Serve as the attorney for all client and vendor contract drafting and negotiations while leading the commercial contracting area of bswift. Successfully negotiate multi-year SaaS technology and services agreements with numerous companies ranked in the top half of the Fortune 500. Review, draft, and negotiate professional services agreements, master service agreements, software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreements, statements of work, business associate agreements (BAA), non-disclosure agreements (NDA), end-user license agreements (EULA), letters of intent, contract templates, and contract amendments. Advise on matters related to contract disputes, intellectual property protection, data security law, privacy law, and healthcare law. Manage bswift's procurement contracting process and its integration with the larger procurement organization of bswift's parent company. Advise on matters concerning Limitations of Liability, Indemnification, Intellectual Property protection, PPACA, COBRA, ERISA, HIPAA, HITECH, Section 125, EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and all contract terms and conditions. Develop and maintain new standards and procedures for effective contract management. Coordinate with Sales, Client Services, and CVS Procurement to facilitate timely client and vendor contract negotiation and execution.

Developed and implemented procedures for maintaining contract compliance with appropriate state and federal regulations, including the Affordable Care Act (PPACA), HIPAA, and Medicare. Served as a primary point of contact for all Illinois Department of Insurance contract filings for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois. Managed a multi-state team of Advanced and Senior Contract Specialists in areas of Insurance Certificate Compliance. Developed new contract language for use in insured certificates and benefit booklets. Executed special language development and compliance projects related to healthcare reform at the state and federal level.

Managed a multi-state team of Advanced and Senior Contract Specialists in areas of Insurance Certificate Compliance. Develop new contract language for use in insured certificates and benefit booklets. Execute special language development and compliance projects related to healthcare reform at the state and federal level.

Employer/Group contract negotiations, contract analysis, contract drafting, project management, legislative compliance.

Project management, contract analysis, contract drafting, legislative compliance.

Provided legal relevance and privilege analysis of litigation documents for a wide variety of corporate lawsuits, including patent and trademark infringement litigation. Coordinated with corporate attorneys and litigation attorneys on all discovery matters.

Intellectual Property, Trademark Prosecution, Trademark and Copyright licensing, civil litigation.

Commercial litigation contract attorney at a firm specializing in insurance subrogation law and general civil litigation.

Meeting with clients and attorneys, assisting with organizing LCA events, drafting legal memoranda on intellectual property law and entertainment law.

Developed IP related legal writing projects by researching and analyzing case law and statutes then drafting fact patterns and model answers concerning copyright and patent infringement. Critiqued student assignments and helped students improve their writing abilities.Gave full-class lectures on legal research, Shepardizing, and Bluebook formatting.