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New York City, New York, Us

New York City, New York, Us

Gaithersburg, Maryland, Us

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Advising on the global integration of Pivotal employees into VMware, including various types of offer letters and termination paperwork. Actively participating on Covid-19 Global Crisis Management Team with VMware executives and senior leaders; guided management on novel legal issues, including reopening offices all over the world. Advising on M&A deal with employees/contractors in several countries. Managing employment law litigation. Counseling on non-U.S. overtime pay laws, analysis of jobs, and implementation of processes for compliance.

San Francisco, California, Us

Working remotely, I built and implemented employment law function for company (spin-off of EMC) that went from "start-up" to publicly-traded global company with over 3,000 employees. Proactively partnered with executives and People Team (HR) to develop best employment practices. Oversaw employment law litigation and investigations. Provided strategic counseling and training on all types of HR policies, initiatives, and agreements, including sensitive or emerging issues, such as diversity recruiting, contingent workers, mental health disabilities, remote employees, pay equity, candidate assessment tools, non-accrual vacation policy, immigration strategy, social media, and security threats. Drove implementation of affirmative action compliance program required for U.S. government contractors; handled audit related inquiries. Strategically developed and implemented global ethics and compliance program. Counseled on export compliance, global security and privacy issues, including achieving GDPR compliance in 2018. Drafted and implemented numerous policies such as code of conduct and anti-bribery and gift policy. Directed fraud investigations. Advised U.S. federal business on issues such as U.S. citizenship requirements and sensitive data protection. Led cross-functional team to prepare official guidelines for mitigating risk when doing business with multiple foreign governments.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Provided strategic guidance on employment law and litigation. As a key member of Dell and EMC world-wide integration team, advised on harmonization of HR policies and processes to create compliant and efficient infrastructure. Directed actions and responses to Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program audits.

Hopkinton, Ma, Us

Advised on all aspects of employment law. Served as lead employment counsel to subsidiaries Pivotal, RSA, and Virtustream, and divisions including U.S. public sector business. Provided business-oriented legal advice on issues such as harassment investigations, M&A transactions, wage and hour rules, reductions-in-force, mobility agreements, contractor classification, divestitures, diversity initiatives, non-competition and non-solicitation disputes, expense fraud, and executive terminations. Counseled on privacy, information security, e-discovery, and records management issues. Chaired various inter-departmental and international task forces.

Hopkinton, Ma, Us

Hopkinton, Ma, Us

As an attorney in the Department of Justice, Executive Office of United States Attorneys' General Counsel's Office, counseled U.S. Attorneys and their senior management teams on employment law and ethics issues.

Rosemont, Il, Us

As first in-house employment attorney, established employment law function for national company with over 28,000 employees

Worldwide, Us

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Junior Year Abroad

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