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United States

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

• Drafted coverage opinions and collaborate with attorneys on trial strategy• Assigned to complex civil litigation matters in time-sensitive and high-pressure cases• Worked as coverage and contract analyst to provide accurate determinations of coverage• Successfully assisted in multi jurisdiction litigation, drafted motions, settlement agreements and other legal memoranda• Served as coverage and policy subject matter expert across entire office due to my previous experience as a frontline underwriter• Consistently exceeded performance metrics year over year and focused on continuous pro-active improvement in not only myself but with business processes and helped to identify gaps in our procedures• Lead many projects and assisted newer colleagues with Liberty Mutual’s policy language

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

• Successfully researched and filed trademark applications on behalf of commercial clients• Successfully negotiated and drafted a partnership agreement for a successful startup• Drafted employee handbook/ employee guidelines on behalf of commercial client• Provided legal counsel to local businesses.• Drafted employment contracts.• Performed legal research on topics including patent litigation, patent prosecution and copyright law.

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

• Revised computer assisted legal instruction lessons in corporate law, agency law, partnership law to reflect the third restatement of law and made comparisons to common-law precedents, these lessons are used by law students across the country• Revisions completed and lessons were published within a year

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

• Specially selected to help create and be one of the first employees in this newly created department• Assisted customers with their needs by helping them rewrite their existing personal lines policies• Served as a frontline underwriter making sure new rewritten policies adhered to new underwriting requirements• Worked with business partners to help write New Business for the company.• Served as policy, coverage and rating expert for agents and business partners.• Worked as a SME for policy, coverage, procedures, rating, and underwriting for entire call center.• Obtained multiple levels of binding authority for writing and approving policies, endorsements, and exceptions • Successfully presented to management a new tool that I created that greatly cut down on call handle times by eliminating repetitive tasks when transferring calls

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Activities and Societies: President ABA WNE LAW, Treasurer BLSA, SBA, Transactional Law team, AAJ Moot Court, Mediation Moot.

Ba, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Office of the Governor- Intern, Richard Neal For Congress- Field Organizer.

High School