• Civil Litigation and Business Advisement Practice in subject areas, which include: corporate, commercial, and insurance defense; general business and contract; product liability; employment; personal injury. Previous work has included intellectual property, maritime, and toxic tort matters. o Responsibilities generally include: directly communicating with and advising clients; reviewing and analyzing contracts and other operative business documents; managing case dockets; drafting state and federal court filings at all litigation stages; delivering oral arguments and motion presentations at the trial and appellate levels; preparing fact and expert witnesses for depositions and trials, including expert report production; and taking and defending fact and expert witness depositions.• Business Development Activities have included:o securing initial pieces of litigation representing: (i) casino marketing software developer in intellectual property infringement suit; (ii) multi-billion dollar, international fitness organization in personal injury defense matters; (iii) national chemical corporation specializing in industrial water treatment in commercial disputes; (iv) New Orleans residential home builder in construction matter; and (v) several medical and financial services professionals in employment disputes.o providing legal counsel and general business advice to a half dozen clients ranging in size from professional individuals to multi-million dollar corporations o participating on team that represented firm on marketing visits to two Fortune 500 corporations (multinational beverage manufacturer; and medical device, pharmaceutical, and consumer packaged goods manufacturer); and representing firm individually on visit to London insurance market. • *Louisiana Super Lawyers 2019 “Rising Stars” Selectee*

• Civil litigation practice consisted of working on litigation matters in legal areas, which included product liability, insurance, personal injury, toxic tort, contract & intellectual property. • Real estate practice involved completing zoning, land use, permitting, and other contractual-related projects for, among others, a real estate investment and development firm redeveloping a multi-block area of New Orleans’ Central Business District, and local condominium owners.• Business development activities included participation on two-person team that visited multinational medical device, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer to develop new business.

• Analyzed 2012 NBA collective bargaining agreement and drafted report advising small market franchise • Researched antitrust and labor law issues, as well as league-specific concerns in order to create a guide to the NFL and NBA collective bargaining negotiations prior to their respective lock-outs in 2011

• Created Artist Management contract for New Orleans musician and talent promoter • Assisted clients with intellectual property and contract matters, as well as business and nonprofit incorporation and registration

• Drafted research memorandum concerning digital copyright infringement matter• Created contractual opt-out clause in preparation for NBA work stoppage

• Evaluated best new media practices for promoting launch of New York Knicks television program• Developed top-line learnings and recommendations to optimize promotion for Fuse TV social media

• Managed inventory and executed annual exposition for NHL and NBA game-used memorabilia partner