Proven and broadly capable operational executive and accomplished and highly skilled General Counsel. Senior executive and cross-disciplinary business strategist with experience managing and refining operations of complex business units in fast moving and dynamic environments. Entrepreneurial experience creating and developing internal corporate business ventures and independent start up businesses in the wine, beer, spirits, culinary, cannabis and consumer product segments and the founder of an award-winning craft brewery. Strong experience in crisis management, turn-around and repositioning and restructuring challenged entities and business models. Experience providing strategic direction and legal counsel directly to the CEO, Chairman, Board of Directors and C-level executives and Ownership on an extremely broad range of issues. Deep legal experience as both in-house and outside counsel in the areas of business and complex litigation, intellectual property, compliance, mergers and acquisitions, commercial negotiation, employment, business torts, proactive risk management, corporate governance, government affairs, legislative analysis and drafting and negotiating passage of legislation. Extensive trial expertise and years of teaching trial tactics and law to experienced prosecutors.