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Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Leading the firm’s Innovation and Knowledge Management (KM) Program, with the primary focus being to provide more efficient, effective and automated solutions to meet the vast requirements of our attorney’s - ultimately benefiting our clients through quality work product at lower costs. Create strategic plans, conduct ROI analysis, and perform risk assessments while managing all aspects of the Innovation project portfolio, including custom application development and commercial procurements. Precedent Documents & Experience ManagementDeveloped a proprietary knowledge management web application that provides advanced filtering and search capabilities for research and model documents. This tool is integrated with our document management system to maintain document integrity. Designed and maintain an extensive KM data warehouse.Strategic PricingDevelop tools to leverage matter experience and time and billing data to facilitate strategic pricing initiatives. These tools also allow for near real-time budget tracking and management.Custom Application DevelopmentDesign, implement and manage several bespoke web applications, ranging from resource allocation tools to matter management and BI dashboards. Proficient in writing T-SQL queries using complex joins, grouping, aggregation, nested subqueries, as well as views and stored procedures to feed a front-end web applications, leveraging a combination of ColdFusion and JQuery. These tools save countless lawyer hours, redirecting efforts from administrative, analytical and/or project management to billable work.

Greater New York City Area

Conducted business process and systems analysis to facilitate efficiency and cost management efforts to increase margin. Implemented and managed enhanced internal controls for account level P&L management. Worked closely with team members on a fiscal budgeting and strategic sales initiative, assessing our customers’ technical landscape and corresponding key risk areas. This included taking lead as a project manager on a global customer inventory true-up project, resulting in increased revenue and cost savings for the business.

Greater New York City Area

Proficient in using LexisNexis/Westlaw for legal research and Microsoft Office tools for document production and management.Practicing Attorney: Provided consultation to clients, while setting up alternative fee arrangements for various phases of a litigation file. Performed extensive research. Drafted legal pleadings, motions, and briefs and prepared trial examination questions and arguments. Made daily court appearances, representing clients during arraignments, hearings, and plea negotiations.Law Office Management: Oversaw all aspects of advertising, time management and billing procedures of the partnership. Designed and launched the law practice website with appropriate usability and accessibility considerations. Created, developed and managed content for law firm’s web presence. Used Web 2.0 technologies to launch a site blog to increase search engine traffic and exposure to law practice legal services. Implemented new billing and accounting software for the firm and trained support staff and office attorneys in the use of the new system. Provided technology support for office.

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science & Computer Applications Program

Activities and Societies: Study Abroad – Milan, Italy Summer 2006 Notre Dame Women’s Boxing Club

Juris Doctor

Activities and Societies: Awarded 2008 PILA Fellowship (Public Interest Law Association Fellowship) Member of Public Interest Law.