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Nashville, Tennessee

• Guiding the organization in the development of its new high-tech, high-touch approach for individuals with opioid use disorder and substance use disorder, as Axial Healthcare’s first in-house legal counsel.
• Maintaining responsibility for all legal, regulatory, and compliance activities, including managing relationships with outside counsel and leading corporate legal strategy and initiatives.
• Preparing and negotiating a broad range of contracts, third-party agreements, customer contracts, and vendor-supplier relationships, including the development or modification of forms and contracts.
• Guiding management in employment law, concerns, contracts, and claims, as an SME.
• Refining and updating policies, procedures, and compliance manuals per state and federal regulations.
• Assisting with regulatory and compliance training of employees; and communicating legal, regulatory, and/or compliance initiatives, concerns, or status to appropriate managers or the board of directors.

Brentwood, Tennessee

• Maintained accountability for identifying, evaluating, and managing legal risk and providing legal guidance to the key decision-makers.
• Advised C-suite leadership in the development of new lines of services, marketing strategies, and regulatory implications, as Corporate Counsel.
• Analyzed, interpreted, and reviewed company contracts and other transactional documents.
• Advised and negotiated all contracts and transactional matters, including service agreements, business associate agreements, data agreements with payors, vendor agreements, employee agreements, etc.
• Negotiated the lease of new office space that more than tripled the square footage of the organization.
• Provide counsel to the executive team on all operational and administrative areas, as well as corporate governance and regulatory matters.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

• Provided legal support and advice concerning contract review, negotiation, and drafting, as well as other legal issues that may arise for the world’s leading provider of clinical services to hospitals.
• Established a good relationship with in-house clients and top management; and managed legal matters and projects as directed by the Associate General Counsel or the General Counsel.
• Provided senior management with legal advice and information regarding risk management strategies.
• Negotiated and advised on contracts and transactional matters.
• Coordinated strategy with the Chief Compliance Officer on contractual matters involving regulatory risk.

Brentwood, TN

• Organized, sourced, negotiated, and managed industry-leading national agreements for this healthcare group purchasing organization that controls approx. $20B in annual spend.
• Led the request for proposal for the Furniture Category for HealthTrust Purchasing Group, representing over $150M in annual spending.
• Assisted the Assistant VP of Strategic Sourcing with the renewal of the Infusion Device Category, one of HealthTrust’s largest, most complicated categories, representing $400M+ in annual spending.
• Managed a diverse portfolio of contractual areas including capital equipment, software, products, and services for healthcare technology.
• Drove the request for proposal process including drafting the required documentation along with the collection and analysis of data.
• Collaborated with various clinical and administrative department leaders in the development, implementation, and ongoing management of assigned agreements.

• Oversaw, managed, and negotiated contracts for this $1.3B company providing loyalty rewards programs and products to diverse clients nationwide.
• Closed the negotiation of the contracts and led the implementation team for a new line of business with one of the nation’s largest financial institutions (adding +300K customers immediately with projected long-term.
• Assisted Senior Counsel with leading company through an $18M litigation with a major competitor.
• Guided Affinion’s Senior Counsel with negotiations with four of the largest insurance carriers and led the transition of $350M worth of annual insurance premiums.
• Developed and implemented the strategy for the closing of complicated business negotiations and drafted the required documentation for finalization including contracts, letters of understanding, etc.
• Developed and maintained positive working relationships with key client and vendor stakeholders.

• Drafted over 800 specialized contracts and amendments for three distinct divisions.
• Negotiated contracts with clients and their legal counsel.
• Reviewed contract termination letters providing analysis of business program effects.
• Trained new legal department employees in contract administration, contract drafting, and contract termination procedures.
• Trained extradepartmental colleagues in legal department processes and the relationship between company goals and contract wording.

Doctor Of Jurisprudence

Education record

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Marketing