Ric B. Email and Phone Number

Director on Master Home Owners' Association Board assisting in governance of one of the larger HOAs in the Southwest Florida area.

I specialize in helping people plan for the future by protecting business and family assets, caring for elderly relatives or themselves, and dealing with the acquisition and disposition of both commercial and residential real estate. I also help technology companies and other businesses protect their intellectual assets, as well as dealing with other commercial issues such as sales and procurement agreements.

Lead Commercial Counsel 2011 - 2014Supported global services and global channels businesses encompassing $6B in revenue and managed regional legal support for these businesses; managed the legal operations function for the law department.• Partnered with senior management to develop and implement operating practices to meet market challenges.• Managed implementation and operation of law department technology, and law department budget.• Developed privacy requirements and procedures for support of new offerings to consumers.• Led global legal team in development of templates for doing business with global system integrators and global alliance customers. • Assisted in leading project team tasked with development of global customer management organization operational procedures.• Legal lead for development of global warranty program.• Acted as lead counsel for integration of acquired companies.

Lead Commercial Counsel 2005 - 2010Directed legal support function of North American region including commercial, regulatory, counseling for government and enterprise businesses during which time regional revenue increased by 60%.• Served as General Counsel to the board for international joint venture with Japanese company.• Served as lead antitrust counsel for entire division.• Led project to determine software warranties and indemnities with all products.• Managed regulatory issues including those with FCC, FCPA, Antitrust and FTC. • Implemented and managed processes for managing outside counsel costs.

Supported commercial negotiations with both customers and suppliers.• Negotiated agreements totaling over $5B with cellular phone customers of Motorola.• Supported procurement function for semi-conductors and microchips with major suppliers.• Served as Director of business development for North American cellular sales business.

• Provision of legal counsel and risk assessment and mitigation advice to President and CEO aimed at enhancing company sales strategies;• Assistance in development of distribution strategy for newly patented service;• Managed successful prosecution of patent application; negotiation and drafting of agreements with carriers for services and equipment; • Responsibility for all legal affairs (e.g., Antitrust, HR, Employment, Litigation, IP) and management of entire legal department and budget.