Experience

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  Gay Family Law Center

  • Palm Springs, CA; West Hollywood, CA

  • Contract Attorney

    • Aug 2016 - Present
    • Palm Springs, CA; West Hollywood, CA

    Duties include administration of all aspects of a small law firm including assisting various counsel with preparing cases for trial, drafting trust and estate documents for counsel, filing court documents with various court houses in Riverside County, assisting with payroll, managing and directin...

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  The Electric Bicycle Store

  • Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

  • President

    • Sep 2008 - Oct 2015
    • Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

    As co-owner of one of the nation’s largest electric bicycle stores, my days involved dealing with customers (both satisfied and angry), managing employees, seeing to back-office operations, handling finances and basically juggling all pieces of a small business. The store was sold in the fall of...

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  PDQ Internet Auctions

  • Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

  • President

    • 2005 - 2008
    • Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

    Co-owner and President of what was, at one time, one of the nation’s largest eBay consignment stores. Customers brought in their personal items for our expertise in selling on eBay. Duties included handling and managing customers (both our selling customers and eBay purchasers), managing 15 em...

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  Proxicom

  • Assistant General Counsel

    • Aug 2000 - May 2001

    Proxicom was, at its peak, one of the nation’s largest web-site development companies. Proxicom was headquartered in Reston, VA; I worked, in their office in downtown Manhattan. I was hired to reduce the workload of Proxicom’s outside counsel with respect to processing work visas for foreign wo...

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  Air France

  • Assistant US Counsel

    • Apr 1990 - Aug 2000

    Assistant US Counsel. As Assistant US Counsel for Air France’s operations in the United States, my position was multi-faceted. I worked closely with both Air France’s General Counsel in New York and Paris. I managed outside legal counsel on issues ranging from small claims lawsuits brought by...