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Salt Lake City, UT, US

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

Seattle, WA, US

• Legal support relative to the operation of a digital insurance exchange that sold health, P&C, and life insurance products.
• Provided actionable legal guidance of new and emerging laws and regulations relative to insurance, privacy and security measures to update systems, policies and operations.
• Negotiated key contracts including a agreement that increased sales over 25% in one quarter
• Resolved multiple agency inquiries and complaints concerning marketing and sales practices

Los Angeles, California, US

• Led legal, privacy, and compliance functions at a health-tech startup focused on digital health and wellness, and health insurance distribution.
• Legal counsel and support relative to business expansion, strategy, operations, contracts, marketing, sales and distribution, digital health, medical practices, compliance, Fraud & Abuse, Corporate Practice of.
• Legal support of successful effort that raised $135 million in Series A funding
• Formed and obtained licenses for over 70 businesses across the U.S.
• Partnered with CMO to create and launch telehealth and wellness practices across numerous states

San Antonio, Texas, US

• Led and managed legal, compliance, risk and regulatory affairs departments at a health/ pharmacy-technology start-up.
• Provided legal advice and services relative to strategy, operations, 340B/ pharmacy, contracts (e.g., Technology, commercial, vendor, etc.), employment, privacy, governance, risk, litigation, and regulatory matters
• Optimized operations by reducing customer complaints and disputes by over 70%
• Optimized contracts by implementing standard provisions, tracking, and management
• Created corporate trainings relative to privacy, compliance, legal documentation, board operations, etc.

San Antonio, Texas, US

• Business line general counsel to USAA’s insurance and exchange business, which offered Medicare and commercial insurance plans and products (e.g., major medical, dental, vision, short term, and accident).
• Advised leaders and support segments relative to business development, contracts, operations, compliance, privacy and data security, health law and regulations, sales and distribution.
• Negotiated and drafted numerous multi-million-dollar technology and insurance deals
• Ideation and successful launch of the CLO Professional Rotation & Mentoring program
• Provided solutions that increased call center efficiency while reducing call abandonments by 50%

US

• Served as counsel to numerous UnitedHealthcare health plans (Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP) and administrative and disease management operations (ASO and DMO).
• Supervised and coordinated the provision of legal advice and support across five time zones.
• Areas of counsel spanned operations, business development and procurement, acquisitions, contracts, healthcare reform, governance, FOIA, data security and privacy, compliance, litigation, regulatory matters, risk.
• Point counsel to Business Development Team which achieved 40% YoY growth over six-year period
• Led efforts to create integrated delivery systems, ACOs, networks, and virtual medical homes
• Created a health plan and obtained requisite licenses within 3 months

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Defended businesses, and healthcare providers and entities in litigation relative to general liability, corporate liability, fraud and abuse, wrongful death, and regulatory matters
• Vacated a $60 million default judgment and obtained a dismissal with prejudice
• Settled a multi-million-dollar wrongful death action for 1/100 of the demand following deposition

• Defended businesses, healthcare entities and professionals in arbitration and litigation relative to public entity law, corporate liability, general liability, premise liability, malpractice, licensing, fraud and.
• Successfully defended dozens of clients in binding arbitration
• Took and/or defended well over 300 depositions
• Achieved an $8 million (80%) reduction of a Hazmat /SHARPS injury case
• Defended and/or settled multi-million-dollar cases through ADR and dispositive motions

Durham, North Carolina, US

Provided legal support of corporate services relative to biopharmaceutical development, and commercial outsourcing services with respect to Phase I-IV clinical trials and associated laboratory and analytical services. Areas of work included contracts, privacy, data security and transmission matters. Drafted corporate policies and procedures and the legal.

Master'S Degree, Health Administration, Health Policy

Juris Doctor

Bachelor'S Degree

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