Served as generalist- and senior-level paralegal specialist within a retail corporate environment.─ Provide legal guidance to the business with focus on intellectual property, regulatory and compliance, including: all aspects of intellectual property management (trademark, copyright and patent), marketing and advertising, social media, branded product compliance, vendor product compliance, gift cards, Bank Secrecy Act regulations, consumer protection regulations and social compliance.

Advanced through progressively responsible paralegal and program management roles within the Legal & Corporate Affairs (LCA) Worldwide Sales Group, Microsoft Learning Team, and Windows Client Development Group, playing a key role in development of best-of-breed intellectual property management frameworks, processes, controls, and solutions.• LCA Worldwide Sales Group, Worldwide Licensing & Pricing (WWLP) Team: Served as Senior Paralegal providing generalist support for volume licensing programs.─ Assist internal and external clients with issues such as compliance, copyright, trademark, piracy, and antitrust; provide a range of consulting, advising, and training.─ Played instrumental role in volume licensing program design, including review of contract terms and contribution to worldwide program localization and provision of first-line paralegal support for WLLP’s marketing, operational, and financial stakeholders.• Microsoft Learning Team: Served as the Anti-Piracy Program Manager, responsible for creating a comprehensive solution addressing Learning Team piracy / security issues.─ Collaborated with LCA and outside counsel teams to research, analyze, and define the key piracy and security issues of Microsoft Learning Team’s products and programs, including requirement due diligence and legal vetting, to inform program design and infrastructure development.─ Planned the program implementation strategy and rollout schedule, utilizing best-practice change management for seamless introduction; administered program budget.─ Produced all program policies, procedures, and documentation, as well as program SharePoint site.─ Managed relations with outside counsel, investigators, and data forensics analysts• Windows Client Development Group: Served as senior-level product paralegal specialist ─ Advised LCA stakeholders and external business partners in issues related to patent, copyright, trademark, anti-trust, privacy, security, and open source technology.

Spearheaded planning, development, and implementation of business procedures for the newly established Patent Group, including patent docketing, outside counsel management, patent filing, and patent prosecution processes. • Orchestrated patent filing and prosecution from initial disclosure to issuance.

Transitioned from temporary support role to provide paralegal services and contract management within LCA Intellectual Property & Licensing Group.• LCA Intellectual Property & Licensing Group: Selected for permanent position following success in patent support, managing license agreements from execution to expiration.─ Produced and distributed licensing process deliverables, including technical specifications, source code, invoices, royalty reports, and executive-level program reports; collected royalty funds.─ Instrumental contributor to design, development, and administration of IP & Licensing Group tracking database• Patent Group: Provided patent support and filing coordination in temporary assignment through Kelly Services; managed end-to-end patent filing life cycle.

Directly supported partner and associate attorney within specialty legal firm providing intellectual property, patent prosecution, and patent litigation services. Coordinated patent filing case life cycle through prosecution for both attorneys.