Experienced in drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements for a medical device company in such areas as R&D, Clinical, Business Development, Medical Education, Marketing, Sales, Health and Professional Relations, and Regulatory. Excellent communicator with internal clients and weighing risks assessment with business needs. Excel in understanding the importance of not being a barrier to internal clients while communicating risks and working together to move forward with the their goals and projects. Work efficiently and effectively under high pressure and high volume environments. Creative thinker who works through a problem and never avoids a challenge. Instinctive understanding of creating, nurturing and maintaining client relationships and trust.

Attorney: all aspects regarding real estate including but not limited to refinances, purchases and resolving title issues and began learning basics of estate law.

Attorney for a Real Estate law firm in the REO/Conventional Closing department Lead REO Attorney for two of the Firms largest clientsResolved client’s state compliance issuesConducted all aspects of Real Estate transactions for residential loansConducted all aspects of Real Estate Owned transactions Oversaw all document preparation and reviewed such process within the scope of practiceDraft, review and negotiate Purchase and Sales Agreements, Use and Occupancy Agreements, Deeds and other related contracts for both the Buyer and SellerObtained and drafted subordination agreements, assignments, discharges and other related documents for lenders.Extensive experience with reviewing titles and title clearingTrained support staff, paralegals and attorneys Conducted and led attorney staff meetingsMaintain a heavy work load of over 50 to 100 titles per month and team attorney for 100 to 150 closings per month Conducted interviews for support staff and paralegal positionsAttended Eviction Hearings

Managing Attorney for Real Estate law firm. Managed National and Relocation DepartmentsRecruited and interviewed support staff and attorneys for officesDrafted detailed job descriptionsConducted periodic performance reviews for staffPrepared training manualsTrained support staff, paralegals and attorneys Conducted and led staff meetings to review periodic changes in compliance Managed three operational offices: Mansfield, Westborough, Warwick and NewtonManaged day-to-day operations of office, staff and IOLTA Client Funds AccountManaged IOLTA Accounts for several location throughout the North EastManaged over million dollar transactions Handling administrative servicesOversaw all document preparation and reviewed such process within the scope of practiceConducted all aspects of Real Estate transactions for residential and commercial loansManaged attorney client relationship for both National and Local lenders through out the United StatesDraft, review and negotiate Purchase and Sales Agreements, Use and Occupancy Agreements, Deeds and other related contracts for both the Buyer and SellerConduct all aspects of pre-closing process: title requests, title searches, resolving title problems, drafting title commitments, prepare HUDS gathering tax information, payoff statements, insurance binders, requesting plot plans, and dealing with both brokers and lenders on a daily basis. Prepare all documentation for closing packages for lendersObtained and drafted subordination agreements and dischargesManaged all aspects of post-closing processes: copied and distributed packages to both brokers and lenders, all title policies, preparing all checks for all parties involved and recording all closing documentsPrepared and conducted informative educational presentations and seminars for small and large groups

Managed and maintained the office’s day-to-day operations from 01/03 to 2/03Prepared letters and all administrative and clerical work. Handled pre-closings; received title requests, read title searches and prepared title commitments, gathered tax information, payoff statements, insurance binders, requested plot plans, and dealt with brokers and lenders on a daily basis. Prepared HUDSHandled subordination agreements and dischargesHandled post-closings. Copied packages, sent to brokers and lenders, printed checks for all parties involved and recorded closing documents

Large scale document reviewsAttorney related activities

Drafted incorporation documents, service contracts, commercial agreements and bill of sales, residential purchase and sale agreements, security agreements, sexual harassment policies, and simple estate documents

The Criminal Law Clinic was a semester long programPrepared opening and closing statements, direct questions and cross examinations for all witnesses, oppositions to motions to suppress, trial preparations, and a mock trial for the law school classroom sectionAt the Springfield District Court in Hampden County, Massachusetts, prepared an opposition to a motion to suppress for a possession of illegal substances case, argued for the state in that motion to suppress, prepared for an OUI trial, and appeared in bail hearings

Extensive courtroom experience in the following courts: Magistrate Court, Circuit Court, and Juvenile CourtDelivered an opening statement and conducted direct questioning, in a malicious wounding trial with a 12 person juryPrepared opening statements, direct examinations, cross examinations and closing statements for cases involving malicious wounding, sexual abuse, sexual assault, juvenile cases, breaking and entering and DUI’sResponsible attorney for other trials that were continued to dates in which I would be in law schoolAppeared for the State of W.V. in Motion to Suppress hearings, arraignments, bond revocation hearings, extraditions, preliminary hearings, and numerous juvenile hearings including preliminary hearings/status/adjudicatory hearingsResponsible as a second chair for a sexual abuse trialSelected juries for trials, questioned expert witnesses, prepared trial folders, chose witnesses for trials, and interviewed witnesses including child witnessesInvolved in plea negotiations with defense counsel and pro se and prepared habeas motions, motions to continue and dismiss, and motions to plead guilty and no contest

Researched criminal issues including DWI/DUI, illegal substances, possession with intent to distribute, search & seizure, 5th and 6th amendments, probable cause, search incident to arrest, plain view doctrine, stop & frisk, confessions, Miranda, statutory rapeOrganized file dataInvolved with federal and state criminal casesCommunicated with clients and witnessesAttended client meetingsConducted witness interviewsConsulted with expert witnessDrafted client letters, memorandum of law, legal briefsConsulted with private investigatorsResearched civil issues including wrongful death, attractive nuisance, landlord/tenants

Researched legal issues, and drafted client correspondence, complaints, answers, interrogatories, conducted discovery and factual investigations, spent several hours at county jail interviewing clientsDrafted client correspondence and conducted factual investigationsAssisted the Mental Hygiene Commissioner and supervised parental visitationsAttended preliminary and pre-trial conferences, and trials in criminal (misdemeanor and felony), housing, and family courts in West Virginia and KentuckyAttended several magistrate court hearings and aided in plea-bargaining Consulted with expert witnesses, participated in depositions, attended mediations, assisted in competency to plead and stand trial cases, and supervised parental visitationsAided in numerous personal injury, simple estate, and family law casesPerformed clerical work