Practice focuses on a wide range of transactional work for businesses, nonprofits and artists. Work includes business transactions, nonprofit and business formation and governance, contract drafting, license agreements and employment agreements. 501 Commons-approved nonprofit specialist.Representative matters include:•Draft articles of incorporation and bylaws for new nonprofit•Draft and advise on software license agreement for a tech startup•Advise on employment issues and draft related documents for nonprofit•Draft and negotiate purchase agreement for buyers of a local restaurant•Advise nonprofit negotiating a grant award•Draft stockholder purchase agreement for startup’s Series A financing•Advise on fair use, various rights and draft license agreements for film production

Practice focused on investigations, regulatory enforcement, and general litigation matters. Represented clients in front of government agencies, drafted briefs, researched complex legal issues, drafted research memoranda, analyzed parties’ loan agreements, analyzed parties’ services agreements and drafted risk factors for agreements. Managed other associates, paralegals and document vendors.Representative matters include:•Publicly listed company in a SEC and company internal investigation regarding perquisites•Lender in a litigation dispute against another lender stemming from borrowers’ bankruptcy•Blockchain company in enforcement action regarding solicitation and sale of unregistered securities•Individuals in their permanent residency and asylum applications

Legal Intern, Summer 2015 and Law Student Intern, Fall 2015 – Spring 2017Involved in all phases of client advocacy in front of federal, state, and local government, including drafting regulatory filings, presenting to regulatory bodies, drafting affidavits and drafting briefs. Communicated with clients regarding substantive issues, case status and logistical issues. Representative matters:•Group of East Chicago residents in environmental justice fight for safe drinking water•Group of rowers to improve the water quality of the Chicago River