Provides contract management, contract dispute resolution, corporate law and regulatory compliance serviceswith an emphasis on: (i) negotiation of capital equipment sales contracts for municipal and industrial infrastructure improvementprojects; (ii) litigation support and dispute resolution; and (iii) ensuring compliance with government regulations. Establish andfoster productive working relationships and combine expedient problem solving ability with broad corporate law experience to deliver management level contract administration and legal service to internal and external customers.

Managed the railroad division’s legal department and reported to the General Counsel regarding legal issues impacting railbased operations.Negotiated settlement agreements with numerous state and federal regulatory agencies (i.e. OSHA, FRA, TSA, EPA, DEP,etc).Researched legal issues and authored memorandums of law and liability assessments in anticipation of litigation.Prepared pretrial documents including: complaints, answers, interrogatories, requests for documents, affidavits, settlementletters and agreements, motions and correspondence to opposing counsel.Negotiated and drafted contracts and license agreements establishing the terms and conditions upon which corporateservices were provided.Drafted and submitted comments to various state and federal regulatory agencies in support of, or opposition to, proposedlegislation.Attended scheduling and pretrial conferences in U.S. District Court as well as hearings before the Surface TransportationBoard.Successfully defended a retaliatory discharge claim arising under the Occupational Safety and Health Act and negotiated theresolution of numerous collections cases.Testified in front of the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation for the State of Maine regarding proposed legislation.

Supervised all regulatory agency inspections (i.e.: OSHA, FDA, DEP, EPA, Board of Health and state licensing bodies).Authored and implemented all written safety programs and employee job descriptions.Oversaw the administration of all workers’ compensation claims.Supervised and reconciled all consumer complaints and product liability claims.Responsible for obtaining all state issued operating permits.Organized and chaired the corporate safety committee.Conducted and facilitated employee training seminars.Performed time management studies and trend analysis to assess organizational needs and achieve workflow optimization.Maintained environmental compliance by researching applicable regulations and statutes and filing government mandatedreports.