Appointed by Mayor Lenny Curry to support the city’s Chief Administrative Officer in providing operational management and guidance to all city departments with a workforce of more than 6,000 civil service and appointed employees. Directly manage ten staff with over 600 employees and support staff, the mayor’s office budget, and all administrative functions for the mayor’s office including HR liaison, procurement and contracts, Council Auditor and Inspector General audit and investigation responses, public records and media responses, and legislative agenda delivery. Function as senior advisor to the mayor; interacts closely with 19 City Councilmembers and serves as an executive in the city’s Emergency Operations Center during public emergencies.

Mayoral Appointee. Managed all aspects of the Animal Care and Protective Services, Environmental Quality, Mosquito Control, Municipal Code and Compliance, Housing and Community Development Divisions and the 630-CITY Customer Service Center, Neighborhood Services Office, and the Office of Consumer Affairs. Responsible for multiple enforcement and regulatory actions, implementation of programming and annual grant awards from different funding sources in excess of $10 million.

Mayoral Appointee. Responsible for the acquisition, disposition, closures, appraisal, management, inventory, utilization assessment and other functions relating to all real property owned by the City of Jacksonville. Processed real estate related legislation requests, oversaw litigation settlements for all eminent domain cases, and assisted the Director of Public Works in strategic planning and the preparation of reports and projections.

Founded transactional practice focused on supporting in-house counsel and law firms with contract negotiations and drafting in the areas of real estate, transportation and logistics, and corporate law related to purchase and sale, leasing, financing, licensing, IT/vendor agreements, residential and commercial real estate transactions, general real estate, and corporate matters, including business purchase and sale transactions.

Special Counsel, 2013-2015. Focused on contract drafting and negotiation and the procurement of the department’s public-private partnership (P3) projects and other complex major transactions. Regularly provided advice for the procurement and negotiation of the department’s right-of-way lease agreements for major private infrastructure projects.Assistant General Counsel, 2010-2013. Negotiated, drafted, reviewed, edited, and approved various contracts, real property leases, procurement documents, funding and grant agreements, local agreements, amendments, and modifications for all program areas; researching complex legal issues; managing outside counsel contracts for major projects; drafting proposed legislation; processing public records requests; and drafting settlement agreements. Regularly advised several program areas including Project Finance, Procurement, and the office of Freight, Logistics, and Passenger Operations.

Represented lenders and borrowers in commercial real estate closing including acquisitions, dispositions, and financing. Served clients in contract negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, buyer/seller closing documents, loan documentation, office and residential leasing, escrow agreements and other related documentation. Represented private landowners and land developers in general land development matters and regulatory permitting working with federal, state, and local government agencies. Drafted diverse purchase and sale contracts and agreements.

Associate Attorney, 2007-2009. Managed commercial real estate closings, including acquisitions, dispositions, and financing. Negotiated contracts for purchase and sale agreements, buyer/seller closing documents, loan documentation, leasing, escrow agreements, and other related documentation. Identified and cleared title and survey issues; researched legal issues, and drafted memoranda of law, pleadings, and motions. Legal Assistant, 2003-2007. Assisted residential loan processors by processing residential refinances, purchases, and construction loans.