General law practice including probate, estate planning, and family law

Represented United States government in business and home loan transactions with disaster victims primarily involving Hurricane Katrina, reviewing loans for sufficiency of collateral, drafting loan documents, reviewing title searches, vesting real property, and authorizing disbursement of loan funds, and closing loans in escrow

Commercial litigation and workers' compensation: extensive case management experience including handling and day-to-day oversight of multiple cases, conducting full case work up through discovery and pre-trial issues. This includes discovery experience propounding and responding to written discovery, drafting and arguing motions, conducting and defending numerous depositions and negotiating settlement of cases

• Developed and managed the ChoiceCare PPO Network in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Nebraska for national managed care company in Louisville, KY with over 6.5 million members• Managed over 250 hospital contracts and 7,500 physician contracts• Negotiated reduced unit costs with providers despite low market share• Analyzed provider fee schedules, and created new schedules resulting in increased savings• Built strong relationships with hospitals, providers, and key brokers

• Purchased physician practices in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Mississippi for start-up physician practice management company based in Louisville, KY• Performed financial and monitored legal due diligence for potential acquisitions• Negotiated acquisition agreements with practices

• Lead managed care network development and operations for JALIC in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana• Region was most profitable in the country during tenure due to developing stronger networks of hospitals and physicians, and creating a product pricing strategy designed to maximize profits• Led Development of managed care systems reporting capabilities at the request of Chief Group Officer, as well as was member of team responsible for the development of a new small group product that resulted in financial turnaround for JALIC• Structured and negotiated joint ventures with providers in Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma for the purpose of underwriting a small group, risk sharing product

• Managed largest territory in organization and developed first PPOs for PHCS in Nebraska, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and West Texas• Lead implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) principles in Tampa, Atlanta, and Dallas offices and lead national TQM teams which re-engineered key operations

• Twelve month broad-based administrative experience which allowed for training and participation in hospital operations, finance, managed care, physician relations, and governance.