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General Counsel
Success Academy Charter SchoolsGeneral Counsel
Jun. 2021 - Apr. 2025New York, NYGeneral Counsel reporting to the CEO of the largest charter school network in New York, overseeing Legal, Compliance, and Safety teams. Manage a diverse range of business, legal, and compliance matters, including risk management, transactions, intellectual property, real estate, privacy, data governance, grants, corporate governance, litigation, employment, expansion, and commercialization efforts. -Instrumental in doubling organizational size and revenue while boosting departmental efficiencies by 30%, drove business decisions and reduced costs, led on $150M public bond offering. -Managed a $1B real estate portfolio.
General Counsel
LexisNexis Risk SolutionsGeneral Counsel
Oct. 2015 - Aug. 2021Chicago, Illinois, United StatesReporting to the CEO, managed all legal matters including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, privacy, intellectual property, litigation, and employment/human resources. - Member of the leadership team advising on business strategy and overseeing strategic transactions and negotiating complex licensing agreements with 95% of the world's largest financial institutions and fintech providers such as Apple, Google and PayPal.
General Counsel
EnablonGeneral Counsel
May. 2014 - Oct. 2015Chicago, IL / Paris, FranceReporting to the CEO, advised executive management and the board of directors while leading all legal, regulatory, and compliance functions for the organization. Directed a team of 12 across multiple countries. - Structured and negotiated key enterprise software licenses, services agreements, reseller agreements, and strategic alliances. -Managed intellectual property, privacy, data governance, mergers and acquisitions, risk management, litigation, employment, and local office operations. - Positioned the organization for sale, managed M&A activities, and its sale to Wolters Kluwer for $300M.
Associate General Counsel
Freddie MacAssociate General Counsel
Jun. 2012 - May. 2014McLean, VAManaged litigation and engagement with external legal counsel tied to mortgage-backed securities and the aftermath of the housing and economic crisis. -Supervised over 20 lawsuits initiated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae that resulted in the recoupment of over $25B on behalf of U.S. taxpayers.
General Counsel
KnovosGeneral Counsel
Jan. 2010 - Jun. 2012Fairfax, VA-Recruited as first GC for innovative technology provider with a focus on e-discovery and information governance & compliance, reported to CEO and sat on the executive committee. -Built legal function from scratch (5 attorneys and staff), supporting the increase of revenues threefold over company tenure -Oversaw all contracting, privacy, data governance, litigation, intellectual property, real estate, regulatory, compliance, and employment matters. -Positioned the company for sale and managed M&A activities, resulting in a purchase at six times EBITA.
Attorney
Masterman, Culbert & Tully LLPAttorney
Aug. 2005 - Jan. 2010Served as outside general counsel to organizations in the technology, construction, and healthcare space, managing commercial transactions, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, employment, and litigation.
Attorney
Steptoe LLPAttorney
Jul. 2000 - Aug. 2005Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesServed as national litigation counsel for General Electric and Georgia Pacific in the context of commercial, securities, and toxic tort litigation.

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