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Mountain View, California, United States

United States

Mountain View, California, United States

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Continuing my focus on the medical device industry, I have joined BIOTRONIK U.S., a global manufacturer of cardiac rhythm management and vascular intervention products with headquarters in Berlin, Germany. Reporting to the General Counsel of BIOTRONIK U.S., I am one of two members of the U.S. legal team, counseling all business sectors of our U.S..

Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

Reporting to the CEO, I counsel Cadwell, a neurodiagnostic medical device manufacturer and software developer, on identifying and mitigating liabilities while engaging in strategic growth opportunities. I have had the unique opportunity at Cadwell of being the first in-house counsel, allowing me to work with stakeholders to identify legal needs and.

I advised Reactual, Inc., a software services start-up on structuring seed funding and later funding rounds. I drafted privacy policies, ensuring GDPR compliance and ensuring legal compliance of website interfaces. Additionally, I advised the company on corporate taxation issues and resolve intellectual property issues involving designation and protection.

Boulder, Colorado

I supported all legal aspects of the University of Colorado's $500 million research enterprise, representing the University in contract negotiations for national and international collaborative research agreements, licensing agreements, service agreements, confidentiality agreements, data usage and sharing agreements and master agreements with.

Boulder, Colorado

I researched, negotiated and drafted a broad range of contracts, research briefs, and pleadings predominantly in the context of civil litigation. My case load involved complex financial, business, tax and real estate issues. I represented clients in settlement conferences and hearings to the court. I drafted appellate briefs to the Colorado Court of.

Boulder, Colorado

I researched statutes, pleadings, legal briefs, and related legal authorities to assist my judge in adjudicating trials, hearings, appeals, and other litigated matters. I drafted proposed opinions, briefs, legal memoranda, and statements of issues involved in a case, including appropriate suggestions or recommendations to the judge. I also researched and.

I performed contract legal work, including drafting motions, briefs and discovery documents for various civil litigation matters.

I represented clients in high asset dissolutions, related domestic matters, long-term disability issues and employment law cases. Our practice involved complex trust, business and property valuation issues. I researched statutes and case law, drafting legal briefs, pleadings, motions and appellate briefs. I also participated in extensive trial preparation.

I researched FDA and OSHA regulations, audited training programs and prepared and presented compliance and process training programs. I worked on Quality System Management teams for the facility as well as the development of computer-based compliance training curriculums for facility job descriptions. My work on regulatory issues in our active.

I performed validation studies on quality operations testing protocols and interfaced with the Regulatory and Analytical Services department. I regularly investigated quality control and testing issues and drafted related study reports.

J.D., Cum Laude, Law

Activities and Societies: I worked as a summer law clerk at the firm of Cook, Noell, Tolley and Bates in Athens, Georgia. There I wrote.

M.S., Magna Cum Laude, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Teaching Assistant; National Science Foundation FellowIn graduate school as a National Science Foundation.

B.S., Summa Cum Laude, Chemistry And French

Activities and Societies: Campus Television Station News Producer; Public Relations Office Writer; Study Abroad Program.