Law firm specializing in litigation, commercial real estate, environmental, construction and general practice.

Advise and place coverage for pollution and construction related professional insurance. Negotiate insurance coverage and pricing. Prepare proposals and presentations. Advise and advocate with respect to insurance claims. Conduct seminars related to insurance.

Investigate, analyze and resolve casualty, environmental and professional liability claims. Provide coverage and exposure analysis. Manage outside counsel, consultants and independent adjusters.Provide underwriting and marketing support, including risk assessment and policy language review.

Managed mortgage and other loan product related litigation throughout the United States, including TILA, RESPA, HAMP, FDCPA, fraud, bankruptcy, environmental, unfair business practices, foreclosure, collection, affidavit, short sale and loan modification issues. Advised senior management on litigation and regulatory matters related to bank products. Developed litigation systems and processes, including improving policies and procedures. Researched mortgage banking regulations and issues related to MERS, FNMA, Dodd-Frank and securitized assets.

Focused practice on environmental, commercial real estate and construction law. Advised clients on environmental compliance matters. Managed all phases of private and public real estate development projects, including procurement, construction, real estate transactions and dispute resolution. Managed litigation and represented clients in court, arbitration and administrative proceedings.

Served as functional general counsel to a construction company specializing in civil and military projects in the Middle East, South America and Africa. Provided legal and business advice to company executives. Managed outside counsel, internal document review efforts and in-house staff. Researched legal issues and prepared legal documents relating to all company matters, including construction, corporate, environmental, employment, intellectual property, antitrust, national industrial security policy and export control issues. Drafted letters, subcontracts, purchase order modifications, settlement and consulting agreements, construction contracts, leases, joint venture and employment agreements. Prepared litigation reports, risk assessments and legal budgets.

Developed and managed software applications related to investment banking operations. Administered servers, including software installation, configuration, backups, security and performance monitoring.

Designed control, information and auxiliary systems for environmental facilities and projects.