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• Partner with internal business clients and outside counsel on a variety of commercial litigation matters and provide strategic direction in case handling. These matters range from slip and fall cases to multi-million dollar earn out or antitrust disputes.• Advise and counsel internal legal colleagues and business partners regarding strategies to avoid future litigation and assist in making strategic decisions for the benefit of the Company.• Work closely with outside counsel to monitor and manage legal spend, provide budget estimates to the businesses, and assist the businesses with their financial planning and compliance through the setting of litigation reserves. • Direct efforts related to large-scale projects involving information governance and record retention initiatives. • Provide advice and counsel to the Corporate Infrastructure & Security team on a variety of cyber-related concerns, including incident response, policy and process development, and risk mitigation activities. • Supervise and manage multiple direct reports and work closely with other members of the litigation team.

• Liaised with internal business clients and outside counsel on commercial litigation matters of various types and levels of complexity. • Managed a variety of product quality cases and coordinated with insurance carriers and our Risk Management Department regarding coverage.• Advised internal business clients on pre-litigation matters, attempting to resolve matters short of litigation and/or to best position the Company should litigation ensue. • Provided advice and counsel regarding data privacy and cybersecurity issues.

Secretary (July 2013 to November 2017)• Kept meeting minutes for all Board of Director Meetings and Executive Sessions; drafted, maintained and updated organization’s policies and Employee Handbook.• Prepared and submitted filings required by the Secretary of the Commonwealth for Massachusetts non-profit organizations, and revised organization’s bylaws and monitored compliance with those bylaws. Board Member (March 2011 to November 2017)• Acted as a community ambassador for the organization and assisted with fundraising for the organization.• Served as a trusted advisor to the Executive Director as he developed and implemented Boston CASA’s strategic plan.• Identified outcomes and metrics to be used to evaluate impact of the organization’s activities.• Approved annual budgets and material business decisions.

• Approved annual budgets and material business decisions.• Provided support for the organization’s Massachusetts Legal Clinic for the Homeless by coordinating with law firm chairs, sharing information amongst firms, and developing resources for the attorneys performing the pro bono work.

• Represented corporate clients in all aspects of commercial and insurance/reinsurance disputes.• Responsible for matters from initiation through resolution, including developing and implementing litigation strategy, case management, trial preparation, taking and defending depositions, briefing and arguing discovery and dispositive motions, drafting all forms of discovery and negotiations. • Managed large case teams and supervised numerous associates and paralegals.• Co-Chair of Massachusetts Lawyers Clearinghouse for the Homeless pro bono program, representing indigent clients on a variety of legal issues including CORI concerns, housing issues, and social security matters. • Completed National Institute of Trial Advocacy Deposition Skills Program (2008).

• Selected to serve six-month tour as full-time Assistant District Attorney through Choate’s highly competitive prosecutor program. Managed all phases of prosecution, including case development, arraignment, pretrial hearings, plea negotiations, discovery, and trial preparation.• First chaired numerous trials and evidentiary hearings.