Led, managed and mentored 70 brand inspectors, brand inspector supervisors and administrative personnel located in 10 supervisory districts throughout Colorado's 104,000 square miles. Led conversion from paper inspection certificates and reports to digital formats for the Brand Inspection Division's 55,000+ annual reports covering approximately 4.6 million livestock inspections. Led the Division's efforts to deter and resolve livestock theft, facilitate commerce, protect livestock producers and… Show more Led, managed and mentored 70 brand inspectors, brand inspector supervisors and administrative personnel located in 10 supervisory districts throughout Colorado's 104,000 square miles. Led conversion from paper inspection certificates and reports to digital formats for the Brand Inspection Division's 55,000+ annual reports covering approximately 4.6 million livestock inspections. Led the Division's efforts to deter and resolve livestock theft, facilitate commerce, protect livestock producers and commercial lenders, and create accurate livestock movement records to enable trace-backs in the event of disease outbreaks. Through the Brand Recorder, researched, recored and administered Colorado's 30,000+ registered livestock brands. Show less

Led general practice law firm's work in the fields of employment, administrative, business, equine and gaming law.

Chief executive officer of publicly traded resort and gaming company engaged in financing and developing a phased $600 million destination resort in northern Mississippi.

Led publicly traded resort and gaming company with offices in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Miami, Florida, and Paradise Island, The Bahamas. Served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief of Staff. Assisted in successfully guiding the company through a chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Designed and led company law departments at Resorts International, Inc. and Harrah's.

As one of four Presidential Translators on the Washington-Moscow Emergency Communications Link ("Hot Line"), translated test and official messages from the Soviet government to the U.S. government. Received Joint Service Commendation Medal.

Interrogated North Vietnamese and Viet Cong prisoners of war and defectors to locate American POWs and identify infiltration routes into South Vietnam from North Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Received Bronze Star Medal.