Junior Accountant

Summary:

Recognized throughout my career for being a visionary operations leader with a strong background in accounting, leveraging in-depth knowledge of the marketplace and the manufacturing and production landscape to significantly increase revenue and operational efficiency, seeking a Junior Accounting position bringing 15 years of experience as follows.

KEY SKILLS

• Accounting Payable Processes & Management

• Account Receivable Processes & Management

• Record Organization & Management

• Invoices/Expense Reports/Payment Transactions

• Spreadsheets & Accounting Reports

• Journal Entries & General Ledger

• Vendor Negotiations & Management

• EDI Processing System

• Teambuilding & Staff Supervision

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

THE DOUGLAS CLEAR COMPANY, INC. Katonah, N.Y. 2010 – present

In-house Counsel

• Reviewed, analyzed and drafted commercial leasing and financing transaction contracts

pertaining to matters affecting the day to day operations of the Company.

• Provided legal consulting services for the Company, primarily in subjects concerning contract and

documentation review and informing the employees of the Company of any changes in local,

state and federal law, which limited the Company’s exposure to liability.

• Performed document reviews involving the evaluation of large asset purchase transactions.

Reviewed Company leases, incentive program agreements and joint ventures, distribution,

licensing and credit transaction contracts to insure compliance with relevant state and federal

law allowing the Company to avoid monetary penalties.

• Advised the officers and members of the Company’s sales force on transaction structure and

other licensing issues and reviewed, drafted, negotiated and modified service and strategic

alliance contracts between partners and vendors, in addition to non-compete agreements and

company leases.

PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY AGENCY (PIA), Mt. Kisco, N.Y. 2008 – 2010

Senior Claims Attorney/Assistant Underwriting Counsel

• Responsible for evaluating and managing approximately 210 active files throughout the country,

ranging from Miscellaneous Professional Liability, Architects and Engineers (A & E) and

Employment Practices Liability (EPL) matters.

• Investigated and analyzed coverage issues, evaluated liability and drafted coverage position

letters for the specified intended audience.

• Responsible for setting both Loss and Expense Reserves for each of the aforementioned files

under my care, which allowed the Company to accurately predict revenue and overall

profitability.

• Resolved complex, high exposure claims by actively participating and attending in over 35

mediations, arbitrations and trials in 28 states throughout the continental United States.

Provided risk management advice and alternative risk solution services which resulted in

expeditious resolutions to the aforementioned mediations, arbitrations and trials, consequently

mitigating the costs and expenses incurred by PIA.

• Coordinated and oversaw the training and supervising of Junior Claims Attorneys and Claims

Associates with respect to claims handling duties and obligations and litigation management.

Selected by PIA senior management to draft manuscript endorsements, A & E and EPL policy

forms and the recommended revisions to PIA’s A & E and EPL policies.

RUTHERFORD & CHRISTIE, LLP, New York, N.Y. 2006 – 2008

Senior Associate

• Involved in all aspects of preparing motor vehicle, premises liability and personal injury cases for

trial; including initial client interviews, conducting of discovery, making and opposing substantive

motions, and other additional pre-trial preparation work.

• Conducted extensive legal research in preparation for the drafting and filing of discovery

responses, motions, and legal briefs, cross-checked depositions for inconsistencies to locate

questionable deposition testimony that might be relevant in trial or when deposing other, future

witnesses.

• Attended settlement negotiations, arbitrations and mediations and was responsible for the

successful resolution of those matters in favor of the client.

WILSON,ELSER,MOSKOWITZ,EDELMAN & DICKER, New York, N.Y. 2003 – 2006

Associate Attorney

• Drafted correspondences to attorneys, clients, witnesses and adverse parties.

• Assisted attorneys in developing facts and information pertaining to the case, established contact

with witnesses and experts and performed personal interviews in an effort to extract information

pertaining to the case.

• Obtained, reviewed, organized and summarized medical records.

• Participated in special administrative and legal research projects as requested. Assisted attorneys

in preparing for and taking depositions by organizing relevant documentation for specific areas

of inquiry.

EDUCATION

New York Law School, New York, N.Y. May 2003

Juris Doctor

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C. May 1999

Bachelor of Science, Political Science and Economics

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