Richard Shelest, M.S., J.D. Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Assistant to litigation counsel.

San Jose, California, United States

Assistant to senior litigation counsel.

San Francisco Bay Area

CA Bar Certified Law Student working under supervision of partners and associates on insurance defense cases involving personal injury, products liability, professional liability, construction defects, and business/commercial litigation.

Santa Clara University

Advised two Silicon Valley startups under attorney supervision on legal issues/projects surrounding early stages of business formation, including: -Delivered a SaaS Agreement for use as clickwrap to license cloud-based software to customers. -Conducted trademark knockout searches for proposed brand name, product names, and logo for client’s business..

Oak Harbor, WA, United States

• Conducted flight operations in the EA-18G Growler aircraft
• Qualified Growler Mission Commander and Electronic Warfare Officer
• Hours: ~100 hours in T-6 Texan IIB ~250 hours in T-45C Goshawk ~400 hours in EA-18G Growler
• Worked with multiple foreign military entities and personnel to include South Korea, Japan, Turkey, and Australia during flight operations and coalition exercises. Traveled to each of these countries and had the.

Oak Harbor, WA, United States

• Program Manager that led 15 Sailors in the Administration Department of VAQ-132 as reporting senior
• Reviewed and coordinated all squadron correspondence of 230 personnel
• Program Manager of monthly Awards Board events by running award nominations meetings among squadron superiors
• Manager of Command Awards Quarters each month

Oak Harbor, WA, United States

• Program manager of VAQ-132 Fleet Life Expenditure for 6 EA-18G Growler aircraft
• Managed and maintained the Fleet Life Expenditure to ensure asset life cycle was enhanced of over $410 Million dollars worth of squadron aircraft

Oak Harbor, Washington

• Program manager that led 25 USN Sailors as manager of the Line Division in the VAQ-132 maintenance department
• Coordinated Sailor qualifications for Plane Captain, Brake Rider, Turn Qualification, and Fuel Surveillance programs
• Program Manager of the Plane Captain and Fuel Surveillance programs and reporting senior to 25 Sailors

Oak Harbor, WA, United States

• JMPS Program Manager that led 5 squadron personnel while directing technical updates and software enhancement
• Created data-specific mission flight routes and strategies, tactical warfare loads, electronic warfare mission loads, and other flight related requirements using the JMPS system
• Maintained readiness of 7 Secret classified JMPS computer systems, the associated JMPS data network, and a set of iPad tablets used for in-flight data

Oak Harbor, WA, United States

• Created and maintained the daily flight schedule of 24 Naval Aviators and coordinated the daily schedule of meetings and actions for 230 squadron personnel
• Scheduled via tracking and maintaining Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, executed data entry functions, and created a finalized daily schedule using Microsoft Word formatting

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Activities and Societies: Tech Edge J.D. Program, Internet Law School Organization, Emery Merit Scholarship

Master'S Degree, Aeronautical Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Maritime Operations And Technlogy

High School Diploma