Resume

• 2000

  Juris Doctor

  Wayne State University

• 1988

  B.B.A.

  Economics

• Upward and Plymouth Canton Little League

  Litigation

  University Teaching

  Trials

  Courts

  Juvenile Law

  Public Policy

  Legal Research

  Real Estate

  Legal Writing

  Hearings

  Policy

  Civil Litigation

  Policy Analysis

  Motions

  Mediation

  Westlaw

  Appeals

  Criminal Law

  Shollack

  Shollack

  Eastern Michigan University

  Liberty Mutual Insurance

  Wayne County Prosecutor's Office

  Detroit Land Bank Authority

  Deloitte

  Taught

  prepared and administered exams and evaluated undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a Law & Economics upper level college course\nResearched and designed course curriculum and class material

  Eastern Michigan University

  Detroit Land Bank Authority

  Detroit

  •\tManaged real property nuisance litigation docket of 100 plus cases

  up to and including the appellate level\n•\tCreated and managed the Drug House Nuisance Elimination Program\n•\tDefended the Detroit Land Bank in litigation involving demolition issues\n•\tAppointed Director of Intern Recruitment and Management

  overseeing a team of four to seven interns\n•\tDrafted Memorandums of Understand and government property donation contracts\n•\tCreated and managed legal department document templates\n•\tDrafted and reviewed bank property donation agreements\n•\tRepresented the Detroit Land Bank at community leadership meetings\n•\tTrained new attorneys and support staff regarding department procedures

  litigation strategies and research tools\n•\tAppointed Director of Continuing Legal Education

  researching and communicating relevant case law and legal education opportunities\n

  Staff Attorney

  •\tAssisted in creating and implementing drug house nuisance abatement program\n•\tAssisted in designing and maintaining drug house data base\n•\tResearched title/deed and tax payer information\n•\tNegotiated consent judgments with defendants/attorneys\n•\tAdministered consent judgment compliance program\n•\tDrafted nuisance/forfeiture complaints\n•\tFiled complaints with the court\n•\tAppeared on the record before the court for default judgments\n

  Wayne County Prosecutor's Office

  Assistant Prosecuting Attorney

  •\tOversaw and directed all aspects of the county Drug House Unit Program and staff\n•\tAppointed Director of the Domestic Violence Diversion Program and Young Offender Program

  grant funded programs subject to annual external audit\n•\tNegotiated settlement agreements on cases containing mortgage and/or title issues\n•\tManaged case load of over 100 simultaneous forfeiture/nuisance abatement actions\n•\tArgued motions before the court on all forfeiture / nuisance abatement cases\n•\tImplemented and administered quality control program for properties placed on the county auction web site\n•\tEliminated the Prosecutor’s liability on warranted properties deeded to new buyers through the quality control program\n•\tOversaw all post-judgment issues for properties obtained via judgment and approved all properties prior to listing on the county auction web site\n•\tResearched and determined title ownership of all commercial and residential real estate for all departments within the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office\n•\tDetermined defendants and drafted nuisance abatement complaints for the county Abandoned Properties Project\n•\tDetermined legal ownership problems on complaints and recommended amendments\n•\tNegotiated purchase agreements and conducted real estate closings\n•\tDrafted purchase contracts and deeds\n•\tPrepared budget reports and handled all monies for the county’s Drug House Unit and Abandoned Properties Project\n•\tManaged Juvenile Delinquency Docket including pre-trials

  motions and trials\n•\tManaged and instructed numerous legal interns within the office and court \n

  Wayne County Prosecutor's Office

  Sales Representative

  •\tProspected and met with potential clients through cold calling

  referrals and group accounts \n•\tPerformed personal insurance/financial analysis for auto

  home and life\n•\tPrepared complete insurance plans and quotations\n•\tWrote insurance policies\n•\tServiced client accounts\n

  Liberty Mutual Insurance

  Deloitte

  Greater Detroit Area

  •\tConducted contract analysis and abstraction on various financial and bank agreements including Derivatives

  ISDA

  Master Netting

  Swaps

  Account Control

  Custody

  Trusts

  Corporate Trusts and Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreements\n•\tAssisted Deloitte LLP with bringing a large bank holding company into compliance with Federal Reserve SR-14 regulation\n•\tTraveled to greater New York City area to assist and train project team members on various contracts and processes\n•\tAnalyzed and redacted various types of e-discovery documents\n•\tPerformed Quality Control review on previously reviewed documents and contracts\n•\tDetermined document discovery relevancy and privilege status \n•\tCompetent in document review software including Relativity and Seal\n•\tCompleted Global Anti-money Laundering and Suspicious Activity Reporting Training\n

  Contract Attorney