• Serve as general counsel and senior management team member to domestic business units with $1.7B in revenue. Manage lawyers with business line responsibility.• Chief Privacy Officer, responsible for the design and implementation of a comprehensive information, records management and privacy program at CEC along with information security and management solutions and compliance with PCI, GLBA, FERPA and state privacy laws.• Led broad cross functional, inter-institutional teams in seven month project to restructure operations across 14 brands and 90 campus locations to comply with significant legal and regulatory changes.• Managed Litigation and E-Discovery Support Manager & responsible for selection and implementation of e-discovery tools and process design.

Provided counsel to senior management and boards of directors of public companies with respect to required periodic disclosures (’34 Act), stockholder meetings, stock incentive plans, executive compensation, fiduciary duties, insider trading compliance and disclosure and complying with federal securities laws and NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX rules, including: Form 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, Proxy Statements, Section 16 filings, annual meeting scripts, board resolutions and board minutes.• Represented buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions involving public and private companies. • Developed expertise providing counsel on specialized security financings known as PIPEs (Private Investments in Public Equity) involving secured and unsecured convertible debt and equity for several large hedge fund clients.• Represented issuers, investment banks and underwriters in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, including: global shelf registrations on Form S-3 and registrations of stock on Form S-4 used as merger consideration; numerous private offerings for start-up clients, draft private placement memoranda as well as direct investment agreements.