Spearheaded legal functions for in-house business team and acted as legal representative to ancillary income team for grocery anchored shopping centers. Partnered with team to coordinate and ensure timely production and completion of licenses and other agreements and research memoranda.• Drafted and negotiated ancillary income specialty license agreements, amendments, waivers and termination notices, commission agreements, research memoranda, and related documentation.• Collaborated with leasing team to assist with LOI and statements of work negotiations.• Researched relevant property documents (tenant leases, reciprocal easement agreements, surveys) and prepared research memos providing information and conclusions.• Reviewed lease language and provided lease interpretation guidance to ancillary income team, leasing team, property managers, and billing department.• Facilitated document signing process, including processing documents for signature through DocuSign, obtaining and reviewing COIs. Oversaw and monitored payment.• Tracked, performed necessary follow-up for, and reported out on completion of all documents.

Managed state and municipal licenses, filings, and registrations for approximately 550 clinics located in 14 states. Oversaw application, renewal, and maintenance of all corporate entities, including filing annual reports and assisting with filing of new entities, drafting corporate documents, resolutions, and minutes. Requested good standings and entity formation documents. Maintained and updated corporate minute books.• Drafted and prepared estoppel requests, NDAs, legal notices to landlords, and termination notices.• Assisted attorneys in commercial contracting process, including drafting and conducting preliminary review of leases to LOIs and contracts for accuracy and KPI analysis.• Assisted due diligence efforts for M&A transactions, including contract review of lease, vendor and AT agreements, and schedule of dates and closing checklists.• Assisted with transition to new technologies. Identified necessary key terms and conditions within contracts to migrate to new corporate contract repository.• Managed legal department’s help desk ticket system and coordinated communication from multiple email inboxes.• Served as department coordinator by providing general administrative support and calendar management for various VPs in corporate affairs department

Provided legal administrative support for real estate and corporate matters. Assisted with preparing, reviewing, redlining, and editing of sale, purchase, and related transactional agreements and corporate documents.• Assembled all real estate and new entity formation documents, ensuring all attachments and exhibits were intact, for execution by all parties.• Maintained corporate database, updated records both electronically and in physical minute book, entered critical dates, and assisted with maintaining ongoing docket for corporate database.• Prepared schedule of dates and closing checklists, as well as docket deadlines.• Prepared and distributed closing binders for real estate and corporate transactions.• Maintained attorney schedules, arranged conference rooms and food and beverage for meetings, prepared legal correspondence, tracked and recorded billable hours, and managed payment of invoices.

Prepared and revised leases, contracts, ancillary legal documents, and other real estate transaction documents for existing and new shopping malls.• Reviewed legal documents for accuracy.• Coordinated document execution.• Maintained relationships with clients, tenants, and salespeople.• Managed attorney schedules and expense reimbursements, arranged conference rooms for meetings, prepared legal correspondence, managed payment of invoices, and set up and maintained physical client files.

Facilitated all phases in the defense of worker’s compensation claims from pre-litigation, litigation to settlement on behalf of various insurance companies. •Prepared pleadings, motions, discovery pleadings and answers, settlement agreements and subpoenas.• Obtained, reviewed and summarized medical and employment records, prepared medical chronologies and calculated average weekly wages. • Scheduled and coordinated IMEs and FCEs. Gathered pertinent medical records and coordinate payments. • Scheduled depositions of party(ies), expert and lay witnesses. Coordinated translation services if needed. • Utilized various websites to perform child support lien searches and civil and criminal docket searches. • Acted as liaison between attorneys, clients, healthcare providers, insurance claims adjusters, vendors, witnesses, and workers’ compensation staff and Judges. • Docketed deadlines, maintained accurate calendars of all appointments and depositions and hearings.• Maintained attorney schedules, travel and expenses, tracked and recorded billable hours, prepared legal correspondence, managed payment of invoices and set up and maintained client files.• Assisted with planning and execution of events and special projects.

