ANDREW M. LOVETT
Randolph, MA ***68
acebty@r.postjobfree.com
EXPERIENCE
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Waltham, MA June 2013 - Present
Registered Representative
. Assist clients in risk management, transition-business and
retirement planning, and education funding.
. Licenses: Life and Health Insurance; Series 6, Series 63, Law
Practice, Real Estate Broker
SOLO LAW PRACTICE, Randolph, October 2012 - June 2013
. At behest of Harvard Law School, submitted Amicus Curiae brief to
the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, resulting in a settlement
in favor of Harvard's client.
. Advised clients in contract review, drafting and revision, and
negotiation.
. Real estate closings.
. Represented clients in unemployment insurance hearings.
LAW OFFICES OF FREDERICK N. PELLEGRINI, Dedham, MA March 2011 - October
2012
. Loose association (not formal employment) with Attorney Pellegrini
in assisting clients formulate plans aimed at maximizing control
over assets, provide for future family generations, and minimize
income, estate and gift taxes.
. Assisted in explaining estate planning concepts and documents to
clients.
. Drafted trust, will, deed, power of attorney, and health care proxy
provisions to implement clients' wishes.
. Prepared documents required to re-title assets and fund trusts.
SOLO LAW PRACTICE AND CHINA BUSINESS CONSULTING, Randolph, MA March 2004 -
March 2011
. Assisted clients in contract review, drafting and revision, and
negotiation.
. Represented clients in unemployment insurance matters.
. Provided strategic guidance to clients in developing business
relationships in Greater China.
GENUITY INC., Woburn, MA 2000-2001
Contracts Manager, Office of the General Counsel
. Collaborated with engineers and project managers in assessing
technical and business issues in procuring services and licensing
technology.
. Reviewed, drafted, and negotiated agreements with connectivity
providers for local access circuits, long haul carriage, Signaling
System 7 (SS7) VOIP termination, and co-location.
. Supervised outside counsel in negotiating agreement with a Tier One
carrier for co-location and cable head-end access to undersea cable.
. Assisted in negotiating and closing irrefutable right of use (IRU)
agreement strategically critical to the build-out of the company's
network infrastructure in Europe.
. Negotiated with vendors for consulting, web site performance
monitoring, data mining, tariff database, media buying, advertising,
telemarketing, construction services, and nondisclosure agreements.
Vied for strong positions for the company in indemnification,
warranty, limit of liability, work product ownership, service level
guarantees and credits, invoice payment and dispute.
. Conducted legal review of marketing collateral materials, requests
for proposals, technical white papers, software use and evaluation
licenses, and trademark, name and logo use licenses.
. Formal training in network topology, packet switching,
internetworking protocol, dense wave division multiplexing, digital
subscriber line, virtual private network technology, and fiber optic
transmission.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, MA 1991-2000
DIVISION OF UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE 2001- 2004
Review Examiner, Board of Review
. Made recommendations to Board (final administrative appeal body
within Agency) concerning merits of appealed unemployment cases.
Evaluating evidentiary support of factual findings, soundness of
legal conclusions, and developing Board's decisions required
detailed analysis and extensive writing on a daily basis.
TSAR & TSAI LAW OFFICES, Taipei, Taiwan 1990
Merger & Acquisition Consulting Division
. Developed business plan for newly established division to counsel
Taiwan-based companies in strategic alliances with foreign partners.
BINGHAM, DANA, & GOULD, Boston, MA 1988-1990
Associate Attorney (1989-1990)
. Matters involving corporate organization, debt and equity finance,
securities regulation, international trade and finance, mergers and
acquisitions, debt restructuring, partnership law, competitive
bidding in bankruptcy, state and federal bank regulations and
employment law.
Summer Associate (1988)
THE WYATT COMPANY, Washington, DC 1987-1989 (Except Summer '88)
Office of General Counsel
. Assisted General Counsel of international actuarial consulting firm
in matters relating to corporate, contract, securities, employment,
and intellectual property law. Reviewed software licensing
agreements, service contracts, and commercial leases.
INDEPENDENT CONSULTING 1991
Assisted publicly traded US Company in securing contract with
provincial capital in China for sale of voice mail system.
EDUCATION
JD, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, Washington, DC, 1989
BA, Psychology, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst, MA, 1984
Study Abroad: Beijing Normal University, 1983-1984
Graduated Cum Laude
Legal Translation Training, HONG KONG UNIVERSITY LAW DEPARTMENT 1987
Comparative Law Courses, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Courses taught in Cantonese
LANGUAGES
Fluent in Mandarin, Conversational in Cantonese, Chinese Reading, Writing
and Typing; Some Spanish