Lead litigation attorney managing a diverse portfolio of litigation matters, including single and multi-plaintiff lawsuits, as well as class action cases. I excel at:* Strategic litigation management, crafting and executing defense strategies that effectively anticipate and counter litigation tactics.* Serving as the primary point of contact clients, ensuring clear communication and satisfaction.* Providing legal advice and compliance support on domestic and international HR matters.* Supporting team collaboration to ensure client satisfaction by working closely with associates, partners, and paralegals to deliver comprehensive legal solutions.

Member of Legal Leadership Team leading Employment and Litigation Center of Excellence serving the Hallmark portfolio of business which includes Hallmark Global, Hallmark Media, Crown Center and Crayola. Responsibilities include:* Set strategic priorities and financial budgets, plan organizational capability, inform talent practices, and drive positive company culture.* Lead the team of attorneys and paralegals supporting employment and litigation matters across the enterprise, including coaching and developing team members.* Manage outside counsel relationships for the enterprise. * Serve as counsel for crisis response team and Employee Total Rewards Compensation Committee.* Support benefits team and act as Secretary to Benefit Plan Action Committee.* Serve as counsel for internal audit function, corporate governance team and executive leadership team.

Serve as key member of labor and employment legal team for leading telecommunications company with 80,000 employees and 110 million customers.* Provide employment advice and litigation support to C-Suite and retail, manufacturing, media, and business sales lines of business in a variety of forums.* Oversee the investigation and formal response to lawsuits charges of discrimination and retaliation. Assess and successfully resolve such matters when it is in the best interest of the company.* Support retail and business sales lines of business, ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies governing employee matters including performance management, discipline, and termination decisions.* Direct wage and hour compliance for the company, providing legal advice and training on pay practices, timekeeping and off-the-clock issues, meal and rest break compliance, and premium pay requirements for predicative scheduling, reporting pay, split shifts and rest days.* Conduct legal risk analysis of human resource policies and initiatives including the ability to partner with clients to develop, analyze and implement employment- related policies and training in a prompt and effective manner.* Hire and supervise outside counsel.

Provide high quality, timely and cost effective legal advice and litigation support to global telecommunications company serving more than 55 million customers and employing 28,000 employees world-wide. Responsibilities include:• Hire and supervise outside counsel.• Manage all employment cases world-wide, including ERISA lawsuits, single plaintiff cases and class action litigation.• Manage broad variety of consumer and business litigation cases including customer, vendor and dealer disputes, managed access prison litigation, RF emissions and other high profile product liability cases.• Independent representation of company in settlement negotiations, mediations and trial. • Understand business and customer expectations and goals and integrate goals into case handling process. Build and maintain superior internal and external client relationships. Provide recommendations and case analysis to business partners.• Respond to complex third-party subpoenas.• Respond to EEOC and other administrative agency charges and investigations.• Develop and modify practices, policies and procedures to conform with legal requirements.• Anticipate and guard against legal risks involving the organization.• Develop litigation plans and strategies regarding discovery and legal expenses to ensure cost effective claim and expense resolution.• Advise and render opinions to senior management with respect to the legal implications of an action.• Provide advice and guidance on complex contractual negotiations.• Provide timely advice regarding EEO and wage laws, disability issues, FMLA leave, drug testing, unemployment litigation and employee wage garnishments.• Manage redundancies and day to day advice for for Sprint’s internationally-based employees spanning 28 countries world-wide.• Handle all conflict waiver requests in conjunction with General Counsel.• Received several corporate recognition nominations/awards for excellence.

• Responsible for all aspects of litigation and achieved numerous dismissals, summary judgments, trial verdicts, appellate decisions, administrative determinations, and favorable settlements, including claims involving Title VII, the ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, OSHA, PDA, and state and local laws seeking millions in damages. • First and second-chair trial experience in both bench and jury trials. Obtained defense verdicts in variety of forums.• Provided advice, training and counseling regarding federal, state and local anti-discrimination, harassment or retaliation laws and employee privacy, and NLRA compliance. • Obtained injunctive relief enforcing, and defended multiple actions involving, restrictive covenants, non-competes and trade secrets.• Taken and defended hundreds of depositions.• Argued and obtained favorable appellate decisions in the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals and numerous state courts.• Obtained over 80 consecutive favorable summary judgment orders.• Member of firm Professional Responsibility Committee and E-Discovery Committee.

• Responsible for serving clients in broad variety of commercial litigation, employment matters and civil lawsuits involving misappropriation of trade secrets and breaches of fiduciary duties.• Preparation and enforcement of non-competition agreements.• Member of firm Recruiting Committee.

Responsible for legal research, preparation of bench memos, draft orders and opinions, evaluation of appellate briefs to determine compliance with statutory requirements, communications with counsel regarding case management and procedural requirements, and assisting judges during courtroom proceedings.