• Builds client relationships as outside general counsel by communicating daily with executives and Board of Trustees.• Facilitates efficient government procurement by drafting, analyzing, and negotiating all commercial and construction contracts.• Improves client operations by developing, implementing, and conducting periodic reviews of policies and procedures incollaboration with other consultants; instructing clients on Board governance, including Pennsylvania Sunshine Act, conflict of interests, internal investigations, parliamentary procedure, and Board fiduciary duties and best practices; managing Board agendas and attending all meetings; and providing daily legal advice on state and federal compliance and other business related matters.• Protects clients’ interests during litigation as a liaison between clients and their insurance counsel and managing discovery requests.• Performs legal research with Westlaw and drafts legal memorandums, as needed.‣ After identifying potential legal liability in a general terms contract used by a client, constructed and implemented a revisedcontract for use specifically with staffing agency contractors.‣ Assisted a public charter school, as outside general counsel, navigate a $12,000,000 bond financing.‣ Drafted and negotiated a $750,000 construction manager at-risk contract for a school patio and playground.‣ Reviewed, revised, and drafted policies and procedures that successfully met scrupulous industry regulatory standards.‣ Currently guiding three Philadelphia charter schools through the regulatory gauntlet of obtaining renewed charter agreements.

• Worked directly with the General Counsel of PIDC, an entity that provides real estate and financial services for Philadelphia businesses, by reviewing and drafting loan and real estate documents, reviewing title insurance and land surveys, attending closings, and conducting relevant legal research.

Conducted legal research and drafted briefs related to FCC regulations, identity management and trust services, the Foreign Corruption Practices Act, and state telecommunication and employment laws.

• Wrote hundreds of hearing briefs to assist attorneys and non-attorney advocates prepare for administrative Social Security Disability hearings.• Reviewed client files, assessed medical evidence, and directed next steps for case workers.• Conducted interviews with clients to prepare them for hearings.‣ Based solely on drafted briefs, routinely persuaded Administrative Law Judges to grant fully favorable decisions prior to ahearing, as well as achieving remand of appealed cases.

• Researched and analyzed trending world news in regions that included the Middle East and East Asia in order to formulate inquiries pertaining to global events.• Performed quality analysis between the company's proprietary search engine and commonly used search engines by simultaneously executing searches with formulated inquires on each engine and comparing results.• Categorized inquiries that revealed quality results on the company's search engine.• Facilitated communications with the CEO and web developers to ensure deliverables were executed.• Assisted in website functionality and design by drafting concepts with Photoshop.

• Contributed in obtaining collection items that were relevant to topics on the desks' collection plans.• Researched and supported the drafting of reports that predicted the consequences of geopolitical and social economic scenarios.• Assisted in editing colleagues' reports while providing insight when appropriate. • Assisted in supervising interns on recruitment projects that successfully obtained and cataloged the contact information of leading professionals and experts.• Commemorated for achievements as a featured analyst in January 2013.

• Drafted articles on topics that included health, technology, and environmental issues in the developing world while attending conferences at the UN.• Performed interviews with NGO and UN officials.• Transcribed interviews.

• Supported supervisor as Point of Contact • Recommended improvements and refinements to the existing customer service infrastructure • Assisted in increasing positive customer feedback by 20% • Performed said duties in a fast paced environment, while paying key attention to detail