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Management Customer Service

Location:
Seabrook, TX, 77586
Posted:
August 30, 2011

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Clarence Mitchell

**** ********* ***, ********, ** 77586? PHONE: 832-***-**** ? E-

MAIL: *****************@*****.***

Professional Analyst

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Summary Overview

Certified legal specialist with 15 year experience providing legal support

and research. Experience working business transactions in general

litigation-trial/appellate, energy, engineering construction, government

environments including bankruptcy law. Current and active clearance.

Demonstrated expertise including corporate planning, aviation law/aerospace

working on shuttle/space station in configuration management, marketing

issues, employment compliance, labor Arbitration/System Board cases,

responses to claims of discrimination, unemployment benefits, intellectual

property, trial experience, employment, international mergers &

acquisitions/joint ventures, aviation, admiralty, public international law,

government, public law, energy, international environmental law, product

liability, medical malpractice, contracts, real estate and personal injury

litigation, family law, wills, trusts, and estate planning. Ability to use

computer technology for thorough legal research and rapid, accurate

preparation of court documents. Expertise includes the ability to compose

clear and concise summaries of findings, draft motions, and prepare

settlement agreements. Advanced computer knowledge and skills in anti-

corruption, anti-money laundering, human rights, national security,

international art and cultural heritage, customs law, export controls and

economic sanctions, international antitrust and international trade in

regional and comparative areas: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Canada, China,

Europe, India, Latin America and Caribbean, Mexico, Middle East and

Ukraine.

Core Competencies

? Legal Documents ? Lexis-Nexis/Westlaw ? Client Relations

? Research Summaries ? Detail Oriented ? Professional Phone

Etiquette

? Computer-based Research ? Intellectual Law

? Multiple legal research online tools

? Internal/External Customer Service ? Background Checks ? Highly

Motivated & Organized

Professional Experience

Contracts Manager

February 2011 - June 2011

DynCorp International, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Key Responsibilities:

? Provide and coordinate all facets of project management with strong

planning and prioritization ability in order to handle multiple projects

concurrently. Strong business acumen and analytical skills with strong

attention to detail, proof reading of documents such as contracts and

tenders.1

? Conducted pre-contract research of specifications, costs and

estimates, and cost of capital equipment. Collected this information as a

basis for writing a contract.

? Documented and tracked all project activity according to accepted

international intellectual property law specifically in the Middle East

regarding patents, trademarks, copyright with the Council of the European

union(EU), international Financial products and services, International

secured transactions and insolvency, securities/capital markets corporate

policies, best practices, and NATO, DOD & Department of the Army

regulations.

? prepared all cases for archives according to FOIA policy and

government procedures.

? Work with the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) administers

the LOGCAP contract in theater and provides quality oversight of the

contract's execution ensuring that Federal acquisition programs,

supplies, and services meet all legal requirements.

Airport Operations Specialist/Coordinator

November 2003 - February 2011

Houston Airport System (City of Houston), Houston, Texas

Key Responsibilities:

? Experienced paralegal skills applied using Aviation law regarding

flights, air travel, and associated legal and business issues as well

matters of international law including admiralty law. Patent law and

bankruptcy law...

? frequently called upon by senior management/operation/screening

managers due to having a good solid legal investigative military

experience regarding regulatory issues at screening checkpoints and

consistently visible at terminals during critical events as needed.

? Ensure all passengers, vendors, visitors, employees as well as

subordinates remain in compliance with FAA, OSHA, and HAZMAT and City of

Houston Aviation Airport Safety guidelines and federal and other legal

affected regulations.

? Applied strong analytical skills in review of technical documents:

Keeping management advised and informed regarding the Security Directives

(SD) fact sheets used by co-workers as checklists for surveillances and

air carrier assessments.

? Utilized well-developed people skills: Interact with passengers,

colleagues, and multiple federal, state and local agencies in diplomatic

and professional manner across variety of settings.

Legal, Regulatory, Operations and Contracts Analyst

September 2002 - October 2003

APS Energy Services, Phoenix, Arizona

Key Responsibilities:

? Analyze, plan and implement advocacy and public affairs strategies to

achieve positive public policy decisions, maintain access to state

decision-makers and protect the company's image.

? Responsible for providing ongoing and timely strategic counsel on

behalf of commercial retail utilities regarding cities, school districts,

hospitals, tribes, manufacturing plants as well as other entities,

interact with political & business leaders on public affairs and

legislative issues.

? Conducted legal research on intellectual property with regard to all

aspects of contract law including federal law including bankruptcy law,

states statutes and regulations and prepared required disclosure forms to

be included in contract files.

? Assisted in investigation process related to various claims; reviewed

the complaint cases for purpose of identifying and evaluating compliance

and ensuring accuracy of formal responses sent to customers and

regulatory agencies.

? Identified critical legal and business issues and legislation for the

company therefore, protected company from onerous tax, environmental, and

anti-business legislation that has resulted in millions of dollars in

cost savings/cost avoidance.

