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Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, Canada Area

Litigator & Solicitor – Civil LitigationLam Legal is an active, collegial, self-directed boutique law firm. My career here has emphasized strong advocacy for both private and commercial clients at the tribunal level, Provincial and Supreme Courts, and proactive encouragement of alternative dispute resolution. As a solicitor, I have prepared corporate purchase agreements, parenting and separation agreements, estate plans, and commercial contracts. Because the stakeholders in these practice areas are incredibly varied, I have honed an empathetic, succinct, and approachable method of communication with clients and colleagues.

Vancouver, Canada Area

ICBC is a Crown Corporation and the sole provider of mandatory automobile insurance in the province. As in-house counsel, I lead the handing of third party personal injury claims exhibiting a low to moderate complexity and exposure. Working within a 60+ legal services team, my duties include:• Coordinating claims with internal examiners and external counsel, including providing recommendations on liability, admissions of fact, defense strategy, causation issues, investigations and the need for expert medical, psychiatric, economic and/or engineering opinions• Assessing risk exposure and providing quantum opinions for various heads of damage, including non-pecuniary, loss of past and prospective income, loss of housekeeping, cost of future care, in trust claims, special damages and bills of cost• Preparing written and oral submissions for pre-trial applications, case planning conferences, trial management conferences and trials; appearing in court to speak to same• Leading document and oral discovery, settlement negotiations, mediations and arbitrations

Vancouver, Canada Area

Armstrong Naish Trial Lawyers (formerly Stewart and Company) is a boutique insurance defense litigation firm that deals primarily with high complexity and high-risk exposure third party liability personal injury matters, and appellate matters of legal significance to the industry. The case load at this firm encompasses catastrophic injury claims including: traumatic brain injury; paraplegia, quadriplegia and tetraplegia; matters potentially involving a criminal component; multi-party claims; infant litigants; and matters involving underinsured or breached contracts. My caseload routinely involved my engagement with:• Preliminary case assessment, providing the client with opinions on liability and collateral legal issues, risk exposure, policy limits, viability of defenses, heads and quantum of damages, and file strategy• Reviewing and finalising pleadings, drafting affidavits and pre-trial motions• Conducting oral and document discovery, interviewing witnesses, securing expert evidence, identifying strengths and weaknesses in same• Attending pre-trial hearings, case planning conferences, trial management conferences, mediations, negotiations, arbitrations, settlement conferences, trials and cost assessments• Assessing opposing expert evidence and strategically raise pre-trial objections to impugned content• Overseeing the collection of clinical and financial documentation, critically evaluate same.• Providing recommendations for surveillance and cyber-investigation• Assessing and cost of future care reports, and economist reports based on same for analysis of costs of future care, wage loss capacity claims, both pasty and future, and non-pecuniary damages

Vancouver, Canada Area

I assisted Munnings Law with the preparation of claims submitted to the federal government through the Specific Claim Tribunal. These are monetary damage claims made by a First Nation against the Crown regarding the administration of land and other First Nation assets and the fulfillment of treaties. My role includes:• Reviewing historical reports and historical documents• Summarizing facts that give rise to a claim• Ensuring the claim meets the required procedural and format standard for consideration• Researching and applying precedents and legal argument• Ensuring internal consistency

Vancouver, Canada Area

Smeets Law Corporation is a downtown Vancouver boutique law firm. My articling experience included work in these areas of the law. • Immigration law • Criminal law • Civil litigation • Family law • Medical malpractice • Commercial litigation• Personal injury • Insurance law • Employment law • Corporate law • Judicial review • Workers Compensation AppealsBecause this is a small, boutique law firm, I assumed a hands-on role from the outset, assisting counsel with their files from beginning to end. My past professional experience has been well utilized and a proven valuable asset to the firm. I believe I have been able to contribute meaningfully to legal strategies, and to provide practical insight to the issues that confront our clients. My experience included:• Researching legal issues and drafting memos to counsel regarding matters that were novel to the firm • Assisting with and often assuming an advisory role on commercial dispute mediations • Developing lines of questioning for examinations for discovery • Assisting with judicial reviews largely concerning immigration and refugee claims • Crafting arguments for civil litigation matters • Conducting client interviews • Attending court, administrative hearings and examinations for discovery • Drafting documents including settlement proposals, submissions for administrative review, commercial contracts, articles of incorporation, shareholder agreements and affidavits.

Vancouver, Calgary, Canada

This communications and multimedia design company focused on defining corporate identities and managing public opinion. EyeCatch Creative contributed to clients' business development through marketing, employee motivation, public relations and issue and crisis management. The client base included commercial businesses, provincial ministries and not-for-profit organizations involved in transportation, tourism, technology, petroleum, health care, finance and public awareness. Key functions included:• Building stakeholder consensus by diplomatically prioritizing and addressing competing stakeholder concerns• Advocating for client positions before boards of directors, media and administrative bodies• Vetting, editing and drafting content for marketing regimes and public consultation and awareness initiatives• Motivational speaking, spearheading employee incentive programs and enhancing customer service protocols

Houston, Texas

Health Task, Inc. was a healthcare administration enterprise that assisted groups of physicians with the structuring of corporate entities and subsequently provided these entities with the expertise to build new surgical hospitals or to acquire existing facilities. Health Task Inc. was then contracted to provide senior management services to establish, revitalize and grow these ventures. Health Task Inc. accomplished strategic business development through shareholder and site expansion, mergers and acquisitions, internal process improvement and niche market revenue capture. The facilities ranged from 50-350 employees, affected up to 200 physicians and possessed annual operating budgets up to $35 million. Key functions included: • Performing due diligence and risk management assessments for market expansion• Ensuring continued compliance with federal, state and provincial legislation, independent accreditation frameworks and industry best practices • Drafting contracts, requests for proposals and internal policies and procedures• Overseeing corporate governance and improving organizational accountability• Reviewing and negotiating contracts with insurance providers, suppliers and senior officers• Mediating and resolving disputes between stakeholders at multiple levels • Researching, writing and editing content for public consultation initiatives, marketing campaigns, pedagogical materials and business proposals

Houston, Texas Area

Entrusted with designing client retention and facility affiliation strategies for this company pioneering patient advocacy for bariatric (weight loss) surgery candidates. Fortified market supremacy by revitalizing corporate identity, perpetuating client loyalty, and enhancing word-of-mouth brand promotion. Co-launched company expansion into California markets.

Pasadena, Texas

Tasked with revitalizing, inaugurating corrective measures for, and managing daily operations of this ambulatory surgery center comprising 75 employees and 12 physician owners – ultimately to guarantee state compliance and independent accreditation of this facility. • Orchestrated within a rigid 6-week timeline, the recruitment and management of an acquisition team, performing comprehensive due diligence, and securing physician partnership agreement for purchase of this facility, with zero downtime• Restored, within 1 just year of instatement, this facility from a position of imminent state license revocation to that of total compliance and a 3-year-full independent accreditation• Catapulted monthly case volume from 200 to 550+ procedures• Retired $1.0 million assumed debt by 70% • Enhanced revenue stream systems by introducing accountability measures, ramping up collection procedures, and optimizing commercial mix, resulting in nearly a 10% increase of cash collections per case

Houston, Texas Area

Identified facility-specific challenges within corporate cultures. Produced, monitored and adjusted tailored strategies for addressing change through multicultural appreciation, competitor integration, and customer empathy.

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

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First Class Honors