Provide advice and counsel on all aspects of employments and benefits laws to clientsSuccessfully manage and represented clients in civil litigation matters, including drafting legal documents, conducting research, and participating in courtroom proceedings.Facilitate legal arbitration proceedings, including case preparation, evidence presentation, demand letters, negotiations, resulting in favorable resolutions for clients.Regularly draft a wide range of legal documents for cases in federal and state courts, including motions, responses to opposing motions, and persuasive briefsRepresent clients before administrative bodies such as the PA Human Relations Commission and the EEOC

Analyzed complex legal documents including contracts, spreadsheets, and financial documents and informed clients of potential legal liabilities.Reviewed documents and informed clients of any reporting responsibilities under the GDPRAssessed trust documents so client was informed of all potential beneficiaries to various financial trustsCoordinated with Project Managers to ensure that projects were completed on time and within allotted budgetDetermined if the document was responsive to the issues in the case and determine if any type of attorney-client privilege appliedPerformed quality control on fellow attorneys’ work to ensure documentation is error free and compliant with client needs

Reviewed Hospital System agreements to assess Health Plan obligations/risks under Provider agreements, and presented the findings to upper management on a regular basis. Worked in coordination with Contracting Standards to modify contract templates to reflect changing business needs.Worked with contract negotiators to redline agreements as part of the negotiation process.Coordinated with Claims department to ensure payment methodologies in agreements are correctly implemented into our systems.Trained Contracting Department staff in the use of contract management software

Audited contracts with 9 key suppliers to ensure compliance with AT&T’s intellectual property policies and its long-term business interests. Reviewed, analyzed, and interpreted the intellectual property language in hundreds of existing contracts to provide certainty of AT&T’s intellectual property rights in relation to key suppliers. Reviewed agreements as part of request for procurement (RFP) process. Researched and analyzed past agreements with a key supplier to determine supplier’s primary interests prior to negotiations. Worked with AT&T supply chain and legal to rectify deficiencies in supplier agreements. Created documentation summarizing strengths and weaknesses of various supplier agreements. Communicated results of agreement audits to AT&T executives.

Assisted with fact development by communicating with potential plaintiffs. Composed open records requests for ongoing cases.Reviewed evidence as part of the discovery process in cases. Researched and drafted a memorandum addressing the limitations of privacy rights in the workplace. Created documentation for filing an appeal in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Collaborated to design, develop, and automate company-wide insurance claim solution for several major clients.Implemented changes to claim processing systems for compliance with Affordable Care Act. Evaluated code to identify and repair system defects to prevent claim processing stoppage.Oversaw and successfully facilitated four major upgrades to claims processing, and troubleshooting system bugs.