Providing outside chief legal / general counsel / fractional services to startups, private and public companies; including, regulatory compliance, policy & governance, contracts and negotiations for supply chain, tech transfers, warehousing, logistics, licensing, sales & distribution, route-to-market and direct store delivery, ecommerce, SaaS vendor agreements, consultant and service agreements, brand advertising & digital marketing clearance, data privacy & cybersecurity compliance and policies, board presentations, risk management and mitigation, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, HR matters

Providing client cybersecurity, data privacy and artificial intelligence general legal advisory services, cybersecurity and information security gap analyses and incident response plan tabletop exercises, corporate policy drafting, governance & employee training, digital marketing data protection impact assessments, enhanced customer privacy journey and SOPs and workflow integrations for responses to data subject requests, generative AI use audit, policy and training, board presentations, virtual Chief Privacy Officer services, breach coaching, notice compliance requirements and communications

Chief Legal Officer, Chief Operating Officer & Corporate Secretary of stealth early-stage AI tech startup Led artificial intelligence driven decentralized autonomous organization company formation as a tech startup, including corporate formation and documentation, officer and executive compensation, hiring, onboarding, and employment contracts and equity grant agreements, advised on intellectual property protections, and data privacy and other compliance matters in connection with large language model learning, blockchain, crypto payments, US and international regulations, DAO case uses for consent and smart contracts

Zevia is an emerging growth public company manufacturer of Better-For-You Beverages, including clean ingredient and zero sugar soda, tea and energy drinks• Legal Strategy and Compliance: Spearheaded the development and implementation of the company's legal strategy, ensuring compliance with current laws and regulations• Data Privacy, AI, and Cybersecurity Programs: Developed and implemented comprehensive compliance programs covering data privacy, AI, cybersecurity, and incident response, ensuring the company's adherence to best practices and regulatory standards, while building a world-class end-to-end information security stack• Contract Management: Created contract playbook, negotiating commercial contracts including media buy, agency, contract manufacturing, and distribution, with a 40% reduction in approval and execution time • Risk Management: Identified and mitigated enterprise risks by conducting comprehensive risk assessments and establishing robust internal policies and procedures, and implementing an automated mitigation system, resulting in a 75% reduction in time to complete cadenced cross-functional mitigation planning• Corporate Governance: Provided strategic counsel to the board, CEO and rest of the leadership team on corporate governance issues, including ESG reporting, route-to-market strategy, supply chain optimization, and shareholder communications, enhancing transparency and stakeholder input and trust• IP Protection: Oversaw the protection and enforcement of the company's intellectual property portfolio, including patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, reducing outside counsel fees by 30%• Team Leadership: Led and mentored a cross-functional stakeholder team, fostering a collaborative environment and driving professional development, resulting in a 50% increase in productivity• Dispute Resolution: Managed all aspects of disputes, achieving favorable outcomes in 100% of disputes and minimizing legal costs by 100%

Prestige Brands is a global public company manufacturer of drugs, medical devices, dietary supplements and personal care products• Digital Privacy Strategy: Established data privacy, including digital marketing privacy impact assessments for Little Remedies®, Summers Eve® BC® & Goodies®, and Monistat®, and data subject requests SOP• Cybersecurity: Implemented cyber and information security protections, and ran point on a multi-state cybersecurity incident, protecting the company from data loss• Mergers & Acquisitions: Played a key role in due diligence and the integration process for M&A, facilitating the successful acquisition and integration of acquired companies and expanding market presence• Contract Management: Onboarded, implemented and trained employees on new review process and lifecycle management platform, reducing draft to execution time by 60%• Dispute Resolution: Overseeing outside counsel, 2 wins at National Advertising Division of the BBB, successfully represented the company in multiple product liability, and Americans with Disabilities Act claims• Technical Transfer: Negotiated and closed a $19.5M AIA construction contract for the build-out of the company’s acquired manufacturing plant, optimizing manufacture resulting in $3M savings year 1• International Expansion: Spearheaded LATAM, APME, KSA, South Africa, EU, London, CAN distribution, including regulatory pathways, product registration, and establishment of adverse event reporting• Governance and Policies: Created and rolled out policy and training for document retention, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Harassment, Cybersecurity, FCPA diligence, and Delegation of Authority

