Experience

Office of Technology and Solutions Integration

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Attorney

  • Feb 2016 - Present

  Legal counsel to the California Health and Human Services Agency, Office of Systems Integration, relating to public contracting law and IT contract procurement and management. Advise the MEDS Modernization and the Case Management Information and Payrolling System II projects. Advise the OSI's Information Technology Office. Experience advising the Appeals Case Management System and the Child Welfare System - New System projects. Provide legal advice relating to complex, sensitive, and high-profile IT contracts. Provide legal advice relating to Terms of Service, EULAs, and related issues. Provide legal advice relating to Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) licenses and compliance. Assist in establishing FOSS strategy, policy, and procedures. Review and respond to requests pursuant to the California Public Records Act. Show less



California Department of Health Care Services

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Attorney

  • May 2015 - Jan 2016

  In-house counsel to various divisions including the California Medicaid Management Information System (CA-MMIS), Program Support Branch, Health Care Benefits and Eligibility, Enterprise Innovation Technology Services, Office of Medi-Cal Procurement and Research and Analytic Studies. • Advise the Department in connection with Public Records Act requests. • Advise the Department in connection with the procurement of IT contracts, review existing IT contracts, and assist in contractual disputes. • Advise the Department in connection with the CA-MMIS Contract between the State of California and Xerox State Healthcare, LLC, a contract valued at over $1.5 billion and involving high-profile stakeholders, sensitive political issues, and innovative technology. Defend the Department against lawsuits in coordination with the Office of the Attorney General. Show less



Pino & Associates

• Sacramento, California Area

• Associate Attorney

  • Jan 2010 - May 2015

  Prosecute and defend federal and state court civil suits. Experience in real estate law, real estate financing, bankruptcy, and related matters including defaults and foreclosures Legal research and writing on a variety of state and federal legal issues. Draft motions, complaints, answers, discovery, legal correspondence, settlement agreements, trial briefs, and briefs for appeals before the Ninth Circuit Prosecute and defend federal and state court civil suits. Experience in real estate law, real estate financing, bankruptcy, and related matters including defaults and foreclosures Legal research and writing on a variety of state and federal legal issues. Draft motions, complaints, answers, discovery, legal correspondence, settlement agreements, trial briefs, and briefs for appeals before the Ninth Circuit