Primarily conduct commercial litigation, provide advice and counsel to select clients in corporate governance as well as business/financial strategy formulation and implementation.

Capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, structured finance, securitizations, life assets.

Successfully prosecuted and defended business claims including breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of franchise, exclusive distributorship, shareholder and stock purchase agreements, corporate dissolution, construction disputes, insurance coverage, shareholder derivative, trademark infringement, landlord-tenant, conversion, personal injury, product liability, premise liability, FDCPA, matrimonial and medical malpractice litigation. Conducted all phases of discovery in state and federal court, first chair attorney in over 25 non-jury and jury trials.General Counsel: Provide legal advise to an insurance investment banking firm in relation to proposed transactions as well as corporate compliance and governance; prepare documents to support transactions including life insurance policy settlements; prepare confidential information memorandums for acquisitions and capital raise transactions including the related business and financial analysis; draft documents in debt and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions; coordinate the activities of outside counsel including the preparation of offering memorandums and related transaction documents as well as in litigation; represent the company in litigation and other disputes. Conduct due diligence, business, financial and industry analysis to support transactions.Litigation Counsel: Managed and trained paralegals and oversaw the activities of outside counsel prosecuting and defending commercial cases in various US jurisdictions for a national commercial collections agency. Successfully prosecuted and defended business and commercial claims in both state and federal court for creditor clients in the following areas: breach of contract, collections, commercial claims including fraudulent conveyances and preferential transfers. Maintained databases for departmental reporting and corporate planning.

Conducted due diligence, assessed corporate governance issues, performed industry research and reviewed legal documentation related to asset sales, mergers and acquisitions, litigation and capital raising including buy-sell agreements, credit agreements, operating agreements and related documents. Prepared offering memorandum for insurance related mergers and acquisitions including agencies and brokerages. Performed financial analysis for merger and acquisition and capital raising transactions as well as business valuations.

Performed financial analysis of life/health, property/casualty and title insurance companies as well as complex transactions. Managed analysts and coordinated the activities of internal and external deal team members including bank group members in syndicated loan facilities and workouts. Promoted and delivered Capital Markets products and services to insurance industry clients through formulating financial strategy and policy with clients' top management; conceptualized and managed client relationships across the entire First Union product line.

Performed market analysis and market research including customer base segmentation and hypothesis testing. Presented financial and statistical results for the cost-benefit analysis of initiatives and programs. Reviewed operational performance measures and analyzed service levels for various customer care groups; worked with supervisors to improve efficiencies. Resulted in workforce management models designed to exceed targeted service levels through better staffing and coordination. GTE Employee Quality Award winner.

Ensured proper execution and monitored compliance in the financial management of start-up and first-stage capital loans for the Business and Technology Development Program. Coordinated practices and resolved administrative conflicts within various Center divisions. Streamlined contract documents (financial assistance agreement and stock warrant) as well as standard operating procedures used in the Economic Development Financial Assistance Program. Structured contract documents and standard operating procedures for the application, review, award procedures and contract negotiations for the Collaborative Funding Assistance Program.