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Enthusiastic legal expert who serves as a strategic business advisor, while at all times acting with the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and respect. Over 20 years experience in providing clients with a wide-range of cost-effective legal services that foster sound decision-making, maximize business results and minimize spend. Proven track record of effectively delivering timely, high-quality work product and practical solutions, which support and anticipate the needs of my clients. Proactively communicates expert knowledge and advice in a format that is easy to understand and beneficial to clients' needs and expectations. Positive, engaged leader responsible for the Legal, Risk Management, Environmental, Internal Audit, and Licensing departments. Functions also include enterprise risk management, data privacy, safety (food, OSHA, and DOT), compliance, corporate secretary, and government relations. For over 15 years, I have worked for RaceTrac and its family of companies. RaceTrac is a Forbes 50 private company and the 3rd largest privately-held company in Georgia, with over 8,000 employees and over $8B in sales. RaceTrac owns and/or operates over 750 convenience stores across 12 states in the Southeast under both the RaceTrac and RaceWay banners. I am also the CLO/GC of Metroplex Energy, a wholesale fuel supplying company that secures bulk fuel to supply RaceTrac and RaceWay stores, and third-party companies by rail, pipeline, truck, barge and vessel. With more than 3 million barrels of terminaling capacity, Metroplex is able to receive, store, and deliver products. Metroplex is also a regular shipper on all major pipelines in the Southeast and engages in exchange agreements, delivered sales, and trading.Finally, I am the CLO/GC for Energy Dispatch, a fuel hauling company. With a focus on safety and professionalism, Energy Dispatch hauls over 1 billion gallons of gasoline products every year to RaceTrac and RaceWay stores in 7 states.

Listed skills include Critical Thinking, Value Creation, Legal Compliance, Government Relations, and 12 others.