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Midland, Mi, Us

Midland, Michigan

Dow is a Fortune 100 company with $48B in revenue. Promoted to manage Dow's global litigation across the U.S. and 100+ countries, with oversight of all civil, criminal, and regulatory matters. Prepare and manage global litigation budget. Oversee environmental health and safety legal issues. Report directly to General Counsel.Lead 29-person team of attorneys, paralegals, and assistants, and manage outside counsel across 15 national law firms and top firms… Show more Dow is a Fortune 100 company with $48B in revenue. Promoted to manage Dow's global litigation across the U.S. and 100+ countries, with oversight of all civil, criminal, and regulatory matters. Prepare and manage global litigation budget. Oversee environmental health and safety legal issues. Report directly to General Counsel.Lead 29-person team of attorneys, paralegals, and assistants, and manage outside counsel across 15 national law firms and top firms worldwide.Trusted advisor to Dow's C-suite on wide-ranging legal matters and compliance issues. Interact frequently with Dow's Board of Directors. * Oversee litigation, including class actions, and provide counsel on contracts, corporate governance, labor and employment, securities law, intellectual property, issue resolution, and risk management strategy. * Managed intellectual property litigation in Canada resulting in an award of over $500M to Dow. * Led a governmental affairs effort to recoup $131M in debt from the Department of Energy. The funds were subsequently received from the Judgment Fund.* Manage regulatory matters and compliance for the SEC, the EPA, and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Draft Dow's SEC litigation disclosures and give general counseling on proxy reporting. * Collaborate on leadership development, succession planning, and employee evaluations for Legal Department as a member of the Legal Management Team.* Created and delivered training program for attorneys on litigation management and setting of liability reserves. * Oversee risk management and litigation for multiple Superfund hazardous materials cleanup sites nationwide. Show less

Midland, Mi

Served in role equivalent to general counsel for three business segments totaling over $20B in revenue. Advised two business presidents on general legal issues, including contract management and approval; antitrust concerns; mitigation of risks associated with non-conforming products; and global litigation matters. Served as lead in-house counsel for M&A for the business segments.* Managed the disposition of a joint venture asset in Japan, which greatly improved EBITDA for… Show more Served in role equivalent to general counsel for three business segments totaling over $20B in revenue. Advised two business presidents on general legal issues, including contract management and approval; antitrust concerns; mitigation of risks associated with non-conforming products; and global litigation matters. Served as lead in-house counsel for M&A for the business segments.* Managed the disposition of a joint venture asset in Japan, which greatly improved EBITDA for Asia-Pacific. Show less

Midland, Mi

Given expanded leadership responsibilities in a role focused on managing national asbestos litigation and strategy; global intellectual property litigation; and global products liability litigation. Led 13 team members. Selected by CEO and General Counsel to spearhead all aspects of multibillion breach of contract lawsuit against a unit of the state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp. after the company backed out of a planned joint venture: * Argued before International Court of… Show more Given expanded leadership responsibilities in a role focused on managing national asbestos litigation and strategy; global intellectual property litigation; and global products liability litigation. Led 13 team members. Selected by CEO and General Counsel to spearhead all aspects of multibillion breach of contract lawsuit against a unit of the state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp. after the company backed out of a planned joint venture: * Argued before International Court of Arbitration in London, resulting in a $2.49B judgment for Dow. * Negotiated $2.16B settlement with Kuwaiti ministers to gain faster access to the funds. Show less

Midland, Mi

Supported Dow's 800 affiliated companies concurrently with role at Dow's UCC subsidiary. Trained executives, HR, and boards of companies overseas to meet Dow's standards for fiduciary duty and environmental protection.* Served as a key member of litigation team representing Dow in a high-profile case that Rohm and Haas brought against Dow to enforce a $19B merger agreement between the companies. * Oversaw all pre-merger interaction between Rohm and Haas and Dow to prevent… Show more Supported Dow's 800 affiliated companies concurrently with role at Dow's UCC subsidiary. Trained executives, HR, and boards of companies overseas to meet Dow's standards for fiduciary duty and environmental protection.* Served as a key member of litigation team representing Dow in a high-profile case that Rohm and Haas brought against Dow to enforce a $19B merger agreement between the companies. * Oversaw all pre-merger interaction between Rohm and Haas and Dow to prevent antitrust and gun-jumping violations, and advised finance and tax department on integrating 200+ Rohm and Haas companies into Dow. Show less

Midland, Mi

Provided legal counsel to $10B Dow subsidiary's CEO, CFO, and Board of Directors; matters included dividend policy, pension fund, SEC disclosures, asbestos litigation, divestitures and/or contribution of assets, capital investments, loans, contractual put arrangements with Dow, and fiduciary duty obligations. * Navigated complexities of legal entity alignment and corporate separateness between Union Carbide and Dow.

Midland, Mi

Managed U.S. and international mass tort, class actions, commercial litigation, products liability, and environmental litigation for Dow and its subsidiaries. * Represented Dow and its CEO in highly publicized U.S. and international litigation arising from an unauthorized and failed attempt by insiders to take over the company, and negotiated a favorable outcome (a clawback of the perpetrators' compensation, and public admission of guilt).* Caseload included U.S. and… Show more Managed U.S. and international mass tort, class actions, commercial litigation, products liability, and environmental litigation for Dow and its subsidiaries. * Represented Dow and its CEO in highly publicized U.S. and international litigation arising from an unauthorized and failed attempt by insiders to take over the company, and negotiated a favorable outcome (a clawback of the perpetrators' compensation, and public admission of guilt).* Caseload included U.S. and international litigation arising from Agent Orange; dioxin mass tort class actions; breast implant and medical-grade silicone fluid products; pesticide personal injury litigation; Bhopal gas release litigation; and California legislation reform. Show less

Chicago, Il

Gained litigation experience at three nationally recognized law firms in Chicago, with cases spanning products liability, mass tort, class action, and commercial litigation. Second-chaired federal jury trial resulting in favorable jury verdict, and first-chaired a personal jurisdiction evidentiary hearing.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: University of Iowa Johnson Scholar in Department of Political Science; and member of Phi Beta Kappa Beta Honor.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Member of Iowa Law Review; received American Jurisprudence Award for Constitutional Law; graduated.