Served as strategic thought partner and day-to-day legal resource on matters related to legal policy, litigation and regulatory compliance. Collaborated with cross-departmental teams to launch new services compliant with emerging laws and regulations in the rapidly evolving tech industry. Drafted and negotiated complex commercial agreements, managed outside counsel, and supervised staff.• Monitored the Ray Baum Act and state and federal versions of Kari’s Law and worked with the product team to modify the company’s core services to ensure compliance. • Developed a new regulatory compliance policy, worked with the training team to add it to the orientation program, and trained hundreds of existing employees and new hires on the policy.• Collaborated with developers to create an automated contracting system enabling sales to generate contracts in 17 countries reducing the delay from contract generation to customer presentation from 24 hours to minutes.• Led multiparty negotiations for cloud-based services resulting in over $10 million in revenue for the company.

Represented clients before state and federal courts and administrative agencies, drafted pleadings and briefs, tracked bills and analyzed legislation, drafted opinion letters, led settlement negotiations, mentored attorneys, and supervised staff.• Recognized by Louisville Magazine in “Top Lawyers,” 2011.

Trained executives, community leaders, and government officials in the United States, Central America and Asia in negotiation, mediation, and cross-cultural communication.• Taught negotiation skills to approximately 50 Lao diplomats in a seminar sponsored by the Embassy of the United States of America in Vientiane, Laos.• Organized annual conflict-resolution conference for approximately 80 youth.• Collaborated with an international consortium of universities to develop, fund, and administer a student-exchange program in conflict resolution.