Negotiation and Drafting Commercial Agreements, including SaaS and corresponding DPAs, service-provider, supply, distribution, license, consultant, media buy, sponsor, sweepstakes & promo, influencer, agency, warehousing & logistics; Corporate Governance, compliance, policies, and training, including document retention, code of conduct, social responsibility, anti-bribery/corruption, anti-harassment; FDA, FTC, NAD, regulatory review, clinical and consumer insight studies; M&A due diligence, including disclosures, intellectual property transfer and assignment, claim evaluation and clearance, risk management, acquisition/divestiture documents, and privacy and employment matters, executive advisor to HR and CISO on multiple employment and security matters, executive advisor to CFO for oversight of tax consultants on IRS tax controversy matters, inter-Company management, commission, loan and transfer pricing agreements, and executive advisor to COO to implement tech transfers, site construction, and negotiations with OEM for process equipment purchases.

Maesa is a global venture backed startup innovator and manufacturer of personal care products • Legal and Regulatory Team Strategy: the first General Counsel for the company, built, managed and trained a legal, and regulatory team of 12 • License & Acquisitions: negotiated celebrity licenses, and equity ownerships of Flower® by Drew Barrymore, Sofia Vergara Fragrance, and Kristen Ess®, creating multi-million-dollar ventures • Dispute Resolution: successfully resolved legal dispute with Walgreens, saving the company $6M• Distribution & Route-to-Market: Closed multi-million dollar B2B exclusive distribution agreements supplying celebrity brands in US/CAN/MX with Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, Target, Sally, Beauty, and Forever21, • E-Commerce: implemented e-commerce direct-to-consumer digital sales resulting in $2M+ in year 1• IP Protection: established Maesa’s initial portfolio of intellectual property, and infringement watch notice • Created and rolled out Maesa’s Vendor Manual, including Supplier Code of Conduct and quality agreement• Negotiated and successfully closed an amended global license for manufacture and distribution of Drew Barrymore’s FLOWER® cosmetic and perfume brand• Successfully represented the company avoiding a $2M+ Taiwan supplier patent claim

AriZona Iced Tea is a global privately held multi-SKU beverage manufacturing company • Tax Compliance: spearheaded multi-year state tax audits, saving the company $1M+ in penalties• International Expansion: established international subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Mexico, and Costa Rica, and negotiated and closed multiple in-country distributor agreements• Dispute Resolution: ran e-discovery and due diligence on $2B+ shareholder derivative lawsuit • Revenue Growth: created and implemented a restructure for optimal tax results of expatriated revenue resulting in over $4M revenue generation and treaty tax savings • Reorganization: strategically advised on federal tax considerations and structured a multi-entity roll-up corporate reorganization

Fidelity National, by its subsidiary LandAmerica, is a public commercial title insurance company• Escrows: pioneered digital escrow workflow process and computations for $8M+ commercial transactions • Acquisitions & Divestitures: structured commercial real estate purchase/sale agreements• Compliance: ran point on zoning regulations compliance and UCC filings

Delbello Donnellan is a law firm with practice groups including commercial litigation, real estate development, finance and environmental impact review• Acquisitions & Divestitures & Financing: closed on commercial purchase/sale agreements, mortgage mezzanine loans and acquisition financing

Nelson Research, Inc. was a full-service marketing research firm, providing a wide variety of marketing research services, including qualitative and quantitative studies • Contract Negotiations: negotiated and closed on all commercial study B2B agreements• Project Management: analyzed and optimized consumer insight study contracts and project managed marketing research for the following accounts: GlaxoSmith Kline Theraflu®, Perdiem®, and for Fruit of the Loom®

Practice areas included commercial and residential real estate and title insurance matters, including closings, acquisitions and divestitures, zoning, and tax advice

• Legal Research: researched relevant case law, IRS private letter rulings and advisory letters • Legal Writing: prepared draft opinions and judicial orders for The Hon. Joan Seitz Pate

• Legal Research: researched Supreme Court federal income taxation opinions for Professor Stephen B. Cohen

• Mergers & Acquisitions: completed corporate M&A due diligence for major c-store $350M+ acquisition