•Counsel a group of affiliated entities on transactional, litigation, corporate governance, corporate strategy, employment, compliance, and best practices related to D.C. United, Audi Field, Segra Field, the United Performance Center, and other entities•Advise the business and sports side of the organizations on all matters as they arise including player relations, covid, travel, communications and content, ticket sales, and sweepstakes•Draft, review, and negotiate all contracts and deals, including: sponsorship, two new franchise agreements, front of jersey sponsorship, medical service provider agreement, venue naming rights, betting licenses in two jurisdictions, as well as all license, entertainment, and vendor agreements•Oversee all real estate matters and draft, review, and/or negotiate all contracts, including for a 20,000-seat soccer specific stadium in DC, 5,000-seat soccer specific stadium in VA, soon to break ground 12-story high rise in DC, the completion of a state-of-the-art performance center in VA, and beginning investigation and study into a third soccer specific stadium in MD•Oversee, draft, review, and negotiate ownership and investment transactions, including 8 new owners/investors and a joint venture agreement for Loudoun United FC•Interface and manage MLS and USL league relations and Player’s Association relationships•Manage and minimize use of outside counsel, resolve outstanding disputes, saving over $1.5m to date•Engage and advise on all security related matters, including building out a full in-house security team for the protection of our athletes and properties

Business•General counsel to corporate clients for their transactional and litigation needs•Review, interpret, negotiate, and draft all manner of contracts, including licensing, settlement and service agreements, statements of work, NDAs and confidentiality agreements, and employment agreements•Advise as to corporate strategy, governance, human resources, best practices, and compliance, including drafting and analyzing corporate policies, handbooks, annual filings, and other documents•Negotiate, structure, and draft, stock purchase agreements, corporate buy outs, and corporate mergers•Engage in all aspects and types of dispute resolution including mediation, arbitration, and mandatory and voluntary settlement conferences•Advise and counsel as to intellectual property Real Estate•Engage in all aspects of transactional and litigated real estate matters•Draft, revise, and restate Homeowners Association governing documents including CC&Rs, bylaws, and rules and regulations•Engaged in litigated and non-litigated activities with regards to HOA’s, landlord and tenant, neighbor, buyer and seller, construction, quiet title, nuisance, wrongful eviction, and partition actions•Review, draft, negotiate, and revise all types of agreements including, lease agreements, rules, notice of change in terms of tenancy, notices to vacate, notices to quit, deeds, PCORs and other recordable or testamentary instruments Intellectual Property•Research Trademark viability and file and maintain Trademarks•Resolve USPTO office actions including overcoming refusal to register•Advise and enforce regarding IP infringement and protection Litigation •Litigation strategy and execution including drafting complaints, answers, demurrers, and motions; engage in discovery and depositions, trial preparation, appear at all manner of court hearings, settlement conferences, mediations, and arbitrations

Engaged in all aspects of litigation, including: client management, pleadings, law and motion, research, discovery management, trial preparation, depositions, negotiations and mediation.

Operated a boutique law firm specializing in both litigation and transactional law. Practice areas included entertainment, media, business, intellectual property, family law, and general civil litigation. Independently managed firm financials, billing, marketing and promotion, and website development. Performed contract work in a variety of legal fields on a full and part time basis. Legal duties included: negotiating and drafting contracts, agreements and settlements; mediation; managing discovery; depositions; trial preparation; researching and writing briefs, motions and pleadings; interviewing, counseling, and managing clients.

Client management, pleadings, law and motion, research, discovery management, trial preparation, depositions, negotiation, settlements, and mediation.

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Researched and drafted memoranda, briefs and pleadings; managed discovery; trial preparation; depositions; settlement negotiation

Negotiated and drafted international distribution agreements, deal memos, and sales agency agreements for motion pictures, drafted, analyzed and advised on rights under waterfall schedules, chain of title documents, territorial schedules and various other motion picture related documents. Tracked distribution rights and holdback provisions for entire catalog.

Reviewed, analyzed and advised on intellectual property rights, and sync and master use licenses; conducted legal research; conducted chain of title searches and resolved chain of title issues; advised on future rights in catalog of motion pictures

Conducted legal research and drafted memoranda on copyright and entertainment law issues

Assisted students, parents and school staff; operated after school truancy holds; and provided office support.

Constructed a community in SC; revitalized Catalina Island; Disaster relief specialist with the American Red Cross