General Counsel for portfolio of health-tech SaaS companies (Brightree, MatrixCare, HEALTHCAREfirst, Citus Health) with over 1,600 employees, providing industry leading operations, billing, and interoperability SaaS solutions and professional services for thousands of organizations in home medical equipment, home infusion pharmacy, and post-acute care.Brightree enables out-of-hospital care organizations to improve their business performance and deliver better health outcomes. As an industry-leading SaaS healthcare company, Brightree provides solutions and services for thousands of organizations in home medical equipment and pharmacy. MatrixCare is a leader in long-term post-acute care software, serving more than 15,000 providers across skilled nursing, life plan communities, senior living and private duty. Named “Best in KLAS” for long-term post-acute care software in 2017 and 2018, MatrixCare’s electronic health record (EHR) solution supports a wide range of long-term care settings, enabling providers to increase patient management efficiencies and deliver superior clinical care. Its wide range of offerings includes point of care, lead and referral management, claims processing, payroll and nutrition management, among others.Citus Health is a digital health transformation leader that enables real-time, secure collaboration between patients, care teams, care partners, and family members to optimize the patient experience and positively impact the financial outcome of the care provider. Citus Health delivers a comprehensive on-demand digital and mobile platform that sets a new standard of patient, caregiver, family, and partner engagement.HEALTHCAREfirst offers electronic health record (EHR) software, billing and coding services, and advanced analytics that enable home health and hospice agencies to optimize their clinical, financial and administrative processes. (NYSE: RMD, ASX: RMD).

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Trusted legal advisor, working with cross-functional groups, diverse internal clients, and handling complex commercial transactions and escalations of legal issues for a global $8.5B software company offering products and services to Fortune 500 companies. Performed analysis and provided guidance on company transactions as well as new go-to-market products, evaluate risk, update templates, create training materials, and manage projects of benefit to the Legal team and department.

Attorney focused on intellectual property litigation, negotiation of licenses, and commercial agreements. • Successfully negotiated the settlement of global (lawsuits in 5 countries) competitor medical device patent litigation for a medical supply company where opposing counsel was the global litigation chair of one of the largest patent law firms in the world.• Represented healthcare professional service company in trademark litigation and lead negotiations in settlement against a party using the client’s marks in social media.• Provided the firm with a critical “in-house” perspective when approaching and dealing with clients.

Legal generalist with primary duties in drafting, review and negotiation of various agreements, intellectual property, marketing/e-commerce, technology licensing, managing IP and employment litigation.• Successfully negotiated deals with the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, Apple, IBM, other enterprise accounts.• Managed the successful litigation and settlement of large patent litigation with nine-figure demand.• Oversaw outside counsel and achieved successful resolutions for employment litigation and EEOC proceedings, including an EEOC pattern and practices case of ADAAA accommodation discrimination.

In-House counsel for online wireless retailer, MVNO and unified communications company. • Reviewed, drafted and negotiated agreements for IT and Marketing/Business Development business units • Interacted with federal, state and consumer agencies for compliance matters• Worked with outside counsel for intellectual property matters • Gathered and assembled due diligence materials for the company’s IPO• Drafted memorandum for and advised senior management and business units regarding issues arising from acquisitions, corporate governance, securities, Sarbanes-Oxley, CAN-SPAM, and other matters