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• Advised, counseled and represented the company for its operations in North, South and Central America. Member of division senior management team.• Personally handled wholesale and retail distribution, manufacturing, corporate compliance and governance (domestic and international), investigations, transactional matters, business counseling, import/export compliance, labor and employment (union and non-union), litigation, supervision of outside counsel – domestic and international, environmental and international law. • Established, led and managed a team of professionals and non-professionals who drafted and negotiated contracts, assisted in government sales compliance, provided legal counsel to employees.• Prepared and presented training to employees on compliance, antitrust, employment law in the United States, Mexico and Brazil.

• Represented the company and its subsidiaries in all legal matters, domestic and international. Counseled senior management. Managed the legal, safety, insurance/risk management and compliance departments. Served as Corporate Secretary to Board of Directors for company and subsidiaries. • Performed corporate governance and records preparation and management, contract drafting and negotiation, distribution and product development agreements, business counseling, development of company policies, intellectual property protection, acquisitions, corporate compliance, government compliance, labor and employment, litigation and supervision of outside counsel in the United States, Canada, Mexico, South and Central America.• Presented continuing employee education on legal and compliance issues.

Handled civil and commercial litigation, labor and employment law, contracts, transactions, compliance, real estate, environmental law, advised on company policy and procedure; reviewed pending legislation, conducted internal investigations.

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Activities and Societies: Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology

Activities and Societies: Dean's List