Experience

Standard Media Group LLC

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  Greater Nashville Area, TN



Media General

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

  • Oct 2011 - Jan 2017

  Richmond, Virginia Member of the Company’s executive leadership team responsible for formulating and implementing the Company’s strategic and transactional objectives resulting in the successful transformation of Media General from a predominantly newspaper company (with a market capitalization of $125 million) to a TV broadcasting and digital company (with a market capitalization of $2.3 billion) and the sale of the Company to Nexstar Media Group. Noncompetion restrictions took effect following this change of… Show more Member of the Company’s executive leadership team responsible for formulating and implementing the Company’s strategic and transactional objectives resulting in the successful transformation of Media General from a predominantly newspaper company (with a market capitalization of $125 million) to a TV broadcasting and digital company (with a market capitalization of $2.3 billion) and the sale of the Company to Nexstar Media Group. Noncompetion restrictions took effect following this change of control and ended in January 2018. Responsibilities included the following: o Serving as senior leader of the Company’s legal function, responsible for managing a legal department of 10 employees o Ensuring best practices in corporate governance through periods of significant changes to the Company’s governance structure, Board of Directors, and executive management, working with three different CEOs during a five-year period o Directing the Company’s SEC reporting and compliance, managing litigation, and overseeing the Company’s labor relations o Advising on all material agreements, digital acquisitions and intellectual property compliance and licensing matters o Developing and implementing the Company’s FCC regulatory strategy, and advising and assisting in the negotiation of significant network affiliation agreements as well as retransmission consent and other distribution agreements o Serving as interim head of Human Resources, with responsibility for managing an additional 15 employees and oversight over personnel matters, compensation and benefits Oversaw all legal aspects of the Company’s transformative M&A and financing transactions, as further described in the attached bio.

• Associate General Counsel/ Counsel

  • Sep 2001 - Oct 2011

  Richmond, Virginia Responsibilities encompassed a wide range of corporate representation, including day to day representation of the Company’s publishing, broadcast and digital divisions, served as the Company’s Antitrust Compliance Officer and representation on all operational matters. Responsibilities also included management of acquisitions and divestitures, litigation, representation on all commercial transactions, outsourcing arrangements, real estate, software licensing, content licensing, broadcast… Show more Responsibilities encompassed a wide range of corporate representation, including day to day representation of the Company’s publishing, broadcast and digital divisions, served as the Company’s Antitrust Compliance Officer and representation on all operational matters. Responsibilities also included management of acquisitions and divestitures, litigation, representation on all commercial transactions, outsourcing arrangements, real estate, software licensing, content licensing, broadcast production clearance and compliance, domestic and international content syndication, advertising compliance, sweepstakes and promotions, copyright compliance and trademark registration and enforcement.



Georgia-Pacific LLC

• United States
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Counsel - Consumer Products

  • 1999 - 2001

  Richmond, Virginia Fort James was a Fortune 500 paper-based consumer products company, which merged into Georgia Pacific in 2001. Representation included a wide variety of legal and business issues for the Consumer Products Division, including not only matters concerning the Company’s national consumer brands, but also the acquisitions and divestitures, including production mills and timber resources. The consumer brands represented included Brawny, Quilted Northern Bathroom Tissue, and Dixie. Responsibilities… Show more Fort James was a Fortune 500 paper-based consumer products company, which merged into Georgia Pacific in 2001. Representation included a wide variety of legal and business issues for the Consumer Products Division, including not only matters concerning the Company’s national consumer brands, but also the acquisitions and divestitures, including production mills and timber resources. The consumer brands represented included Brawny, Quilted Northern Bathroom Tissue, and Dixie. Responsibilities also included television spot review, analysis of claim substantiation, management of litigation and other challenges to the Company’s advertisements, and the initiation of challenges to competitor’s claims and advertisements. Show less



Huff, Poole & Mahoney, PC.

• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Counsel

  • 1995 - 1999

  Virginia Beach, Virginia Between 1997 and 1999, practice included real estate, commercial leasing, land use, commercial transactions, intellectual property, and assisting the litigation teams in cases involving commercial transactions and intellectual property rights. Between 1995 and 1997, practice included intellectual property and commercial litigation.