• Provided administrative support for civil tax matters, corporate transactions, general litigation, real estate and medical malpractice defense for 3 attorneys and provided administrative support for the Business Development Manager.• Prepared, under supervision of attorney, basic contracts, lease agreements, purchase agreements and liquor license renewals.• Provided assistance with transactional closings and prepared closing documents. Assisted with corporate organization and business filings, including minutes and annual reports.• Completed and facilitated the completion of IRS and State Tax forms such as powers of attorney, installment agreements, collection information statements, and offers in compromise.• Drafted pleadings, motions and discovery requests. Prepared hard copy and electronic documents to be filed with the court, including bates-stamping documents. E-filed in both State and Federal courts and docket all deadlines and court obligations. Maintained pleadings and discovery binders.• Collaborated with other legal assistants and attorneys across practice areas with corporate and litigation related tasks. • Assisted Managing Partner and Human Resources with planning and execution of events.• Maintained attorney schedules, docketed deadlines, prepared legal correspondence, tracked and recorded billable hours, managed payment of invoices and set up and maintained client files.

• Managed administrative tasks for Managing Partner and provided administrative support for up to six additional attorneys with corporate and estate planning matters and, on an as-needed basis, for additional attorneys with real estate, employment and insurance defense matters.• Prepared trusts, wills, amendments, deeds, and other estate planning documents.• Scheduled court appearances opening Estates, filed notices and prepared letters to beneficiaries and creditors in probate matters.• Drafted, under attorney supervision, organization and business filings, minutes, annual reports and other state filings, basic contracts and lease agreements. Created and maintained corporate minute books.• Requested and reviewed medical records and bills in order to summarize and prepare medical chronologies for insurance defense cases.• Maintained attorney schedules, prepared legal correspondence, tracked and recorded billable hours, managed payment of invoices and set up and maintained client files.• Trained and mentored new legal assistants.

• Managed logistics, contracts and details for annual trade show and meetings throughout the year including venue research and sourcing, budgets, travel and hotel accommodations, menu selection, audio-visual requirements and assisted marketing team with marketing strategy development.• Coordinated all meeting communications both internally to upper management and to attendees and exhibitors.• Responsible for current year event budgets and profitability.• Developed and cultivated internal and external relationships and facilitated effective communication in order to maintain client satisfaction and ensure the renewal of future events.

• Managed logistics and details of exhibitor attendance at two annual tradeshows.• Administrated the completion of contracts, reporting, recordkeeping, preparation and payment of invoices and membership dues owed by exhibitors.• Ensured effective communication with exhibitors ensuring all logistics were adequately maintained.• Developed and cultivated internal and external relationships and facilitated effective communication in order to maintain client satisfaction and ensure the renewal of future events.• Developed and edited online exhibitor manual and exhibitor pages in Expo program book.• Responsible for current year event budgets and profitability.

• Managed logistics for twenty-five legal and government meetings a year including venue research and sourcing, contract preparation and negotiation, securing delegate travel and accommodations and menu selection.• Responsible for meeting budgets and profitability for each event.• Worked with exhibitors and sponsors ensuring all exhibit needs were met; facilitating effective communication in order to maintain client satisfaction; cultivating relationships thereby ensuring the renewal of future events .• Worked with speakers to ensure all audio-visual, hotel, travel and speaker pack logistics were met.• Responsible for current year event budgets and profitability and contributed towards the planning of upcoming fiscal year expense forecasting.

• Organized, planned and managed all aspects of convention, sales and training meetings and corporate attendance at 100+ conventions a year. Coordinated travel logistics for Board of Directors, Upper Management and sales representatives.• Planned and facilitated special projects within the dental and hygiene industry .• Assisted with sales administration, data analysis. Processed and approved sales representative’s expense reports.• Responsible for convention profitability (both pre- and post-meeting). Determined upcoming fiscal year budgets.