- Manage a team of contract administrators supporting the negotiation, administration, and closeout of contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense, Foreign Military Sales, and commercial agreements.- Negotiate and administer manufacturing and engineering service contracts between the company and the United States Government.- Draft and negotiate non-disclosure agreements, software license agreements, and end-user license agreements.- Analyze and ensure compliance with provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).- Prepare detailed risk analyses of potential contractual terms and obligations. Counsel technical and business functions to ensure the company's contractual compliance and mitigation of intellectual property concerns. Draft and negotiate conditions of offer, proposal assumptions, and customer correspondence.

- Drafted and negotiated commercial contracts, settlement and confidentiality agreements, and loan modification agreements. Evaluated and mitigated risk in contracts and agreements.- Collaborated with in-house counsel and clients' business units to develop and implement internal contract guidelines and regulatory compliance programs.- Managed all aspects of commercial litigation, particularly involving breach of contract, fraud, loan default and foreclosure, and allegations that institutional clients were not satisfying their regulatory obligations.

- Drafted and negotiated non-disclosure agreements, settlement and confidentiality agreements, loan modification agreements, and deeds in lieu of foreclosure.- Conducted and defended against actions for breach of non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure provisions of employment contracts, as well as actions involving breach of contract and fraud.- Researched legal questions, drafted memos, letters, pleadings, and motions, and counseled clients regarding regulatory developments and their internal contract guidelines.- Drafted appellate briefs and briefs in opposition to petitions for leave to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court.

Judicial extern for Justice Margaret O'Mara Frossard.