Lead operations attorney for Lerner & Rowe and director of the firm’s brand protection efforts. Focus on defending the firm from online threats, enforcing trademark rights, and advising on processes and procedures that allow the firm to deliver legal services more efficiently and effectively.

Practice focused on the representation of management in employment and traditional labor law matters, including claims of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination, as well as defending against unfair labor practice charges, providing advice to employers facing union organization campaigns, and interpreting and negotiating collective bargaining agreements. Also a member of the Collegiate and Professional Sports Practice Group, advising NCAA collegiate clients regarding compliance issues, investigatory matters, and developing department policies.

• Provided business and legal advice on strategic, tactical, and operational issues including: litigation, contracts, commercial transactions, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, political considerations, and other general legal matters. • Represented small and large corporations, individuals, governmental bodies, and non-profits in all phases of business-related litigation - prelit, drafting and responding to discovery, taking depositions, drafting and arguing dispositive motions, ADR and trial experience - in state and federal court. • Drafted and argued numerous motions resulting in favorable orders and judgments.• Drafted and review complex transaction documents including letters of intent, purchase and sale agreements, financing statements, corporate charters and bylaws, partnership agreements, and licensing agreements.

• Defended businesses, individuals, and insurance carriers against wrongful claims in state and federal court. • Worked directly with clients to anticipate, identify, and manage areas of liability and legal exposure. • Provided key legal and financial analysis in transactional and contested matters resulting in added value.• Drafted disclosure statements, prepared and responded to discovery requests, led significant depositions and witness preparation, argued dispositive motions and evidentiary hearings. • Prepared position summaries and represented clients in mediations, facilitations, and case evaluations.• Drafted and argued numerous dispositive motions resulting in favorable orders, judgments, and dismissals.• Managed a significant litigation caseload; led over One Hundred depositions of parties, experts, & witnesses.• Reviewed insurance contracts and drafted revisions to policy language to protect clients’ interests.negotiated numerous favorable settlement agreements for clients.• Provided key analysis for clients in complex priority disputes between multiple competing insurers.• Handled dozens of cases with liability exposures of One Hundred Thousand to Ten Million Dollars.

Masud Labor Law Group is a premier mid-Michigan law firm with an AV Preeminent® rating. The firm provides comprehensive legal services for public and private sector employer clients on a local, regional, and national level. • Assisted in defense of clients in a variety of employment and labor matters before the EEOC, NLRB, and in State and Federal Court. • Secured value for clients in transactional matters including contract disputes and collective bargaining.• Developed strategies, counseled clients, and resolved disputes regarding employment issues and regulatory legal problems involving the NLRA, FLSA, OSHA, Title VII, ADEA, and ADA, among others.• Authored a variety of motions and briefs, position statements, legal memoranda, letters to clients, and numerous published articles on labor and employment law.• Represented clients in a wide range of labor and employment matters including employment agreements, restrictive covenants, government affairs, and real estate issues.

Washington University has a long and rich tradition of athletic achievement. Since the mid-1970's the Bears have competed as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division III. WashU has been a member of the University Athletic Association (UAA) since the beginning of the 1987-88 season. Throughout its athletic history, Washington University has continued to establish itself as both a leader and pioneer in the world of student-athletics.• Worked closely with the Director of Athletics, the Deputy Director of Athletics, and the Associate Athletic Director for Varsity Programs as part of the team that is transforming the Washington University Athletic Department into a top tier national program.• Extensively utilized the NCAA Legislative Services Database (LSDBI) to research legislative text, interpretations, educational columns, legislative proposals, major infraction cases, and legislative relief waivers, resulting in several favorable decisions and opinions from the NCAA for Washington University Athletics.• Prepared memoranda for the Director of Athletics regarding national legislative changes and numerous NCAA compliance issues, including recruiting, eligibility, financial aid, awards and benefits, and playing season restrictions among others.• Reviewed and created official documents for the Athletic Department; rewrote the athletic department policy manual, resulting in reduced ambiguity and improved compliance.• Worked directly with coaches, students, and university administrators to help them navigate and comply with the ever-changing regulation of Title IX gender equality, health & safety, workplace standards, and permissible hours for athletically related activities. • Selected to represent WashU at the 2016 NCAA Emerging Leaders Seminar.

