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San Diego, California, Us

Escondido, California, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

Responsible for leadership of entire transaction process from receipt of LOI and/or signed purchase agreement, through due diligence and post-closing transition of property to operations team to ensure timely, compliant and cost effective completion of transactions. Created transaction tracking tools, including management of critical dates and purchase agreement abstracts, to improve team collaboration. Manage development team contract drafting, change orders. Negotiate contracts with consultants and vendors. Support tenant coordination activities for mixed-use projects, including lease drafting, insurance tracking and receipt, and construction of TI's. Serve as liaison for development team and external parties including consultants, vendors, contractors and public entities as is appropriate.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Assisted General Counsel with conflict management, insurance tracking and communications, and contract management. Worked with marketing department to conceptualize branding and filed federal and state trademark applications. Assisted business units with contract review, review and revision of confidentiality agreements, and advised property managers regarding small claims actions. Maintained compliance by filing annual and biennial statements of information. Drafted corporate resolutions, operating agreements, amended operating agreements, signature authority resolutions. Organized multiple limited liability companies. Created entity tracking tools to improve efficiency and transparency and became a first responder to accounting for questions about entities. Coordinated and oversaw the due diligence process for all company acquisitions and dispositions, including review of seller documents, property inspections, environmental site assessments, and coordinated with title and escrow companies. Managed 1031 exchanges, including reverse exchanges. Reviewed and drafted commercial lease agreements, amendments, landlord consents, and landlord subordination agreements.

My practice focuses on the areas of business and corporate law, intellectual property law, and litigation. I enjoy assisting small and medium-sized businesses with their needs, including organization, governance, contract review and/or negotiation, and if necessary, litigation. I am also a passionate advocate of branding and have extensive experience with trademark law, including counseling clients in trademark selection, filing applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, successfully responding to Office Action Refusals, and trademark litigation before the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board.

Carlsbad, California, Us

Extensive experience researching and drafting responses to Official Office Actions issued by the USPTO for trademark application refusals based on likelihood of confusion. Experienced with using and navigating the USPTO website, including TESS, TEAS, TSDR, and TTAB. Drafted estate planning documents, including wills, trusts, power of attorneys, trust amendments, codicils, and quickclaim deeds. Prepared report and accounting for conservatorship matter. Conducted corporate and LLC audits, including quarterly IP audits. Developed action plan for continuing entity governance clients and managing client IP portfolios.

Analyzed bankruptcy cases for suspicious &/or fraudulent activity, and referred such cases to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Drafted motions to dismiss bankruptcy cases and evidentiary declarations. Researched novel bankruptcy issues and wrote persuasive memos and motions for filing.

I began working as a law clerk at Berman & Riedel, LLP, the summer after my 1L year, following my return to the US from spending the summer studying abroad in Prague, Czech Republic. Berman & Riedel is a plaintiff's personal injury firm, specializing in elder abuse and neglect cases. While at the firm, I gained experience in all stages of a case, from client intake interviews, drafting complaints, propounding discovery, responding to discovery, motions in limine, drafting demand letters, drafting trial briefs, and preparing trial exhibit books. I also conducted legal research and drafted many memos relating to elder abuse and neglect laws.My experiences in civil litigation taught me about the rigorous discovery process, the ups and downs of settlement negotiations, and all the work that goes into preparing for trial.

New York, Ny, Us

Created a project dictionary of terms for use in the new database renovation system. Analyzed and evaluated global Position & Balance exception reporting measures, thresholds and escalation points, to ensure integrity and transparency over the total population of firm accounts. Conducted SWOT assessments to determine appropriate risk levels, and researched and proposed solutions for the development of a new global workgroup to monitor account risk levels.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Assisted supervisors on the Kitting line at Factory #2 in Austin, Texas. Learned about visual factory initiatives and LEAN manufacturing principles. Improved factory communications by implementing a business plan deployment board incorporating visual factory principles. Obtained Yellow Belt in Dell's BPI Program after completing LEAN training and implementing my business process improvement project.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Education record

B.S., Organizational Leadership & Supervision Technology