• Mitigate company risk serving as strategic advisor to senior executive management team. Provide analysis of liability and credit risk, including customer and supplier bankruptcies.• Optimize company risk allocation by drafting master service agreements (MSAs) that support vendor relationships, including major Gulf of Mexico oil and gas operators. • Develop strategic legal plans for company litigation with outside counsel. Organize document production and interview witnesses to discover pertinent information.• Protect business interests by conducting background investigations on potential partners and presenting due diligence reports to C-level executives. • Lead training seminars on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), ethical behavior, corporate gifts/hospitality rules, anti-competitive practices for internal clients, and legal issues regarding contracts, tort law, and HR concerns. • Generate fair and accurate employee issue resolutions by advising HR manager on complicated internal investigations, contentious terminations, and high-level dismissals. Select Achievements:• Authored business ethics policy addressing FCPA, UK Anti-Bribery Act, anti-trust practices, and export control issues. Collaborated on employee handbook and rewriting of HR policies on employee code of conduct.• Secured improved terms for existing MSAs, including agreements from acquired companies. Audited prior MSAs for liability exposure and re-negotiated terms.• Expedited turnaround on bids and requests for quotation (RFQs) by revising company standard agreements.• Reduced company insurance costs annually through vendor research. Leveraged professional relationships to consistently negotiate lower program prices.

• Supported company growth by directing intellectual property portfolio of four patents and two pending applications. • Coordinated company interaction with government bodies, including communications with members of Texas Legislature. • Protected corporate interests through contract preparation, review, and negotiation. Managed company litigation and outside counsel.Select Achievements:• Secured corporate funding by completing investment documents for private equity investors and supplying due diligence/responses to major lending institutions. • Gained environmental permit for biodiesel facility, successfully navigating government processes and interpreting new regulations.• Developed and implemented employee manual as HR department supervisor. • Drafted and reviewed company Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.

• Directed business entity expansion by supervising investment vehicles. Researched prospects and provided analysis on new endeavors. • Established and operated charitable remainder trust and life insurance trusts for principal.• Managed charitable foundation, supplying legal advice and preparing documents/records.

Contract Attorney with Kenyon & Kenyon• Assisted in patent litigation research efforts by analyzing and organizing discovery documents.

• Delivered legal representation for municipalities and municipal authorities in Southeast Pennsylvania. Prosecuted code violations. • Acted as solicitor for city council and committee meetings. Responded to municipal employees’ queries. Drafted new ordinances. Rewrote/updated code of ordinances. Select Achievement:• Participated in collective bargaining with American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees.