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287 Marschall Road, Suite 201, Shakopee MN 55435

Business: Legal services for small to medium sized businessFamilies: All Family Law issues, including divorce, custody, wills, trusts, estate planning and disability/medical advice.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, MN

• Vice President & General Counsel (2013 – 2016) Employed by Young America for 18 ys. 6 mon.Promoted to Vice President & General Counsel. Oversaw all corporate legal activities and served as Compliance Officer. Reported.
• Serving as member of Executive Management Team, developed and executed three year strategic initiatives, identifying and resolving operational issues surpassing revenue objectives.
• Created corporate compliance program and trained leadership to ensure compliance with internal policies, applicable law and regulations pertaining to Sarbanes-Oxley, ADA, HIPPA, Consumer Protection, FTC, CFPB, money.
• Advised, counseled, and actively participated in the development of a strategic, Intellectual Property portfolio (including patents, copyrights, and trade secrets), with particular emphasis on procuring protection.
• Led outside litigation team to a successful resolution by settlement, an unclaimed property case brought by 47 states against YA and our major clients. This five-year litigation defined “Holder Status” for promotional.
• Served as senior-level advisor in development of corporate communications. Handled media inquiries, approved press releases, Board and customer presentations which positively established the corporate image to.

Norwood Young America, Minnesota

• General Counsel (2008 – 2016)Promoted to General Counsel. Responsible for entire legal function. Reported to President.
• Annually reviewed and negotiated 400+ complex commercial transactions including: client and vendor contracts, RFP proposals, real estate transactions, equipment leases, nondisclosure agreements, business/partner.
• Initiated a company-wide contract integration project creating 20 different document templates with standard, pre-cleared terms, significantly enhancing negotiation of new relationships and providing leverage for the.
• Designed and implemented a custom contract tracking system resulting in the company's first-ever information collection and authorization process. This tracking system successfully enables YA to log and track all.
• Conducted confidential internal investigations into such sensitive issues as employee and consumer fraud. As the companies' legal representative, interfaced with the FBI, Post Master General, Client Fraud.
• Oversaw legal, legislative and regulatory trends applicable to the business and trained business accordingly.

Norwood Young America, MN

• Promoted to build legal function. Developed and implemented policies to ensure effective handling of all Office of the President, AG and BBB correspondences and consumer complaint resolutions. Reported to CFO.
• Developed a network of outsourced attorneys to complement our internal legal resources, mindfully negotiated legal fees by early case review and close supervision.
• Worked with business product team to develop new products and services, counseling on risk, compliance, and legal issues associated with such new products and services.

Chanhassen, MN

• Recruited to lead Account Management Team. Ensured Client expectations were exceeded, while the maximum revenue potential was realized on all programs. Reported to VP of Account Management.
• Inspired 5 Senior Account Executives, 12 Account Executives, and 6 Support Account Coordinators.
• Administered annual departmental salary base of $600M. Managed $33M in annual revenue encompassing over 150 Client Accounts.

Burnsville, MN

Privately held broker/trader company in rare coins and precious metals.Sales Manager - Managed sales floor of 75 professional sales associates.

Chaska, MN

Privately held manufacturer and direct marketer of household appliances.Director of Customer Acquisition and Retention - Recruited to manage all Internal Direct Response Functions including Call Center, Operations, Fulfillment, and Database Marketing.

Minnetonka, MN

Privately held Direct Response marketing subsidiary of FingerhutTelemarketing Sales Director - Managed all aspects of USA Direct / The Shopping Network telemarketing and customer service operations.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), General Practice

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Political Science And Government