Act as the enterprise-level, vendor-facing contract law resource to support fast-paced lines of business (insurance, voluntary benefits, claims administration, and fitness centers) and shared services (information technology, marketing, finance, and human resources). Manage internal practice that supports business goals through reviews, drafts, and legal advice on contracts and transactions.• Instituted process enhancements that streamlined contract intake and throughput, allowing a 300% increase in annual volume coupled with a 40% reduction in staffing hours • Developed an in-house intake system that ranks contracts according to risk • Drafted new templates for outsourcing initiatives, professional services, SaaS licenses, staffing arrangements, and non-disclosure agreements to enhance legal protections while accelerating median completion time from 29 to 9 days• Assisted the business team tasked with rationalizing real estate portfolio, successfully negotiated lease terminations for satellite offices, resulting in ~15% annual rental savings

Served as outside general counsel for small to medium sized businesses. Focus was on commercial transactional work of all kinds, particularly supplier and vendor agreements, non-disclosure and confidentiality issues, information technology licensing, intellectual property portfolio management, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate. Also handled employment counseling and litigation as well as securities and compliance issues.

Legal responsibilities included:• Contracts: Led corporate contracting function including the negotiation and documentation of all contracts, not limited to customer and supplier agreements; non-disclosure agreements; joint development agreements; transportation agreements; licenses; employment contracts; broker agreements; services agreements; and real estate contracts.• Corporate Governance: Prepared and reviewed all ’34 Act filings; authored Compensation Discussion & Analysis section of 10-K; primary point of contact for global compliance network.• Litigation: Managed outside counsel; prepared and monitored budget; developed and revised strategy; and oversaw discovery responses.• Employment: Oversaw all human resources legal responsibilities, including policy development and implementation; investigations, and litigation.• Intellectual Property: Managed patent and trademark portfolios through outside counsel; implemented Patent Scorecard system to evaluate patentability of new inventions.• Real Estate: Managed all owned and leased North American property; disposed of excess property; acquired manufacturing locations, warehouses and offices through lease or purchase.• Department Management: Budget analysis, monthly formal status updates to CEO.

As Senior Attorney in Law Department (November 2000 – October 2007), I was responsible for drafting and negotiating all types of commercial transactions, including acquisitions, confidentiality policies and agreements, vendor supply agreements, general trade terms and conditions, credit facilities, software licensing, consulting agreements, and transportation agreements. As Staff Attorney and Senior Attorney in Real Estate Law Department (September 1996 – October 2000), I handled all types of real estate matters, including leases, purchase and sale agreements, loans, and property management issues. Key Accomplishments:• Led project to standardize information technology agreements, confidentiality agreements, real estate agreements and other contracts using fair and competitive legal terms, allowing commercial team to focus on broader business goals and reduce overall time required to complete negotiations.• As Lead Counsel for Walgreens’ electronic sourcing initiative, developed self-executing standard terms for RFIs, RFPs, auction terms, and purchase terms which allowed the company to cut procurement costs by over 25% per year in target areas.• Led Law Department’s initiative to implement contract management software that created an electronic contracts database where none had previously existed. • Lead Counsel for $500 million credit facility, at the time the largest such facility in the company’s history.• Acted as Lead Counsel on Medic Drug acquisition, the second largest acquisition in Walgreens’ history, allowing the company to successfully gain dominant market share in the Cleveland, Ohio market where organic growth strategies had failed previously.• Closed on purchase or lease of over 3.1 million square feet of commercial and industrial space, contributing to the company’s aggressive expansion plan to add over 500 retail locations per year.