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Katy, Texas, US

• Hired as company’s first general counsel to manage IP portfolio, oversee contract negotiation and management, secure key rights and licenses, and assure regulatory compliance.
• Led efforts to secure land rights for exploration and development projects in the United States, South America, Africa, and Europe.
• Work closely with science team to develop, document, protect, license, and maintain the company’s intellectual property portfolio.
• Supervised outside counsel in connection with litigation involving the company and advised CEO on litigation and risk management.

Culver City, CA, US

• Hired as the company’s first in-house attorney, build five-person legal team to meet needs of home office, sales, and field operations.
• Supervised in-house attorneys and outside law firms on variety of litigation, regulatory, IP, commercial and strategic business matters.
• Collaborated with sales team to secure $100M+ for new competitions and other initiatives and to develop and launch an official partnership program that generated millions of dollars in new revenue.

Westwood, CA, US

• Negotiated and drafted patent, trademark and copyright development agreements, industry-sponsored research agreements, and other business and intellectual property contracts on behalf of the UCLA School of Medicine and.
• Developed and launched a new outreach program to better capture, protect and monetize UCLA patents and trademarks and worked with research teams and to successfully implement the program.
• Served as university’s representative on the California Cybersecurity Task Force, a multi-agency effort between the FBI, CIA, NSA, US military, private industry, and local research universities to identify and share.
• Negotiated, drafted, and implemented agreements between UCLA and academic and industry partners for the transfer, licensing and co-development of intellectual property and proprietary technology.
• Created and presented a series of training videos and manuals to train researchers and staff in IP creation, protection, and commercialization.

• Built multi-million-dollar start-up coalition of inventors, investors and manufacturers enabling technology to transition from orphaned invention to a variety of market-ready commercial products.
• Obtained all necessary industry and regulatory specifications and certifications for a novel material and cleared the way for use in various construction and equipment manufacturing sectors.
• Prepared and filed all necessary documents and filings in compliance with applicable securities statutes and regulations in support of fundraising and securities offerings needed to fund the company.
• Functioned for a time as chief operating officer in overseeing all manufacturing and distribution of research materials and sample products, as well as shipments of commercial products and materials.

Santa Barbara, California, US

• Drafted organizational documents, bylaws and CCRs for residential, commercial, and mixed-use real estate developments and filed them with the California Department of Real Estate for approval.
• Advised real estate developers and other business clients on securities, corporate governance, IP transactions, dispute resolution and other business and legal matters.
• Partnered with database developer to develop a custom document generation and management system that reduced the time required to prepare Department of Real Estate compliance documents by 80%.

• Promoted from Summer Law Clerk. Focus on intellectual property, corporate finance and securities, and corporate governance.
• Conduct extensive computerized and non-computerized legal research, analysis and writing, due diligence and discovery document review, and litigation support.

Juris Doctor, Law

Bachelor Of Science, Biology