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Co-Founder of a forward-thinking virtual retailer that creates luxury accessories that honor the traditions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities through esoteric details.

• General Business Law - Serve as Outside General Counsel to small/medium sized corporate clients. Draft, review and negotiate a broad array of standard as well as complex and strategically critical commercial contracts and service agreements for a diverse client base. Advise clients on governance, competition, risk avoidance and mitigation, regulatory compliance, confidentiality and ethics issues and commercial law matters, including those pertinent to launching new ventures and services. Develop workable solutions for clients seeking to address and resolve legal and financial exposure with suppliers, regulatory agencies and existing contractual relationships. Collaborate routinely with other counsel, business owners, executives and personnel at all levels for optimal results. Train clients/client stakeholders on legal-related, industry-specific issues as needed. • Commercial Business Litigation - Represent individual and corporate clients in all stages of civil litigation matters, including drafting complaints, conducting depositions, filing and arguing motions, conducting effective settlement negotiations and representation at trial.• Business and Consulting - Analyze business processes and company finances to identify and streamline key drivers affecting profitability and efficiency. Work directly and proactively with key corporate and C-Suite executives to develop or revise business, financial, marketing and customer strategies to maximize efficiencies and business objectives, support development and delivery of products/services, and to resolve business issues as they arise.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Managed all operational and management affairs for the Office of the Chairman.• Represented the Chairman at all meetings with constituents, business and community leaders, commissioners and high-ranking political officials when the Chairman could not be present.• Worked with the Chairman and County leadership on an action plan to resolve an historic property tax assessment crisis.• Prepared the Chairman’s parting brief and suggestions for continued improvements in the County after his resignation.

Adjudicated arraignments and bench trials involving state traffic, misdemeanors, animal control, and civil county ordinance violations.

Full service debt placement assistance (lines of credit, construction, equipment purchases, debt restructuring) for small to middle market companies.Chapter 7, 11, 13 Bankruptcy Filings

o Established policies and procedures for first-ever full-time prosecutorial presence in the state’s busiest municipal court. Supervised pre-trial diversion program and managed compliance calendars to determine the best course of action in non- compliant cases. Managed and mentored team of five trial attorneyso Served on committee to establish a homeless diversion intervention program to prevent recidivism among veterans by providing housing and counseling.

Successfully reviewed evidence, analyzed financial activities, prepared legal memoranda and conduced both general and legal research to assist attorneys in determining whether reported claims violate federal securities laws including Ponzi schemes and investment scams.Effectively interviewed suspect in complex securities fraud case in which several elderly victims were defrauded out of their life savings.

Successfully ran profitable residential mortgage loan origination company with a team of ten loan officers and consistently attained favorable Department of Banking and Finance audits during a time when mortgage fraud was rampant.Successfully developed and expanded contract loan processing branch of business that included four full-time loan processors who prepared loan packages with professional integrity and the highest level of customer service delivery.

San Francisco, California, Us

Successfully generated new loans and deposit accounts for small business clients with up to $3 million annual revenue.Successfully and effectively partnered with financial centers to identify viable prospects and expand existing relationships.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Coordinated financing for the construction of new multi-million-dollar churches in metro-Atlanta and Charlotte, NCGrew and managed church and not-for-profit portfolio to over $70 million while providing tailored financial services products, financial expertise and responsive service to key decision makers.Generated ideas, identified client solutions, pursued sector marketing efforts, covered clients, and delivered timely solutions.Actively managed client solution opportunities.Operated as key member of the deal team and lead preparation of lending proposals and pitches to prospective clients with efforts to maximize sector penetration and returns.Instituted cross-selling initiatives to increase ranking with client.Provided deal structuring expertise.Negotiated transactions with clients.Maintained awareness of all bank products and services offered and facilitated means of receiving continuous updates.

Juris Doctor, Law

B.A, Economics