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Provide legal advice and services in connection with regulatory issues to minimize legal exposure and create internal policies and practices to ensure compliance with regulations and manage operational risks.

Directed compliance initiatives by identifying and remediating policies and practices that spawn expensive litigation. Responsible for high risk, high profile litigation and $10,000,000 portfolio of insured litigation, including oversight of outside counsel, in-house attorney, and third-party claims adjusting firm. -Oversaw company’s compliance activities to ensure compliance with various federal, state and local regulations. *Investigated and remediated non-compliant policies to accomplish business goals within the bounds of regulations. *Ensured new business initiatives comply with existing regulations to avoid preventable litigation. *Developed compliance reports for senior management proving effectiveness of compliance activities.-Drove litigation and settlement strategies to achieve outstanding, cost effective resolution of complex commercial and class action litigation. *Developed and oversaw outside counsels’ implementation of litigation strategies. *Advised senior management regarding risk, financial exposure, public disclosures, and reserves. *Creatively structured settlements to reduce financial exposure.-Supervised $10,000,000 portfolio of general liability insured litigation and claims. *Advised accounting department regarding exposure and reserves. *Supervised junior attorney handling in excess of 100 insured lawsuits and 800 new claims/year. *Developed metrics to communicate superior results to senior management.-Negotiated contracts with legal department vendors.

Assisted Deputy General Counsel in ensuring regulatory compliance for business policies and practices, oversaw $10,000,000 portfolio of general liability insured litigation and claims, and assisted Deputy General Counsel in handling high risk, high profile litigation. - Spearheaded investigations into and remediation projects for business policies and practices identified by Deputy General Counsel to ensure regulatory compliance.-Oversaw $10,000,000 portfolio of general liability insured litigation and claims.-Implemented litigation and settlement strategies developed in consultation with Deputy General Counsel for resolution of class action and complex commercial litigation. -Negotiated contracts with legal department vendors.

Supported Deputy General Counsel in ensuring regulatory compliance of business policies and practices and in handling high profile class action and complex commercial litigation-Participated in team investigating business policies and practices and implementing changes to ensure regulatory -Supported Deputy General Counsel in implementing litigation strategies for class action and complex commercial litigation including development of discovery and e-discovery plans

Assisted Deputy General Counsel in handling class action and commercial litigation and oversaw insured litigation.-Assisted Deputy General Counsel in investigation of and responding to discovery for class action and commercial litigation. -Directed outside counsel in developing litigation and settlement strategies for general liability insured litigation.

Litigation associate in the practice areas of general commercial litigation, including construction, class action, consumer fraud, environmental, employment, and defamation litigation, and insured litigation, including premises and products liability litigation, and insurance coverage. -Developed and executed litigation strategies to advance client objectives, including more than 100+ discovery and evidence depositions, document production, and motion practice.-Tried, arbitrated, mediated and negotiated cases to successful conclusions and / or settlements.

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Ba, Anthropology, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Varsity Field Hockey Team, Alpha Chi Omega