General Counsel, 03/2022 – 12/2022Associate General Counsel, 11/2018 – 03/2022Successfully provided legal support for Lowers Risk Group and its subsidiaries.Skillfully developed and maintained the company’s corporate risk profile within a highly regulated industry relating to employment and consumer protection laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act.Consistently kept abreast of the rapidly changing legal landscape related to issues associated with the background screening and public record research industry.Demonstrated broad skills in developing and maintaining company policies with a focus on employee relations, conduct, and vendor management.Effectively collaborated with the Information Security department in obtaining SOC2 certification for the company’s largest subsidiary with a focus on implementing new policies and procedures related to information security, vendor management, risk, and fraud.Demonstrated broad skills in reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a variety of client agreements, commercial partnership and licensing agreements, data provider agreements, data processing agreements, and real estate lease agreements.Successfully managed and supported the company’s litigation portfolio, including consumer class actions, single plaintiff matters, and pre-litigation disputes.Held an instrumental role in the legal aspects of getting new subsidiaries/JVs created.Provided broad assistance on the legal side of multiple M&A transactions, including due diligence and reviewing the purchase agreements and disclosure schedules.

Held an integral role in supporting the company’s global sales, account management, product, compliance, privacy (including US and global), procurement, and vendor management teams.Consistently kept abreast of the rapidly changing industry and legal landscape in the background screening industry, including with respect to Fair Credit Reporting Act litigation.Skillfully drafted, reviewed, and negotiated a wide range of complex, enterprise commercial contracts, including client, partner, and vendor agreements.Successfully developed and managed a contract management system with a focus towards supervising and training a team of contract administrators.Held a pivotal role in updating the contracts management process to meet the needs of the company with a focus on migrating contracts to a central system of record and tracking key contract terms.Effectively negotiated a wide range of deals from SMB to Enterprise with varying needs, including around privacy and data protection.Demonstrated exceptional abilities in providing client education on FCRA regulations during contract negotiations.

Provided drafting, review, and negotiations of client, vendor, and partner contracts.Successfully implemented and maintained centralized contract administration for client and vendor contracts.Provided broad supervision of Contracts Assistants tasked with contract administration processes.Skillfully implemented and maintained contract processes using Salesforce, Conga, and DocuSign, allowing the sales team to get quotes/contracts out to clients more efficiently.