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Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Lead Contracts Counsel focused on Harbor's contracts review and negotiation.• Internal counsel consulted and involved in matters such as insurance, employment, and compliance. • Manage Harbor's Contracts Team focused on procurement contract review for over a dozen large law firm clients. • Formed and developed contract review process both internally and for a number of clients related to vendor and client contract review process. Liaise with Office of General Counsel and Procurement Leads for Client firms to develop guidelines, playbooks, and strategies. • Leading efforts to centralize and organize existing contract files into one contract management system.

Riverwoods, Il, Us

Serve as a contract negotiator on Discover's Corporate Transactions team.• Draft and negotiate sourcing contracts to support vendor engagements, including technology agreements, NDAs, and all manner of contracts.• Primary negotiator with many vendor relationships to identify and negotiate necessary data privacy terms for GDPR/CCPA/UK data privacy compliance. • As a member of the Corporate Transactions team, collaborate with multiple business and legal teams to advise and align personnel on contract negotiations.

• Served as contract counsel with Hydro Extrusion's North American affiliate for data privacy compliance and contract negotiations.• Negotiated Service Agreements, NDAs, and other agreements.• Set up data privacy network, including drafting local polices and procedures for HR and multiple business areas. • Completed relevant Data Mapping of two dozen offices.

New York, Ny, Us

Senior Contract Analyst working on global data privacy contract compliance, with a primary focus on GDPR compliance.• Managed a team of 3 to 5 contract analysts in negotiating data processing agreements with corporate client's global business partners.• Draft and negotiate data processing agreements for global data compliance.• Evaluated Agreements for applicability of GDPR and legal necessity of data processing agreements. • Coordinate with corporate client's business and legal personnel on daily basis to gather information on business relationships and align on negotiations strategy.

New York, Ny, Us

Contract Attorney working on legal document review for contract management and litigation.

Chicago, Il, Us

Contract Attorney reviewing discovery documents on large automobile litigation for relevancy, privilege, and categorization.

Associate Attorney practicing primarily in the areas of family law and real estate law. • Represented buyers in residential real estate closings through contracts to successful purchases.• Represented several clients in their divorces and child support cases.

Contract Attorney reviewing discovery documents on large oil and gas litigation for relevancy, privilege, and categorization.

My responsibilities included legal research and drafting, along with requesting and organizing medical records.

Responsible for prepping and organizing incoming cases and discovery documentsResearch tasks included researching case law regarding motions to suppress police discovery of an eavesdropping device and the use of a photo lineup identification

Worked side-by-side with the State's Attorneys in courtrooms and hearing rooms, pre-conferencing parties, writing orders, and stepping up on cases Prepped over one thousand case files for the Assistant State's Attorney's daily calls Conducted research and analysis, briefed supervising attorney on discovery material, and drafted a memorandum of law in support of the State's motion to dismiss Respondent's challenge of his acknowledgment of paternity due to DNA testing results

Researched case law on Illinois Freedom of Information Act for organization database Drafted a report on how various changes in the new Illinois FOIA will impact requests for public records

Gave legal advice to impoverished about sealing and expunging their criminal recordsDrafted a motion to reconsider sealing part of client's criminal record

Maintained special events registration database for state law enforcement trainings Performed various tasks assigned by the Strategic Communications Coordinator

Juris Doctor

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science

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