 24 percentage points.

Morris, Il

- Selected out of a pool of 3,000 applicants for 125 seats nationwide.- Organized a seminar from start to finish for brokers, clients and prospective clients – best case goal was 50 attendees, final attendee count was 146.- Key contributor for summer regional meeting presentations and logistics. - Analyzed financial markets on a daily basis and produced Hypothetical Market Activity Reports which were later used to make investment recommendations for target clients.- Interacted with clients on a daily basis during client meetings. - Promoted employer position on economic trends, forecasts, and investment planning.- Provided assistance with many networking and community events, including speaking and countless hours of community service.

Peru, Il

- Created a campaign website with the capabilities to take in donations – from scratch and without any assistance in one day. First major donations received within 48 hours. - Managed the Senator’s entire suite of social media outlets: facebook, twitter, youtube, email responses, and blog. - Key organizer in orchestrating successful fundraising events.- Attended events and spoke on Senator Sue Rezin’s behalf: Directly addressed City Council meetings, County Board meetings, JCAR Committee meeting, Chamber of Commerce events, networking lunches and dinners, ribbon cutting and ground breaking ceremonies.- Coordinated events and met with seven local mayors to entice them into active involvement with The Illinois River Regional Flood Coalition. - Worked directly with Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and his staff during his campaign: organizing speeches, taking pictures, coordinating logistics.

Doctor Of Law - Jd

- Trial Advocacy Team, Fall 2020 – Fall 2021: NETC Team Captain and Semi-Finalist, Spring 2021 - Student Bar Association; State Bar.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Economics With A Public Policy Concentration

- Delta Tau Delta Chi Chapter Vice-President - First, Second, Third and Senior Year Student Council Class Representative - Academic.