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Orlando, Fl, Us

Orlando, Fl, Us

Orlando, Florida, United States

Strategic leader passionate for progress with a creative knack and vibrant demeanor dedicated to excellence and experienced as corporate counsel and negotiator. I provide complete and business reasonable legal guidance and realistic risk profiling while building inclusive, trusting teams. I excel at teamwork, encouraging dynamic growth, and spearheading improvements.

Lake Mary, Florida

A worldwide leader in 3D metrology, FARO provides high-tech 3D measurement arms, scanners, software, and service. Our nimble legal team provides in-house counsel and corporate risk management for this expanding organization. As a corporate generalist, I serve as in house counsel for FARO’s America’s and Oceania regions.

Orlando, Florida

I protect soldiers by leveraging accessibility, consistency, and professionalism to efficiently facilitate a team through the business process to provide training for the US ARMY for Raytheon Company, a domestic defense and cyberspace industry leader with $23 billion in sales in 2015.• Counsel: Provide legal support across all areas of the business, including New Business and Implementation, on corporate matters, such as nuclear risk assessments, Joint Venture decisions, and handling dispute resolutions• Contract: Managing a myriad of contract types from creation to closeout implementing two of the most profitable platforms on Warfighter FOCUS, a 10-year, $11.2 billion ARMY training contract, the first and largest of its kind• New Business: Advise teams in the pursuit of new business and the request for proposal process, including shaping requirements, drafting proposals, negotiating teaming partnerships, and navigating the Federal Acquisition Regulations and related laws (export, Joint Ventures, etc.)• Improvement: Manage internal teams to spearhead change implementation, such as process Tiger Teams, template creation, and policy interpretation• Leadership: Founded the Raytheon Women’s Network employee resource group in Orlando, which offers career development guidance, networking and mentorship, knowledge sharing, and volunteering opportunities to improve Raytheon’s bottom line, benefit the community, and unify the workforce

Orlando, Florida Area

Provide general legal advice, contract interpretation, risk assessment, and dispute management for wind and solar farms for the renewable power division of Siemens Energy, a global powerhouse in energy, digitization, and automation with generated revenues of €71.9 billion in fiscal year 2014.• Contract: Execute all contracts (sales and service agreements, MOUs, settlements, amendments, purchase orders, consent agreements, etc.) for all business needs (supply, procurement, sales, parts, upgrades, etc.), including the service contract for a 600 million dollar wind farm, a first-of-its-kind, nationwide crane deal, and a 20-year term wind service contract• Approval: Create and asses contracts in line with internal policy, present contract terms and project business case to senior management for approval• Policy: Help shape internal guidelines and translate policy, such as revamping the legal procurement policies and navigating the internal approval system• International: Collaborate across cultures, laws, and languages, negotiate worldwide, including managing projects in Ireland, Canada, Spain, England, Mexico, and Peru and temporarily living in England and Germany• Growth: Lead a team chosen as the “future legal leaders of Siemens” to create a knowledge sharing portal for use by all legal colleagues in the Americas• Diversity: Leading within the Women’s employee resource group

Orlando, Florida Area

Litigate a revolving case load of 70 to 120 clients, both in and out of incarceration, against misdemeanor charges from arrest through trial.• Time Management: Present in court four days out of five while piloting time to visit clients, meet with clients, strategize cases, research law, draft motions, log notes, negotiate deals, investigate cases in the field, and present in court; first and second chair dozens of trials, and constantly present pre-trial hearings• Creativity: Determine a complete defense strategy, including managing investigations, researching case law, drafting pleadings, handling evidence, preparing witnesses, creating court media, negotiating deals, and arguing in court, including maneuvering all rules of procedure, objections, and evidence

Summerland Key Florida

Lobby county, state, and federal representatives concerning Federal Emergency Management Agency flood insurance regulations and federal procedure about downstairs enclosure policy for a grass roots, not-for-profit organization of 800 members in the Florida Keys.

Orlando, Florida Area

A Law Clerk at an Orlando insurance-defense plaintiff’s firm, I would research case law, draft answer, reply, and appeal briefs, motions for summary judgment, counterclaims, and handle discovery.

Orlando, Florida Area

A jack of all property trades, I assisted in all aspects of property management at a firm renting over 150 Orlando homes, including showing homes, managing leases, and navigating relationships with owners, tenants, and buyers.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature/Letters

I chose a Journalism and an English degree to arm myself with as much communication flexibility as possible. From this formal education.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Journalism, 3.5

Activities and Societies: Crew Team, Orange and Blue Magazine

Jd, Environmental Law, Adr

Focused on environmental, land use, and property law, UF armed me with a nationally-ranked legal education. A law school dedicated.