Litigation Specialist (Consultant)

September 2002 - April 2003

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, the Woodlands, Texas

Key Responsibilities:

? Performed legal research specifically for trial preparation using

Lexis-Nexis using referenced authorities online and in library as well as

drafting memoranda based on research findings for the senior trial

attorney.

? became knowledgeable in various subjects relative to education law,

e.g., disciplinary actions, transportation, residency criteria.

? Performed legal research using Lexis-Nexis regarding the referenced

authorities online and in the corporate law managed various projects as

assigned by supervising attorney. Researched various law in international

law such s intellectual property, energy law in Algeria and wrote

recommendations on matters related to public education. Library in the

drafting of required legal memoranda based on research findings on case

law.

? Managed and supervised over 100 case files of voluminous legal cases

and document production projects as assigned by supervising attorney.

? Researched and wrote recommendations on matters related to royalty

litigation, trial preparation, general litigation, land acquisition and

document management. Became knowledgeable in various subjects relative to

litigation, international law, real property, corporate, mergers and

acquisitions e.g., disciplinary actions, transportation,and other

ancillary matters legal criteria.

Contract Administrator II

February 2001 - September 2002

Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company, Houston, Texas

Key Responsibilities:

? Co-Supporting the General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and

Associate General Counsel. They manage all company legal and compliance

matters regarding intellectual property.

? Conduct general administrative functions: extensive use of Outlook to

deal with all scheduling (meetings, conference calls), expense reports,

phone coverage and screening, correspondence, ad hoc projects.

? Perform gatekeeper function: discern which information and callers

get through to the team therefore always, always maintain and keep

management advised on the involvement with a wide range of legal and

compliance projects involving trades, traders and deals.

? Use and apply Legal Due Diligence regarding heavy emphasis on

domestic/international law such as intellectual property; commodities

energy both international law such as intellectual property in trading

documents (physical) and data (digital) management and storage. (Eg

restricted lists, trade-error reports, personal trading records, etc.)

Regulatory Analyst/Paralegal (Consultant)

AUGUST 2000- JANUARY 2001

Shell Energy Services, Houston, Texas

Key Responsibilities:

? served as an advisory member of the regulatory team liaison to

corporate legal division business leadership team; in the providing of

critical and timely information need for headquarters legal counsel

regarding the energy on corporate affairs and business communication

strategies to executive level.

? Researched, initiated, developed and directed division external

communications for company's energy businesses. Reported to Vice-

President and Regulatory Affairs Manager. Managed communications for a

variety of energy products such as gas and electric and state

certifications/federal agency updates as required and closely monitored

the national utility regulatory bodies at various life-cycle stages for

the company.\

? Draft a functional Conduct Weekly Monitoring performance report for

all 50 states Registry for Proposed rules/regulations changes of concern

to the corporate regulatory Director and management team as well as

headquarters.

Technical Information Analyst (Contract)

January 1999-August 2000

ExxonMobil (Basic Chemicals Information Technology division), Baytown,

Texas

Key Responsibilities:

? Supervised, performed research and coordinated the technical

corporate information library resource center hub of scientific research

for the company scientist on a doctoral level. Additionally, applied

patent prosecution in intellectual property in conjunction with legal

department.

? Directed and tasked to completion of a reorganization as well as

movement to a new site constructed of more than 24,000 legal files that

increased document access and efficiency in the corporate legal

department such as international/domestic patent prosecution in

conjunction with corporate and site legal staff.

? Coordinated and directed by Exxon headquarters technical staff to

create and facilitate a user friendly global network

accessible proprietary petrochemical database that successfully

functioned and that was mutually agreeable thru legal

compliant documentation using Microsoft project management software of

merged combined product data, petrochemical data, global energy

competitive intelligence, knowledge management using industry best

business practices utilized by both Mobil and Exxon.

Software Applications

? Microsoft Outlook ? Microsoft Excel ? Microsoft Word ?

QuickBooks ?Livelink

SAP ? Linked-In

Education

Thomas Jefferson High School, Port Arthur, Texas Diploma

St. Mary's College, Leavenworth, Kansas Special Student

US Military Academy Preparatory School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia Diploma

US Military Academy, West Point, New York Associate,

Engineering, National Security

Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas B.A., Government;

B.A. History

Thurgood Marshall Law School, Houston, Texas Two Years Law

School Credit Earned

Southwestern Paralegal Institute, Houston, Texas (Certificate)

American bar Association Approved

Texas A & M University (TEEX), College Station, Texas (Certificate)

Project Management-Environmental Site

US Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC Certified Criminal

Intelligence Analyst

American Association of Airport Executives, Austin, Texas

Certificate, Airport Security Coordinator

CREDENTIALS

Public Trust Security Clearance (Top Level ) National Agency

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US Government Approved by the US Army CCF expires August 20, 2844



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