Experience

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  Automotive Systems Group, Inc.

  • CEO

    • Jun 1982 - Present

    Managed all phases of operations of an import automotive parts company, finance, personnel, warehousing, purchasing, distribution, import/export, sales/marketing, promotion, and product branding.

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  McCollum and Bunch, Law Offices

  • Senior Counsel

    • 1981 - 2011

    Firm specializing in business organization, operations, mergers, sales, acquisitions, and real property. The past 10 years my work has been focused on Environmental defense work in both tort and CERCLA complex litigation cases with multiply party and multiple source groundwater contamination issues. Responsibilities include strategy, case management, settlement negotiations, insurance issues, expert retention, investigations, discovery, permitting, and settlement.

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  City National Bank

  • Head Office, Beverly Hills

  • Counsel

    • Feb 1975 - 1978
    • Head Office, Beverly Hills

    Counsel at City National Bank, Beverly Hills, CA: Assigned to the real estate, trust, escrow departments, and the bank’s REIT. Investigated, evaluated, and reported to CEO and Board of Director on stressed investment properties. Managed a variety of banking assignments for those departments and other banking related litigation matters. Prepared loan agreements, secured financing, U.C.C. filings, general bank operations documentation and participated in bankruptcy management committee negotiations.

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  Time Oil Company

  • Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • Legal Counsel

    • 1972 - 1975
    • Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

    In house counsel Contacts, Permitting, Real Property leasing,

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  Guaranty of California

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Logistics

    • Apr 1960 - Dec 1972
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Upholstered furniture manufacting I worked in product design, site layout logistics, various manufacturing and maintenance tasks operating hand tools and equipment.