Established by successful private investor, Donald Flynn, who was one of the original investors in Blockbuster, this venture capital firm provided funding to multiple organizations including Blue Chip Casino, Discovery Zone and LKQ Corporation, which currently has an enterprise value over $5B. • Understand the goals and motivations of the family and its members, and using this knowledge in spotting issues and opportunities, giving advice, planning transactions and avoiding risk.• Review and advise on current investment and management structures, planning and succession opportunities and operation and management of the family office.• Provide comprehensive legal services within the framework of the family’s business and personal life.• Review and advise on transactions or initiatives so that they meet legal requirements and do not transgress into areas that could damage the family’s reputation or financial interest. • Coordinate between various advisors including tax, estate planning, financial, accounting, insurance and outside transactional/litigation counsel. • Facilitate family meetings to discuss inter-generational estate, tax and investment planning.• Prevented creditor from freezing trust assets and replacing son with Court appointed personal representative of father’s estate.• Manage and oversee all complex corporate litigation, including hiring outside counsel and developing the legal strategy for defending and preventing a $520M judgment brought by shareholders. • Negotiates and drafts complex commercial agreements, strategic sourcing transactions, real estate, consulting agreements, professional service agreements and NDA’s, with a total value over $60M.

A private investment holding and financial advisory company, founded by Kevin Flynn with 600+ employees and over $100 million in revenues. Emerald Ventures invests in a variety of industries and at various stages of development, from start-ups to publicly-traded corporations. It also provides management expertise and financial consulting to these corporations. • Initiated and led internal team and outside counsel, investment bankers and other consultants to purchase and acquired numerous companies over two years which formed Renovo Services, the leading provider of collateral recovery services to the automotive lending industry. • Charged with the responsibility to led team, including outside counsel, to sell Renovo Services to a private equity firm in the fall of 2012. • Drafted and negotiated favorable terms in complex commercial contracts, including sales and purchasing agreements, vendor agreements, consulting and professional services agreements, and NDA’s, with a total value over $50M. • Supported HR in labor and employment matters, including adverse employment actions, EEOC, FLSA, ADA, ADEA and ERISA compliance, drafting position statements; drafted executive compensation agreements and severance packages.• Provided advice and counsel regarding privacy and data security protocols for implementation of computer systems accessing personally identifiable information.• Filed appeals in state and federal courts, and appeared in all substantive matters.

Represented Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in cases involving the alleged abuse and/or neglect of children. Worked with judges, the accused parents and opposing attorneys to resolve complaints in the best interest of the children and prosecuted all complaints that could not be successfully mediated.• As lead counsel, won over 50 cases tried before judges and/or juries, a 100% success rate.

• Responsible for representing numerous CEOs and other C-Suite executives in drafting and negotiating Executive compensation and benefits packages, separation agreements and severance packages, non-compete agreements, non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements.• Accountable for assisting in conducting investigations into possible SEC violations, corporate compliance policies, discrimination charges, wrongful discharge claims, embezzlement and ethical questions, including gathering documents, interviewing witnesses, assessing credibility and drafting summary reports. • Prepared a $30M gender discrimination lawsuit on behalf of the former Chief Procurement Officer against the CEO of a Fortune 500 company that resulted in a confidential settlement.

• Served as litigation defense counsel for National clients, including Wal-Mart, drafting interrogatories, production requests, deposed witnesses, expert witnesses, drafted various dispositive motions and argued them before law division judges.

Asst. State’s Attorney, Juvenile Justice (Sept. 2001 – June 2003)Asst. State’s Attorney, Child Support Enforcement (Nov. 2000 – Sept. 2001)Asst. State’s Attorney, Domestic Violence Division (Jan. 1998 – Jan. 2000)Served as lead counsel in the Juvenile Protection Division to prosecute the most severe cases of child torture, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect. Administered a personal caseload of eighty cases with twenty-five additional cases set for termination of parental rights trials. • Represented State’s interests at up to three trials on a daily basis. Interviewed and prepared witnesses for cases and cross-examined witnesses in court.• Successful in all temporary custody hearings, adjudication trials, and termination of parental rights trials.• Successfully terminated the rights of more than 30 abusive or negligent parents making adoption possible for those seriously abused children