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Responsible for legal department management, actively improving department policies, procedures, and workflows.Negotiates to reduce legal spend and prudently manages directing matters to outside counsel in six states.Ensures regulatory compliance for product design, sales, and marketing with weekly meetings, and conducts internal cross-organizational risk mitigation reviews.Leads effort to solicit and negotiate bespoke insurance policies specific to unique business needs, and effectively negotiates vendor contracts.Adeptly drafts agreements and policies, and conducts legal research, investor due diligence reviews, and data privacy audits.Coordinates real estate portfolio acquisitions and legislative advocacy efforts with federal and state entities (including lobbyist efforts) and monitors zoning regulations and developments in multiple states.

I spent 7 years managing all aspects of litigation for a high-volume violent felony caseload, including evaluating merits of cases, advising law enforcement during investigations, and negotiating with defense counsel. Zealously advocated 17 jury trials with a 90% success rate. Enhanced community development by leading judicial diversion Mental Health Court that provides over $3M annual savings to the county. Pro-actively took on a community leadership role to train law enforcement in improving community policing activities.

Engaged with operations manager of the consultancy CityWise team to implement best practices for partnership contract management. Contributed guidance for creating best practices for internal policies. Worked on a cross-functional team to begin drafting and implementing new policies.

Before transferring to the Fifteenth Circuit, I was the trial attorney responsible for all elements of prosecuting felony and misdemeanor charges in Circuit Court, including jury trials. In this role I spearheaded the establishment of a Drug Court, including successfully negotiating with local government officials to secure funding for the creation of the program.

Remote

In this part-time role (in tandem with my full-time role as Assistant District Attorney) I researched and drafted legal business documents including cease and desist letters, non-compete agreements, commercial leases, and employment agreements that included intellectual property ownership terms.

District Of Columbia, United States

I cultivated a talent for operations by taking on this 1-year contract as program coordinator for a real estate developer where I managed a heavily customer-facing multi-million dollar risk mitigation project for a construction defect project in the mixed used land development CityCenter condominium project. I was responsible for managing the project budget and workflow of subcontractors and a team of 10 staff.

Atlanta, Ga

On a 6-month contract, I contributed to a special litigation team on a multi-national lawsuit within tight discovery timelines, completing fast-paced advanced legal reviews in English and Spanish for relevance and redactions.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Concentration In Leadership And Management, Forte Women Business Scholar

Activities and Societies: Participated in a Copenhagen Business School visiting student program to collaboratively learn best practices.

Jd, International Law

Activities and Societies: Family Law SocietyServed as an intern at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former.

Bachelor Of Arts, International Studies And Global Economics & Latin American Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity Students for Students InternationalMy coursework focused on International.