Senior Counsel
CurrentProvide several types of legal advice for large industry trade association, including corporate compliance, intellectual property, and contracts. Act as primary counsel for industry standards development efforts, certification programs, publications, training, and software programs. Advise clients on compliance matters, standards, procedures, antitrust, intellectual property, and enforcement of rights. Oversee numerous outside attorneys while implementing and analyzing litigation strategies. ● Conceptualized a multi-layered employee and contractor compliance program from scratch preventing serious threats to a $40M industry product certification program. ● Reduced contract creation and administration time by implementing new procedures and standardizing terms to enable contract officers to more efficiently achieve their business goals while protecting the organization. ● Created training programs and procedures for high-risk industry standards development program, including the complete prevention of antitrust suits or government enforcement actions for 14 years in a program with 7000 oil company volunteers working on competitively sensitive industry standards. ● Negotiated major IP distribution agreements for publications generating $25M in annual income, increasing revenues by 20% while providing the organization control over its distribution channels. ● Established strong trademark and copyright enforcement processes, resulting in a 50% reduction in copyright enforcement legal costs and a 50% reduction in cases of counterfeit trademark usage around the world.
