Senior In House Counsel

• Oct 2021 - Present

Licensed Realtor

• Mar 2020 - Oct 2021

Attorney II

• Oct 2018 - Oct 2021

Duties and Responsibilities: -Defends high-volume case load of Personal Injury Protection Cases from pleadings to post-judgment proceedings; -Propounds and respond to all forms of discovery, including issuing subpoenas, and both conducting and defending depositions; and -Research novel procedural and substantive issues as a means to streamline the litigation process. Duties and Responsibilities: -Defends high-volume case load of Personal Injury Protection Cases from pleadings to post-judgment proceedings; -Propounds and respond to all forms of discovery, including issuing subpoenas, and both conducting and defending depositions; and -Research novel procedural and substantive issues as a means to streamline the litigation process.

Associate Attorney (Litigation Team)

• Jan 2018 - Oct 2018

Duties and Responsibilities: -Attended over 250 hearings and 50 trials for real estate related matters; -Qualified Expert Witnesses; and -Prepped deponents and first chaired depositions. Achievements: -Settled or reached judgment in over 150 cases; and -Resolved liabilities, preventing counter-claims. Duties and Responsibilities: -Attended over 250 hearings and 50 trials for real estate related matters; -Qualified Expert Witnesses; and -Prepped deponents and first chaired depositions. Achievements: -Settled or reached judgment in over 150 cases; and -Resolved liabilities, preventing counter-claims.

Associate Attorney

• Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

Duties and Responsibilities: - Managed contested residential foreclosure portfolio of approximately one hundred files; - Prepared for and attended all contested hearings and trials; - Negotiated settlements; - Researched and ensured compliance with all local rules and administrative orders; and - Drafted documents at all stages of trial litigation from pleading to post judgment. Achievements: -Resolved more than three quarters of cases via loss mitigation or stipulation. -Tried average of 5 contested cases per month.

Associate Attorney (Client Team)

• Sep 2016 - Jul 2017

Duties and Responsibilities: -Supervised progression of high-volume caseload over over 350 foreclosure files from pleading to post judgment; -Drafted documents at all stages of lower tribunal litigation including motions for rehearing; -Negotiated settlements and attended hearings; and -Directed legal assistants of various departments pertaining to my caseload. Duties and Responsibilities: -Supervised progression of high-volume caseload over over 350 foreclosure files from pleading to post judgment; -Drafted documents at all stages of lower tribunal litigation including motions for rehearing; -Negotiated settlements and attended hearings; and -Directed legal assistants of various departments pertaining to my caseload.

Social Security | Real Estate | Intellectual Property

• Jan 2013 - Sep 2016

Duties and Responsibilities: -Advocated for Claimants' Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits ("SSDI"); -Advocated for Claimants' Social Security Supplemental Security Income ("SSI"); -Represented over 150 Claimants for SSDI and SSI before administrative law judges; -Advised clients in individual residential and investment property transactions; -Represented Real Estate Licensees as both individuals and businesses for breach of contract and misrepresentation claims; and -Registered Federal Copyrights and Federal and Florida Trademarks. Achievements: -Sustained an average 70%-75% favorable decisions in Florida when the favorable decision average for the state ranged from 45% to 50%.

Law Clerk | Intellectual Property

• Jun 2010 - Feb 2012

TRADEMARKS Prepared trademark documents such as: trademark applications for federal registration, amendment filings, office action filings, statements of use, request for extensions, Section 8 declarations of use filings, Section 15 incontestability filings; and memoranda regarding infringement, U.C.C. liens, and international trademark registration. COPYRIGHTS Prepared copyright applications for registration and researched and drafted memoranda regarding: copyright rights and rights to attribution and integrity, moral rights, copyright requirements, copyright duration, copyright infringement, copyright fair use, and end user license agreements. PATENTS Researched and Drafted: patent searches, patent drawings, and provisional patent applications; and memoranda regarding utility patent infringement, patent license agreements, patent assignments, patent statutory bars, disclosure requirements of the American Inventors' Protection Act, and motions to stay pending patent reexamination. TRANSACTIONS Drafted: nondisclosure agreements, conflicts of interest waivers, retainer agreements, licensing agreements, and attorneys' fees negotiations.

Help Desk Employee

• 2009 - 2011