Osborne HomeCare Group is a national mergers & acquisition practice exclusively devoted to private duty home care firms and home health agencies. Our Confidential Sale projects involve taking healthy firms to market as part of a private, multiple offer process designed to attract full market value deals. More than 95% of the firms we take to market are acquired. Our Acquisition Search projects involve sourcing and originating deals on behalf of our buyer clients. More than 95% of our acquisition clients achieve their mission. In addition, the Sale Preparation/Valuation practice delivers value enhancing and exit strategy recommendations for firm owners with an exit horizon of one to five years.* Performed industry, market, and competitor due diligence for complex transactions, drafted proposals and confidential offering memoranda, and gained experience with the Security Acts of `33 & `34.* Increased value for clients by providing EBITA and profit margin valuations of acquisition targets. * Researched and prepared memoranda regarding licensure laws for brokers and real estate agents in California (including a detailed review of the California Business and Professions Code), Arizona, and 15 other states, resulting in the ability for Osborne to successfully expand its business in those states.* Spearheaded company outreach efforts with national franchises and provided financial analysis and evaluation for multiple clients; drafted, edited, and reviewed Confidential Offering Memoranda and Letters of Intent, industry analysis, and valuation.* Participated in negotiations with prospective buyers, recruiters, client-sellers, and third-party brokers, resulting in multiple successful M&A transactions. * Part of the team that improved company process for M&A valuation and sale, including attracting new clients, expanding cost analysis, marketing, and risk assessment.

Instructor for LSAT, GMAT, SAT, and ACT preparation classes and tutorials.Consistently achieved results surpassing industry benchmarks for student score improvement.Demonstrated excellence interacting with various working styles and personalities in diverse settings.

Meijer is a leading Supercenter located in five states throughout the Midwest, with over 200 stores and more than 72,000 employees. Its Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and stores, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities throughout Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin and Kentucky. As a multi-billion dollar retailer, Meijer is one of the largest privately held company in the country. • Conducted research, drafted memoranda, and made recommendations to senior counsel in areas of labor and employment law, finance, real estate, risk management, contracts, and litigation, leading to positive outcomes affecting dozens of stores in multiple states. • Worked jointly with the General Counsel on various legal matters, including the evaluation and improvement of corporate policies and compliance processes.• Supported senior counsel in significant products liability and breach of contract litigation.

Missouri circuit courts are courts of original civil and criminal jurisdiction. • Led research, summary, and preparation of legal memoranda for the Court in a complex insurance case regarding allocation of long-tail claims (All-Sums vs. Pro Rata sharing for continuous damage losses) resolving an issue previously undecided under Missouri Law.

​The Michigan Court of Appeals is one of the highest volume intermediate appellate courts in the country. District I is based in Detroit.• Wrote the official Court opinion for a case as a reward for outstanding research and writing, leading to the resolution of an appeal involving state and federal regulation.• Composed numerous bench briefs and memoranda advising the court on legal issues in both civil and criminal cases and analyzed weekly oral arguments.

USA Hockey, Inc., is the National Governing Body for the sport of ice hockey in the United States. Its mission is to promote the growth of hockey in America and provide the best possible experience for all participants by encouraging, developing, advancing and administering the sport. USA Hockey’s Officiating Development Program is a key initiative under the leadership of USA Hockey’s Officiating Education Department. It’s an advanced development program that identifies and trains USA Hockey officials who want to work the highest levels of hockey. Through the ODP, officials are assigned to games across the spectrum of junior hockey (USHL, NAHL, NA3HL) and the Southern Professional Hockey League. In addition to athleticism and superior skating ability, ODP officials possess a full understanding of the game of hockey. They know how to enforce the rules and protocols of the game and also can relate to the emotions and inherent stresses that come along with competitive hockey at the highest levels. They can “think” their way through a game and are able to understand how their actions and inactions affect the way the game is played. ODP officials are coachable and can learn from every situation that they are put in, both positive and negative.• Selected into the prestigious USA Hockey Officiating Development Program; officiated professionally in the Ontario Hockey League, as well as collegiate and Junior-A leagues.• Chosen to referee in USA Hockey’s National Ice Sledge and U.S. Paralympic tournaments.