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| Desired Industry: Legal |
SpiderID: 20579 |
| Desired Job Location: Grand prairie, Texas |
Date Posted: 4/9/2008 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
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| Job Level: Executive (President, VP, CEO) |
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VP Strategic Planning & General Counsel Advantage International Management, Inc. New York, NY 2003 - 2006
Develop and implement the company’s overall policies and procedures to monitor, evaluate, and ensure regulatory compliance, protection of intellectual property rights, and establishment of procurement and distribution strategies until the 2006 acquisition by Safflyn Corporation;
Identify products and services that represented attractive opportunities for profitably enlarging the company’s participation in the market through internal development, business alliances, licensing, and acquisition; and
Structure, negotiate, and manage a variety of domestic and international commercial agreements for procurement and distribution, including independent distributor agreements, software licensing agreements, service contracts, marketing & advertising agreements, technology license agreements, promotion agreements, joint venture agreements, production agreements, and real estate contracts.
Associate Attorney Bush Craddock & Reneker, L. L. P. Dallas, TX 2000 – 2001
Provide legal counsel on matters relating to commercial transactions, products liability defense, deceptive trade practice defense, insurance defense, and Federal Employee Liability Act claims; and
Prosecute and defend claims such as breach of contract, product defects, deceptive trade practices, property damage, premise liability, wrongful termination, hazardous working conditions, delay claims, defective plans and specifications, changed conditions, acceleration, inefficiency, mechanic’s liens, and bond claims.
Attorney Pro-Line Corporation Dallas, TX 1995-1999
Manage the day-to-day legal matters of the nation’s largest privately held manufacturer of consumer goods marketed to African Americans;
Provide comprehensive legal advice to executive officers and senior personnel of corporate service departments (Finance, HR, & Purchasing) and commercial business units (including Sales, Marketing, Advertising, and Production) regarding both domestic and international commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, conflict resolution, intellectual property protection, licensing, due diligence, corporate governance, and operational policies and procedures;
Negotiated acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic business alliances that contributed to doubling of gross sales to nearly $100 million dollars within four years and an increase in the number of product lines by eighty percent;
Draft, analyze, review, and negotiate a variety of domestic and international commercial contracts including distribution, product development, licensing, production, purchase, supply, sales, marketing, advertising, confidentiality, non-compete, settlement, financing, joint venture, promotion, sponsorship, employment, and shareholder agreements;
Successfully supervise the legal aspects and eventual divestment of the corporation’s interest in all non-core stock and real estate holdings (including shares in the Texas Rangers Baseball Franchise, an undisclosed South African Company, & African Heritage Network (the largest television syndication company of African–American audience targeted programming in the U.S.), and the campus of Paul Quinn College); and
Manage the procurement and supervision of outside counsel in connection with complex litigation and transactions.
Associate Attorney Winfred Colbert & Associates Fort Worth, TX 1995 -1995
Provide legal counsel to manufacturing & construction companies in the areas of commercial transactions, real estate, and construction law as a member of the commercial practice groups; and
Draft and review commercial, corporate, and real estate agreements, including service contracts, construction contracts, leases, options, financing agreements, deeds, partnership agreements, and corporate by-laws.
Legal Internships
Department of Defense Off ice of the General Counsel Washington, DC 1993-1995
International Affairs & Intelligence (DOD Intern of the Year Award ’94 & ‘95)
Department of Defense Office of the Judge Advocate Darmstadt, Germany 1994
Crown Prosecution Service London, England 1993
Special Prosecution Unit International Crimes Section
Education
Education:
J.D. - The George Washington University National Law Center
B.A. - Duke University – English, with honors
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Contributions & Accomplishments
Over ten years experience successfully negotiating and implementing significant profitable commercial transactions.
Result: Structured domestic and international transactions that were advantageous from both a legal and business perspective, by means of stock purchase, stock swap, debt assumption, asset purchase, franchise, and convertible denture agreements to minimize risk, ensure regulatory compliance, and increase available capital. Utilized dedicated research and negotiation to secure transactions in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil, Jamaica, and India that complied with business objective, domestic regulations, and international accords.
Demonstrated record of creating policies and procedures that fostered regulatory compliance and business objectives.
Result: Educated, advised, counseled, and consulted with the executives of numerous corporations, partnerships, and entrepreneurial endeavors in order to provide accurate interpretation of contractual documents and facts associated with business opportunity to effectively analyze and structure transactions so as to minimize risk, advance business growth, and better ensure return on investment.
Superior strength in connection with the acquisition and divestment of real estate, stock, and other commercial assets.
Result: Developed innovative solutions in alignment with business strategy by staying abreast of legal developments affecting company, its clients, and industries, that have mitigated transfer restrictions, reduced taxes, and increased available financing for portfolios containing properties ranging from single family complexes to three hundred unit condominiums, and ranging from 900 hundred acres of undeveloped land to multi million dollar commercial centers.
Proven skills in the areas of effective negotiation, strategic planning, communication, and conflict resolution.
Result: Aggressively represented client’s interests by interfacing directly with other counsel, executives, and management and directly supervising the resolution of disputes by direct participation in trials, including, but not limited to (i) brief writing, including dispositive motions & appellate briefing in state & federal courts; (ii) pretrial discovery, including extensive deposition experience and document review; (iii) trial preparation & practice; and (iv) coordination & participation in complex litigations involving such areas as breach of contract, product defect, employment discrimination, and patent infringement.
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