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Nashville, TN

• Supervise files placed with outside counsel by monitoring actions taken and responding to requests while tracking costs and implementing ways to improve efficiency and reduce cost.
• Draft legal documents including but not limited to affidavits, releases, answers to interrogatories, satisfaction of judgments, and settlements.
• Streamlined bankruptcy process by creating a bankruptcy process to handle notices received for accounts and filing documents with the Bankruptcy Court to assert claim for funds due resulting in payments from Bankruptcy.
• Oversee research involving music use and finding decision making contacts utilizing techniques such as Secretary of State, liquor licensing authority, Dun & Bradstreet, and social media to assure accounts have a proper.
• Investigate and process adjustments on customer accounts by researching financial documents and bank records to reconcile balances resulting in resolving balances on overdue accounts.

Brentwood, TN

• Spearheaded corporate governance by maintaining corporate records, filed annual reports, prepared meeting minutes, corporate resolutions, guarantees, board consents, assisted with due diligence for M&A, and streamlined.
• Overhauled contract review process and created a database to keep track of contracts, making access to terms and conditions more efficient.
• Maintained permits and licenses for stores in multiple states by creating a database with renewal dates and requirements to easily keep in compliance with state requirements.
• Created database for trademarks and service marks to track renewal date and file appropriate documentation in a timely manner resulting in a smoother process.

Waltham, MA

• Improved database for patents, trademarks, and confidentiality agreements to track dates and file documentation in a timely manner resulting in a smoother process.
• Spearheaded copyright registration in the US with the US Copyright Office and implemented procedures to handle business needs and streamline processes.
• Conducted worldwide patent and trademark searches.
• Researched state statutes, decisions, legal articles, codes, and documents.
• Coordinated trial exhibits by organizing materials, writing documentation, and preparing digital materials and displays.

Marlborough, MA

Marlborough, MA