Consultant providing legal expertise under the supervision of the Director of Legal, Risk and Compliance. Performed review of procurement contracts for a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, extracting data through the use of SEAL software. Additional project utilized review and extraction skill for a financial services and bank holdings company through use of Relativity software. The contracts analyzed included, but were not limited to the following: Lease and Escrow Agreements, NDA’s, Master Hardware and Software Agreements, License and Support Agreements, Corporate Discount Agreements, Schedules, Statements of Work and Business Associate Agreements.

• Contract Analyst for Eastern Canada. Contract revision and preparation of risk reviews with the ability to assess, identify and mitigate risk issues early in the project development process, including the proper allocation and management of such risks.• Legal representative as part of management team for risk review on contracts exceeding operation level approval authority.• Effectively negotiated the most favorable terms and conditions with prospective and current clients while achieving Company objectives.• Interfaced with office managers, project managers and chief engineers to gather information on the scope of work, nature of the client, performance risks and other project information.• Audited operational offices for compliance with risk profile; reported to senior management.• Legal review of subcontracts and vendor agreements and interfaced with Procurement.• Knowledgeable of laws and regulations applicable to US Government contracts, including those that are codified and published in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and agency acquisition regulations that implement or supplement the FAR. • Developed and performed training of management and operations with respect to mitigation of risk and corporate procedures.• Responded to legal-related inquiries, client qualification questionnaires, non-disclosures and similar documents.

Administrative Assistant to Regional Manager• Handled all administrative matters for a regional office of a multi-national corporate structure that sells polymer to manufacturers.• Resolved issues pertaining to property insurance, rent and lease agreements.• Researched and prepared sales reports, graphs, pricing data, projections and product/client reports. • Assisted clients, sales personnel and product managers.• Developed target lists of potential clients.• Traced the movement of railcars throughout the territory to ensure timely delivery of product. • Assisted in clearing chargebacks and gaining the release of railcars so as to avoid late charges.

Attorney• Directed course and strategy of defense in an automobile defense litigation firm.• Supervised files and assigned cases to counsel.• Represented clients in hearings, depositions and court appearances.• Negotiated the resolution of several cases within the liability coverage so as to avoid personal liability beyond the coverage provided by the applicable insurance policy.

Attorney, 1989-1990Paralegal, 1982-1989• Conducted/supported litigation in defense firm concentrating in personal injury, wrongful death, insurance law, commercial litigation and aviation law.• Gained extensive deposition and courtroom experience.• As a paralegal led a team in handling the daily calendar, development of document discovery scheduled and appeared at discovery and inspections of the subject of the litigation.• Comprehensive document production, service and filing of same.• Extensive client and expert witness contact.