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Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Provide legal service to Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (CBI), and subsidiary companies.Respond to legal inquiries from departments and branches (business units).Provide advice and counsel regarding regulations, State and Federal statutes, and court orders and rulings governing the activities of CBI and its subsidiaries. Provide advice and counsel related to product development.

Kansas City, Missouri

Provide legal service to Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (CBI), and subsidiary companies.Respond to legal inquiries from departments and branches (business units).Provide advice and counsel regarding regulations, State and Federal statutes, and court orders and rulings governing the activities of CBI and its subsidiaries. Provide advice and counsel related to product development.

Overland Park, Kansas

• Responsible for preparation and/or revision of all of company’s consumer-facing documents for company’s credit card product. Responsible for ensuring such documents comply with applicable regulations, including, but not limited to, Regulation Z, Regulation P and Regulation B.• Drafted various vendor relationship documents, including master service agreements and associated statements of work, change orders, and purchase orders.• Responsible for editing and revising company policies regarding human resources, compliance and customer relations.• Provide legal counsel to and legal research for all company departments. • Responsible for negotiating and drafting of all company non-disclosure agreements.

Overland Park, Ks

• Responsible for preparation and/or revision of all of company’s consumer-facing documents for company’s credit card product. Responsible for ensuring such documents comply with applicable regulations, including, but not limited to, Regulation Z, Regulation P and Regulation B.• Drafted various vendor relationship documents, including master service agreements and associated statements of work, change orders, and purchase orders.• Responsible for editing and revising company policies regarding human resources, compliance and customer relations.• Provided legal counsel to and legal research for all company departments. • Responsible for negotiating and drafting of all company non-disclosure agreements.

Kansas City, Missouri

Develops, manages and maintains company’s joint facility agreements with other railroad entities. Serves as primary point of contact for all company joint facility issues.Oversees team charged with maintaining company compliance with Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) accident/incident reporting requirements. Responsible for training company’s Reporting Specialist.Coordinates company response for annual FRA civil penalty settlement conference in Washington, including negotiation of final settlement. Serves as company’s primary point of contact with the FRA local and regional staff. Represents company during multiple FRA compliance audits for various regulatory areas including, but not limited to, operating practices, hours of service reporting and accident/incident reporting. Provides company response to FRA inquiries during these audits, relying on ability to correctly read and interpret various regulatory documents.Provides legal counsel to multiple departments including, but not limited to, Collections, Joint Facilities, Sales and Marketing, Real Estate, and Operations. Drafts various legal documents including, but not limited to, contracts, industry track agreements, leases, easements, settlement and release agreements, and operating agreements.Serves as company subject matter expert for accident/incident reporting and joint facilities for various KCSR outside counsel, providing KCSR information as requested for several litigated matters.Participates in multiple Association of American Railroads committees, including the Safety Lawyers and Safety Forum committees.Manages responses to bankruptcy proceedings for all actions in which company is a creditor. Responses include filing of proofs of claims and coordination with local counsel in matters which require additional filing/expertise.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Oversaw team charged with maintaining company compliance with FRA accident/incident reporting requirements. Drafted comprehensive manual for coordinating company compliance with FRA accident/incident reporting regulations in 2012. Developed internal training program for instructing field personnel Coordinated company response for annual FRA civil penalty settlement conference in Washington, including negotiation of final settlement number. Final settlement amount consistently 5-10% under company accruals.Represented company during multiple FRA compliance audits for multiple regulatory areas including, but not limited to, operating practices, hours of service and accident/incident reporting. Provided company response to FRA inquiries during these audits. In particular, successfully coordinated company response to FRA accident/incident recordkeeping audits in 2012 and 2014, which led to a 96% reduction in assessed violations of reporting regulations from 2010 to 2014.Provided legal counsel to multiple departments including, but not limited to, Collections, Joint Facilities, Sales and Marketing, Real Estate, and Operations. Assisted in the management and maintenance of company’s joint facility agreements with other railroad entities. Serve as backup for company’s AVP of Joint Facilities and respond to joint facility questions in his absence. Drafted various legal documents including, but not limited to, contracts, leases, easements, and settlement and release agreements.Provided KCSR information as requested to various KCSR outside counsel.Participated in multiple Association of American Railroads committees, including the Safety Lawyers and Safety Forum committees.Managed responses to bankruptcy proceedings for all actions in which company is a creditor.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Greater Omaha Area

A 28-member Board of Directors, headed by an Executive Committee, establishes UNO Alumni Association policy, reviews programs, issues awards and provides feedback and suggestions to the university administration.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Member of Board of Directors for Veronica's Voice, a Kansas City-based non-profit organization

Greater Omaha Area

Toledo, Ohio Area

M.B.A., Entrepreneurship

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Moot Court, Student Bar Assocation, Sports Law Association, Delta Theta Phi Fraternity

B.S., History

Activities and Societies: Theta Chi Fraternity, Student Government, Concert Choir, Inter-fraternity Council, Student Orientation.

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