Corporate/Transactional Practice• Drafted Operating Agreements for joint ventures (such as LLC and partnership)• Drafted Licensing and franchising agreements• Developed website usage and privacy agreements• Drafted Non-Disclosure Agreement, employment and non-compete agreements• Drafted complex commercial transaction agreements (large-scale buy/sell as well as leasing)• Drafted Promissory Note and Security Agreements• Drafted Settlement and Release Agreements• Advise business clients and develop company policies and procedures and other internal processes• Advise start-up clients, joint ventures and entrepreneurs in regulatory and compliance issues• Drafted Articles of Incorporation and by-laws• Represent and advise clients from Asia and Europe in trademark and business formationLitigation Practice - Business/Civil Rights/Criminal Defense/Personal Injury• Manage case from inception to trial – Drafting demand letters, professional correspondences, complaints and other pleadings; Attending conferences (CMC, MSC, etc.)• Motion practice incl. oral arguments on motions (for summary judgment and oppositions thereto, to disqualify counsel, for new trial, mistrial, demurrer and motion to strike and oppositions thereto, to compel discovery, to consolidate cases and opposition thereto, opposition to removal); And in United States District Court, Northern District of California, author of motion to set aside judgment• Propound and respond to written discovery, conduct/defend depositions, percipient and expert• Participate in mediation and arbitration proceedings• Conduct bench and jury trials/ Trial preparation incl. briefing, jury instructions and verdict forms• Co-authored Response Brief-California Supreme Court on the Anti-SLAPP amendment, CCP §425.17• Co-authored Writ of Mandate/Prohibition to the Court of Appeals in the First Circuit – Penal Code §859, Right to Speedy Preliminary Hearing

• Ethically represent the best interests of the client;• Provide workers'​ compensation defense representation to insurers, TPAs, state entities, high deductible and self-insured employers;• Zealously undertake responsibility for all aspects of litigating workers' compensation claim from filing to trials to appeals;• Employ extensive experience in discovery including expert and lay witness depositions;• Provide expertise in negotiations;• Participate in arbitrations and mediations in claims contribution and reimbursement;• Manage client relationships, retention and business development;• Analyze case files, identify issues and recommend litigation strategy to clients;• Prepare monthly productivity reports to clients;• Draft pleadings, petitions, motions, correspondence and other legal documents;• Perform legal research using Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw

-Represented insurance companies, high deductible and self-insured employers, and TPAs in all aspects of workers' compensation defense;-Assumed sole responsibility for litigation of a full caseload including subrogation claims, claims against third-party and other litigation in the Superior Court;-Successfully negotiated reimbursement of 100% of expenses and recovery of attorney’s fees;-Successfully petitioned for Reimbursement and Contribution; Petitions for Reconsideration and for Removal;-Managed litigation tasks including depositions, settlement negotiations, arbitration and mediation;-Engaged in marketing activities including client relationship management, client retention and business development.

• Member, in-house technology team within the bank’s risk management concerning commercial real estate loans• Development of proprietary web-based software for tracking complex commercial real estate valuation and financing deals• Development of software to tracked regulatory and corporate compliance with lending rules and standards• Developed curriculum for and conducted in-person and web-based training for the new software• Load tested and managed roll-out of software• Performed technical support for bugs reported by users and provided work-arounds and updates