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Florida, United States

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

● Provided expert and strategic legal advice to executive team and all levels of staff; identified proactive solutions to eliminate or mitigate risk in contracts, donor and constituent-facing materials, and other areas of organization activity.● Reviewed and advised on all contracts requiring legal review, including federal and private grants, commercial, IT, data privacy, real estate, marketing, and conference services contracts.● Served as assistant real estate counsel on all Association real estate matters, including drafting and advising on a broad range of commercial transactions relating to leases and purchase & sale agreements. ● Assisted in selecting & managing outside counsel on general matters and direct litigation strategy.● Represented Association in mediation and arbitration matters. ● Applied knowledge in trademark law, usage, and cease & desist letters.● Oversaw Estate & Trust department relating to estate, trust, IRA, and other planned gifts.○ Served as main legal contact for all 75 Association chapters.○ Interfaced with COO and CFO regarding legal and financial issues relating to planned gifts.○ Oversaw outside counsel on all estate & trust litigation matters.○ Communicated with attorneys and other fiduciary representatives to facilitate probate and trust proceedings and expedite distributions to the Association.○ Ensured all estate & trust gift records and files meet independent audit requirements.○ Sat on Gift Acceptance Committee to advise on risk exposure and potential benefits of proposed gifts from donors.○ Served as assistant real estate counsel on Association leases, purchase and sale agreements, providing expert advice on contract interpretation, terms and issues.

Chicago, Il, Us

● Represented purchasers and sellers, including institutional clients, in all matters of commercial real estate transactions,including drafting and negotiating financing and organizational documents, leases, purchase and sale contracts and brokerageand property management agreements. Oversaw contract preparation and negotiation, title clearance and closing documentpreparation while managing escrow funds and deal tracking spreadsheets.● Assisted clients in the creation and development of estate and gift planning, through the evaluation and inclusion of clients’goals and asset and drafting various estate planning documents, such as: revocable and irrevocable trusts; third party specialneeds trusts; irrevocable and gift trusts; charitable trusts; promissory notes and installment contracts; last wills andtestaments; and powers of attorney.● Represented families and individuals throughout uncontested probate and trust administration, from the opening of the estatethrough final distribution.● Advised clients on entity formation and compliance, including drafting of operating agreements, member agreements andmember and shareholder resolutions.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

● Served as lead attorney of the Estate Planning department.● Advised clients on creating comprehensive estate plans, including: revocable and irrevocable trusts; special needstrusts; life insurance trusts; gift trusts; last wills and testaments; and powers of attorney.● Prepared estate, gift and fiduciary income tax returns.● Advised clients on estate and trust administration.● Advised clients on choice of business entity formation, business taxation, corporate maintenance and compliance, andbusiness succession planning.● Acted as both Seller and Buyer’s attorney for sales of estate- and trust-owned real property.● Assisted Litigation department in Probate, Guardianship and Estate and Trust Administration.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Assisted attorneys in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, guardianship, business law, real estate law and gift and estate taxation.

Chicago, Il, Us

Assisted the Chicago-Kent's Alumni Relations office in managing alumni relationships through digital research and database updates.

Denver, Colorado, Us

• Traveled to 26 Alpha Phi chapters throughout the U.S. and Canada to advise and consult 200 chapter officers in the areas of recruitment, marketing, and operations• Reviewed member contracts and chapter budgets• Ensured university chapters following International policies and standards on risk management & member education• Developed and delivered presentations to over 1,500 undergraduate members• Created and implemented strategic membership recruitment plans• Examined chapter activities and created action plans for immediate and sustainable improvements, including recommendations of ongoing organizational support at the local and international levels.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Business Law Certificate

Bachelor'S Of Science, Business Administration; Finance And Banking; Real Estate Emphasis

High School Diploma