Accomplished legal executive and corporate litigation, investigations, and healthcare compliance counsel. Experience successfully handling all types of disputes, lawsuits, claims, investigations, subpoenas, and risk-related matters for publicly traded, global companies with businesses in healthcare, medical device, pharmaceutical, distribution industries, manufacturing, and industrial products industries. ►Known for proactively identifying and mitigating legal risks, skillfully managing litigation and investigations, achieving excellent outcomes, and developing and implementing process improvements and innovative cost-reduction strategies resulting in significant reductions in litigation spend.►Strategic leader and project manager with a highly collaborative style. Proven track record of exceeding expectations and providing practical legal solutions that further business strategies and objectives, and achieving maximum shareholder value and performance while mitigating risk and ensuring legal compliance. ►Former Head of Litigation and Investigations for $10 billion medical products businesses of a Fortune 25 healthcare and distribution company.EXPERTISE INCLUDES:- Strategic Advisor & Leader - Litigation and Investigations- Legal Operations / Process Improvement - Privacy & Data Breach - Intellectual Property - Regulatory- Acquisitions and divestatures- Complex Negotiations - Contracts - Ethics and Compliance- Risk ManagementINDUSTRIES: Healthcare, Medical Products, Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical, Distribution, Manufacturing• OrganizationsAmerican Corporate Counsel AssociationMinority Corporate Counsel AssociationInternational Association of Defense CounselDefense Research InstituteNational Native American Bar AssociationCorporate E-Discovery Forum• CertificationsAdmitted to practiced law in Illinois and California (inactive)