Executive for startup extended-stay hotel brand with locations throughout Florida. Manage vendor contracts and relations, human resource issues and assist outside counsel retained by insurers to defend premises liability claims and litigation. Perform due diligence for hotel property acquisition targets and draft and review purchase and sale agreements. Revamped company procedures to respond to credit card companies for guest chargebacks, improving ‘win-rate’ over 40 percent. Manage various litigation matters, including evictions of non-transient guests. Provide legal advice and guidance to property general managers concerning enforcement of hotel rules and regulations and compliance with state and local regulations and ordinances.

Remote in-house counsel position through secondment agreement with Maurice Wutscher LLP for real estate asset-holding company whose primary businesses include asset management, real estate transactions, and mortgages. Formulated litigation and asset management strategies with Carrington’s various business units. Managed and directed outside counsel through all phases of litigation for claims related to Carrington’s mortgage servicing division and real estate owned (REO) portfolio, including review of draft court filings, invoices and litigation budgets.

Consumer financial services litigation attorney and equity partner between 2015 and 2022. Defended lenders and national financial services organizations in state and federal court actions by customers asserting violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (“FDCPA”), the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) and the Truth-in-Lending-Act (“TILA”), as well as other state and federal consumer protection statutes. Represented banks and national financial institutions in mortgage-related litigation in state and federal court, including fraud, slander of title, quiet title and breach of contract claims. Responsibilities included drafting of memorandums of law, pleadings and responsive pleadings, appellate briefs, discovery requests, responses to discovery requests, substantive motions, including complex legal and technical motions for summary judgment, conducting and defending depositions, attending court conferences and arguing oral motions, preparing cases for trial, and negotiating settlements.

Insurance defense litigation attorney. Independently responsible for defending high volume of first-party property claims in all phases of litigation, from commencement of suit to trial. Provide analysis and review of legal matters relating to applicability of policy terms, exclusions, exceptions, and compliance with insurance claims. Responsibilities include drafting of memorandums of law, pleadings and responsive pleadings, discovery requests, responses to discovery requests, substantive motions, including complex legal and technical Motions for Summary Judgment, conducting depositions, attending court conferences and arguing oral motions, preparing cases for trial, and negotiating settlements.

Attorney in the Legal Services Division. Received regulatory cases referred from licensing and examination divisions regarding securities, money transmission, and various other compliance issues.

Handle local team relations including media, promotions, personnel and football operations for women's professional football team.Frequently report to league offices in Los Angeles concerning relations between franchise and league.

Managed schedules and issued reports using Outlook and Excel for international engineering firm.Performed several side projects, including updating employee database.

Received, indexed and filed documents for renowned multi-state construction defect and personal litigation firm. Assisted attorneys in document preparation for upcoming cases.Handled various other administrative duties for attorneys and paralegals.

Handled various tasks, such as equipment, as well as off-field administrative duties. Trained new members of 2004-2005 staff.