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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Built the legal operations function from the ground up, defining the newly-created role in the areas of strategic planning, process documentation and improvement, matter and spend management, outside counsel and vendor selection and oversight, professional development, financial planning, and legal technology administration for globally distributed legal, compliance and data protection team of ~40

Greater Chicago Area

Provide operational support, workflow and project management for Investments General Counsel; Facilitate recruitment, hiring and advancement in the Asset Management Legal department; Act as point of contact for the GC for internal and external inquiries; Represent the GC with internal stakeholders/clients and external parties

Greater Chicago Area

Managed clerical, administrative, organizational, and related matters for General Counsel and corporate attorneys, including meeting and event planning, board meeting preparation, outside counsel and vendor invoice processing, travel and expenses. Work with entity management and corporate governance teams, lease management and tracking, cross-departmental coordination of KYC requests, review and drafting of vendor and consulting agreements.

Anywhere And Everywhere!!

Planned and executed solo trip around the world (2014-2015), visiting 19 countries on 6 continents, maintaining a strict budget and chronicling experiences at kimonawhim.com.

Extensive experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, with a particular focus on employment disputes.- Experienced in counseling employers on employee relations issues, including employee discipline and termination matters. - Negotiation of separation agreements and severance packages, employment contracts, and restrictive covenants, and litigation related to same- Manage and conduct litigation across multiple state, federal and arbitration forums. - Deliver sophisticated legal research and draft pleadings, memoranda, motions, cease and desist letters, and other correspondence and court documents. Broad knowledge base related to commercial and intellectual property disputes, as well as labor and employment matters.- Familiarity and experience advising on and litigating issues arising under state and federal laws such as the ADA, ADEA, FMLA, Title VII and the FLSA.- Experience counseling clients and litigating wrongful termination disputes, both of contract and at-will employees.

Experience in all varieties of commercial litigation with a particular focus on trademark and copyright issues for clients in the fashion industry, as well as bankruptcy-related litigation.

Banquet server and cocktail waitress.

Juris Doctor, Law

Activities and Societies: Family Court Assistance Project

Ba, Human Services