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Irvine, Ca, Us

Irvine, California, Us

Irvine, California, Us

[Laid off due to organizational restructuring]Advised teams across technology solutions, marketing, conference and meeting services, finance, sales, franchise network services, and human resources on all legal affairs, including franchise regulations, intellectual property, and risk mitigation. Crafted and secured high value agreements focused on software as a service (SaaS), technology, hospitality, marketing, advertisement sales, licensing, domestic and international recruitment and employment, and franchising. Supervised litigation matters concerning antitrust, employer vicarious liability, copyright infringement, font license infringement, media license infringement, franchisee breach of contract, employment, and civil litigation. Oversaw registration, renewal, and protection of all Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices trademarks. Led the registration of new brand marks for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices tenth-year anniversary brand refresh. Monitored potential liabilities in public relations materials, including commercials, sweepstakes, advertisements, social media (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook), blog posts, video scripts, presentations, and email communications from leaders. Developed a year-long project that updated all media licenses to bring the company into compliance. Created practice guides for each license agreement that translated license agreements into business-friendly terms.

Counseled stakeholders across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America on daily business operations including data protection, regulatory compliance, SAAS, production, licensing, non-disclosure, liability, recalls, insurance, employment, real estate, intellectual property, and supply chain agreements and matters. Drafted and negotiated key agreements with Fortune 500 companies and emerging brands in English and Chinese in collaboration with executive, business, engineering, design, and project management teams. Managed litigation and pre-litigation matters regarding patent infringement, employment matters, and fraud in partnership with outside counsel. Built and improved contract templates and playbooks, employment policies, and privacy policies to evolving legislation, and corporate strategy.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Conducted all stages of complex business, lender liability, employment, trade secret, and other civil litigation, including analyzing and planning case strategy, interviewing clients, researching and drafting motions, memos, and letters, handling depositions and other discovery, and attending mediations and hearings. Counseled clients in Mandarin Chinese.

Assisted partner with family law cases including drafting briefs, conducting legal research, and attending court appearances.

Reviewed and revised all vendor contracts, including new vendors post-merger, regarding onward transfer of personal data to third-parties to ensure compliance with E.U.-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks. Researched, compiled and updated international privacy and data protection regulation reference materials. Drafted memoranda with a comprehensive explanation of HIPAA and Business Associate Agreements for clients.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Assisted attorney in drafting petitions and affidavits, and creating guardianship and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) training manuals in response to amended state law. Provided direct legal services to low-income clients with attorney supervision. Crafted survey of SIJS materials available for attorneys and judges and assessed the need for a Bet Tzedek SIJS website. Assembled database of local guardianship forms for all counties in California and created samples of the local forms.

Conducted research, wrote memoranda, and prepared briefs and motions on criminal, civil rights, and labor law matters. Assisted attorneys in crafting arguments for cases involving Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, police misconduct, nursing home neglect, drug trafficking and conspiracy, armed robbery, solicitation of minors, and North Carolina’s Senate Bill 2 while being exposed to a complex litigation case regarding white collar crime.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Facilitated Justice Bus and Rural Justice Collaborative clinics to serve low-income/isolated communities focusing on legal counsel in areas of deferred action for childhood arrivals, naturalization, immigration, housing, veterans rights, and wills and estates. Created Justice Bus clinic for Fall 2016 aimed at serving monolingual Mandarin speakers in the Central Valley. Researched veterans’ rights, equal access to housing, DACA and naturalization needs, and trademark law.

Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

Traced the development of “reasonableness” as a question of law within covenants not to compete in the Western states of the United States through analysis of American, British, and Canadian cases.

Intern with Taipei Overseas Peace Service department (TOPS) to aid Thai-Burmese Refugees at border refugee camps. Researched updated news regarding Thai-Burmese refugee aid organization, the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), now renamed The Border Consortium (TBC) in order to update and translate grant proposals to be submitted to the Taiwanese government. Developed new fundraising campaign that involved various actors, television stars, athletes and legal professionals (refer to video below). Helped host events, board meetings, and give presentations.

Intern under the Taiwan Tech Trek Program. Sent as consultant from the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy to the Chinese Association for Human Rights Non-governmental Organization. Learned about Taiwanese Democracy, the Taiwanese government structure, and Taiwanese political history.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Worked with company's general counsel, in-house attorney, and legal secretary on project regarding company's corporate documents (i.e., property dealings, merger negotiations, stocks and bonds, company by-laws, etc.) for a pending lawsuit. Helped write proposals regarding negotiations for company property. Handled administrative work for the legal department with filing and Microsoft Office.

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Information Technology Law, Entertainment Law, Globalization Law, Ip Law, Patent Law.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Relations, Chinese, Asian American Studies Minor

High School

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