BRIAN E. RUSS

**** ********* **** **** #****, Charlotte, NC 28226

919-***-**** acgxip@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

Attorney with experience in a broad range of business and in-house counsel matters including, compliance and

risk management, contract management, strategic planning, subsidiary management, intellectual property,

dispute resolution, employment, and commercial laws.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Wastequip, LLC, Charlotte, NC

Legal Specialist, January 2014 ? Present

Corporate Counsel

? Administers general legal advice and support to a corporate parent entity and 7 subsidiaries and divisions.

? Strategizes and advises business stakeholders in bringing various disputes to resolution. Drafts demand

letters and settlement offers on various pre-litigation disputes. Retains and collaborates with outside counsel

to bring about resolution of matters.

? Develops privacy data breach incident response plan with focus on business continuity in collaboration with

CIO.

? Executes intellectual property research, advice, and project management including:

o supporting General Counsel and product designers in product development and working with outside

counsel to facilitate development of new projects;

o collaboration with Marketing Department in advertising and branding efforts, and;

o leading and completing a market clean-up initiative resulting in external parties ceasing improper brand

name and logo use in the market.

? Renders legal research and memoranda and advises Human Resources in various employment law and

wage and hour law matters.

Contract Management

? Negotiates, reviews, manages, and advises on various aspects of commercial contracts including:

o Information Technology consulting agreements; manufacturing and supply agreements with licensing

provisions (both from a seller and buyer perspective); government contract bidding; third party

logistics/warehousing agreements; service agreements; independent contractor agreements; official

rules for sweepstakes; confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements; website privacy policy; website

terms of use; terms and conditions of sale, and; dealer/distributor agreements.

Compliance and Risk Management

? Evaluates, interprets, and directs on implementation on OFAC Trade Sanctions/Embargoes and export

compliance for proposed international business arrangements.

? Assesses and issues guidance to collections team to establish the applicability, ongoing compliance, and

process improvement of FCRA, FDCPA, ECOA, and GLBA in debt collections and credit card surcharge

permissibility laws.

? Evaluates international regulation, interpret, and ensures marketing and campaign vendors are in compliance

requirements with Canada?s anti-spam legislation (CASL).

? Conducts product liability research and renders advice with project management including the oversight of

product manual revision ensuring compliance with ANSI guidelines.

? Navigation through product liability issues, analysis and decision making.

? Investigates and ascertains applicability and implications of Executive Order 11246?s Affirmative Action as

related to federal bidding compliance.

? Assesses and establishes appropriate legal thresholds on business ethics, pricing discrimination, and fair

competition law compliance.

? Collaborates with Risk Management team on OSHA; Environmental, Health, and Safety

concerns, and; business permitting/licensing.

? Manages corporate entity registration and qualification with third party registered agent services.

? Coordinates with insurance brokers on commercial general liability insurance matters.

BRIAN E. RUSS

7704 Waterford Glen Loop #2235, Charlotte, NC 28226

919-***-**** acgxip@r.postjobfree.com

Database and Project Management

? Creates and maintains real estate database consisting of approximately 32 locations with essential terms of

commercial leases and administering support as needed for resolution of real estate concerns.

? Provides weekly legal updates and news in office meetings.

Family Dollar Stores, Inc., Charlotte, NC

Corporate Counsel Intern, Sept., 2012 - Dec., 2012

Organized and edited alternate lease language document as a long term project. Conducted research and drafted

supporting memoranda for the compliance division, employment/wage/labor division, real estate division, and

general corporate awareness. Drafted lease amendment language and participated in negotiations with general

counsel in a land use dispute.

Osborne Law Firm, P.C., Charlotte, NC

Legal Intern/Assistant, May, 2011 - May, 2013

Participated in various litigation matters including preparation of arguments to be heard before the North Carolina

Court of Appeals. Conducted legal research on WestLaw and LexisNexis and presented supporting memoranda in a

variety of tort law issues. Drafted pre-trial documents and conducted discovery.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Charlotte School of Law, Charlotte, NC

Graduate Academic Fellow ? Projects & Database Coordinator, Center for Professional Development, October, 2013

? January, 2014

Investigated, obtained, formatted, and compiled reports and database for graduate career statistics. Developed new

processes and revised existing processes to increase department efficiency. Navigated departmental web based

proprietary technology to manage student accounts. Negotiated software vendor license and executed to completion.

EDUCATION

Charlotte School of Law, Charlotte, NC May, 2013

Juris Doctor

Honors: Dean?s List

Activities: BLSA executive board member; Charlotte School of Law Intra School Moot Court Competition

participant.

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC May, 2010

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies (Pre-Law),

Honors: Dean?s List

Technical Writing Certification, January 2010

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

North Carolina State Bar, November, 2013

Association of Corporate Counsel

American Bar Association

John S. Leary Bar Association, Executive Board

Mecklenburg County Bar

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