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Serves as legal counsel for entire supply chain organization (contracts, procurement, purchasing, facilities, and records management), and provides daily counsel and strategy support, review and negotiate a wide variety of contracts, manage vendor disputes to resolution, and lead corporate policy development efforts. Drafts, reviews, and negotiates a wide.

Houston, Texas

Managed team with the responsibility of negotiating trading agreements relating to wholesale and retail energy matters involving natural gas, electricity, and crude oil. Effectively negotiated a broad array of master agreement types, including ISDA, NAESB, EEI and related collateral and commodity annexes. Negotiated supply, storage, trade, transportation.

Houston, Texas Area

Negotiated agreements relating to midstream (wholesale) and retail energy matters involving natural gas, electricity, and crude oil on behalf of this Fortune 400 energy company. Effectively negotiated a broad array of master agreement types, including ISDA, NAESB, C&I, EEI and related collateral and commodity annexes. Negotiated supply, storage, trade.

Serve as the legal support for this subsidiary of Munich Re, a Germany company with net income in excess of €51.6 billion. Address transaction matters including financial (such as weather transactions), and physical delivery of commodities, (such as purchase, supply, storage, and transportation). Negotiate industry master services agreements such as ISDA.

Houston, Texas Area

Negotiated agreements relating to midstream (wholesale) and downstream (wholesale and retail stations) energy matters involving crude oil, natural gas, and electricity on behalf of this Fortune 100 integrated energy company. Effectively negotiated a broad array of master agreement types, including ISDA, NAESB, LEAP, MNA, CMA, REC and EEI. Also, negotiated.

Houston, Texas Area

Provide support to an internationally known investment management firm with $165B in assets under management, serving as derivatives attorneys in the Houston Office. Negotiated trade agreements on behalf of counterparties that included corporations, mutual funds, and hedge funds. Negotiated agreement types for clients that included ISDA, repurchase.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Provided support to attorneys serving low income residents in the Jacksonville area. Interviewed prospective clients to determine their issues and eligibility for services. Researched a variety of Federal Income Tax issues including audit reconsiderations and corporate structuring. Drafted petitions, briefs, and memos for the Federal Tax Court and the IRS.

San Marcos, Texas

Worked under the Assistant Athletic Director of Compliance in the day to day operations of NCAA Compliance. Researched and drafted waivers and violations reports to the NCAA. Prepared the end of year compliance review for the Athletic director while also creating educational materials for boosters, institutional staff, agents, and current and former.

Houston, Texas Area

• Assisted shareowners, financial advisors, and outside financial institutions with the maintenance of complex investments related to the stock exchange and over 50 Morgan Stanley Mutual Funds while providing education.
• Aided financial advisors and shareowners with tax information, cost basis analysis, and other fund information.

J.D., Law

Bba, Finance