Legal executive with substantial portfolio of managerial, corporate, M&A, financial, advisory and litigation experience including: General Counsel and Executive Vice President, VNU USA, Inc.—Chief legal officer of information company with 15 operating subsidiaries. Headed team managing human resources, real estate, licensing, corporate development; closed more than 20 acquisitions.Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Thomson Financial, Inc—Acquisition analysis and closing. Director, Corporate Development, Blackboard Inc.—Acquisition analysis and closing. Vice President and General Counsel, iLife Solutions, Inc.—Chief legal officer at medical technology startup. Reg D funding, filed patents. Litigated patent infringement claim, to $10.1 million judgment. Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Gloster Partners—Raised $14 million, acquired financial information company from Media General, Inc. Assistant General Counsel, International Municipal Lawyers Association. Counsel at nationwide association of 3000 local government attorneys. Advocacy and litigation: -Director, IMLA Opioid Litigation Group assessing municipal strategies in national litigation: “Too Much of a Bad Thing: Municipalities and the Opioid Curse,” March -April 2018 Municipal Lawyer--http://imla.org/images/links/Too-Much-of-a-Bad-Thing-Municipalities-and-the-Opioid-Curse-ML-March-April-2018.pdf“Opioid Wars-The Battle for Remand” – July-August 2018 Municipal Lawyer - http://imla.org/images links/The-Opioid-Wars-Battling-Over-Remand-ML-July-August-2018.pdf“Opioid Wars-Notes from the Front”-September-October 2019 Municipal Lawyer—http://imla.org/images/links/The-Opioid-Wars-Notes-from-the-Front-ML-September-October-2019.pdf-lead counsel and primary author of Supreme Court amicus brief in Comptroller of Maryland v. Wynne, no. 13-485 (2015); Japanese and French language skills.
Listed skills include Management Consulting and French.