Executive leader for legal, compliance, and people teams for organization serving over 2 million patients with annual revenues of +$250M.Responsible for organizationwide winddown activities and liquidation of all company assets to support shareholder investment.One of 4 members of the Holding Company leadership team providing strategy throughout the organization.Created, planned, and executed corporate restructuring to redefine corporation alignment in company goals and minimize risk across the organization.Responsible for legal and compliance work for all M&A activities including both buy and sell side.Support company through settlement related monitorship of activities companywide with consistent positive outcomes.Work closely with each company vertical to provide strategy and guidance as company adapts to a non-COVID focus.Support people team through implementation of policies, transition to new HRIS and payroll systems, onboarding of over 400of employees from third party staffing agency with four days' notice.Manage all litigation matters including post settlement management of class action lawsuits.Work with regulators at state and federal levels responsible for oversight of company operations.Ownership of company wide insurance program including all liability coverage, workers compensation, and benefits.

Legal team lead and member of Executive Leadership Team for company serving over 250,000 active patients and $110Mannual revenue.Ensure compliance for three medical entities, two pharmacies, including 50 state licensure, and management services entity.Oversee a team including traditional legal roles, compliance, pharmacy and medical licensing and credentialing teams, and patient safety.Provide legal support for multiple financing transactions and a Series B fundraise.Provide legal and regulatory guidance on operations, including growth opportunities. Serve as a partner in developing new product plans while taking legal and regulatory guardrails into account.Responsible for Board of Director communications on Consents and other formalities.Draft, review, and negotiate all contracts, including service agreements, licensing agreements, independent contractor agreements, and leases, coordinate all associated contract management.Coordinated the internal acquisition of two nationwide licensed pharmacies while ensuring no disruption in patient care.Manage all intercompany services agreements.Kicked off first in-house prepared training processes and revamped onboarding practices.Select and oversee all outside counsel, manage internal and external investigations.Stood up internal HIPAA program including training, logging, reporting, and meeting cadence.Negotiate with Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Health Insurers on behalf of the pharmacies and medical groups.Supported large scale COVID related reduction in force, as well as individual layoffs including severance negotiations.Review of all marketing and advertising for compliance.

Regulatory team embedded counsel for largest mobile provider, including over 34 million insurance product subscribers.Provided legal guidance on various elements of insurance and service contract law to guide product development and management.Responsible for all licensing activities for mobile client to ensure continued ability to offer insurance and service contract products nationwide.Monitor and advise on communications with regulatory agencies.

● Founding member of Legal Department ● Draft, review, and negotiate all contracts, including service agreements, licensing agreements, independent contractor agreements, and leases, coordinate all associated contract management.● Provide guidance on operational, regulatory, and compliance matters.● Responsible for all communications, meetings and relationships with state and federal regulatory agencies.● Ensure all corporate formalities are maintained, including necessary business filings.● Select and oversee all outside counsel, manage internal investigations.● Manage all litigation and resolve pre-suit claims prior to initiation of formal lawsuits and respond to EEOC charges.● Serve as legal support for all employment matters, from hiring, through terminations.● Responsible for all creation and implementation of companywide policies and procedures for legal and human resources.● Responsible for complete reorganization of affiliated professional corporations and recontracting of all associated dental providers.● Review and evaluate all marketing materials for compliance with federal advertising rules as well as state regulations.● Initiated corporate training programs across multiple disciples.● Proactively take steps to protect intellectual property including patent prosecution, trademark filings, and take down notices to infringing parties.● Manage all lobbying activities including protecting against proposed changes and proactive efforts to change existing statutes.● Serve as HIPAA Compliance Officer and oversee roll out and implementation of HIPAA policies and procedures.

Provide day to day operational support for internal clients and field employees for $600M division covering 350+ facilities in 38 states.Serve as HIPAA Compliance Officer.Identify and execute areas for corporate compliance initiatives and training.Train corporate and field staff regarding wide ranging issues from HIPAA, to Attorney-Client privilege, to reduction in litigation risk.Managed company’s pre-litigation and litigated matters including, requests for indemnification, oversight of retained counsel, setting case valuations, negotiating necessary settlements and complete management of company loss run.Responsible for provider contracting including compliance with state corporate practice of medicine statutes.Responsible for oversight of facility policies and procedures, including conformity with national standards, federal, and state law.Provided day to day operational legal support to clients, field employees, contractors, and corporate departments.Reviewed office leases and corporate vendor contracts.Present at bid presentations for new business.

Managed a case list of 20 active Medicaid cases, work with state agencies and local counsel.Drafted litigation, agency appeals, and filings in probate court. Appeared at hearings in district court, probate court and before state agencies.Communicated with healthcare providers regarding reimbursement.

Managed a case list of 90 active toxic tort cases, communicate with plaintiff’s counsel, propound and answer discovery, negotiate settlement of cases.Prepared outlines for and took depositions of plaintiffs, witnesses and experts.Drafted motions including motions for summary judgment, motion to compel discovery and other necessary litigation documents for filing with California Superior Courts.